RY1270

Deed of enfranchisement by the Copyhold Commissioners

6, 13 May 1875

From: 1875 To: 1875

Reciting that the lands in the schedule are held of the Manor of Leighton Buzzard otherwise Grovebury by Henrietta Marriott, John Thomas Hide and Mary Jane Hide their enfranchisement has been requested under the Copyhold Acts the Lord of the Manor, Wyndham Edward Hanmer, Stockgrove, has consented in writing to such enfranchisement consideration £112..16s..8d now Commissioners declare below written lands to be freehold schedule: ... 1 plot of land in Windmill Close (part of allotment containing 1 rood 24 perches, awarded, with 2 other allotments, by Inclosure Commissioners in lieu of rights of common formerly Cox's being a close of Lammas Ground (1 acre) ... 7 undivided 1/8th parts or shares of ... dwelling house and 5 cottages in Windmill Close ... plot of land in Windmill Close (on part of which said cottages are built) ... slip of land from Windmill Road to public footway signatures of 2 Commissioners (and seal) 13 May 1875 attached 2 receipts for enfranchisement money 6 May 1875

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Marriott, Henrietta,
Hide, Mary Jane,
Hide, John Thomas,
Hanmer, Wyndham Edward,
Cox

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, enfranchisement, Leighton Buzzard alias Grovebury Manor, general legal process, Stockgrove, freehold land, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard fields, ENCLOSURE, rights of common, HOUSING, cottages, Leighton Buzzard Windmill Road, receipts, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS