Reference
RY1178-1179
Title
Lease and Release
Date free text
11, 12 Aug 1817
Production date
From: 1783 To: 1817
Scope and Content
i) William White, Leighton Buzzard, yeoman (devisee in will of Thomas White, late of Leighton Buzzard, butcher deceased)
ii) Thomas Turnham, Leighton Buzzard, butcher
iii) David Lee Willis, Leighton Buzzard, gentleman (trustee for ii)
Reciting will of Thomas White deceased, of 31 October 1815 by which he devised to his son, i)
... land in open fields of Leighton Buzzard purchased of John Evestaff and wife
will proved, Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 28 March 1817
now in consideration of £72 paid by ii) to i)
i) releases to ii) and iii)
... 2½ acres in common fields of Leighton Buzzard
... 4 ridges lying for 2 acres on Gigg Hill in Shenley Hill Field
North: late Thomas Proctor, then Wardells and now Juliana Franklin
South: William Martin
East: highway
West: towards Badcocks Moor
... ½ acre in same field abutting into Mill Bottom
West: highway
bought from John Evestaff by deed of feoffment dated 26 November 1783
signed: all
endorsed receipt
witnesses: Jeremy Willis, William Harland, clerk to Mr Day, Woburn
Level of description
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