X520/120

Conveyance; in consideration of several sums (due from Lord Haversham, charged on lands hereinafter described, which lands have been accepted by the said payees)

30 Jul 1717

From: 1717 To: 1717

Maurice, Lord Haversham (Baron of Haversham, county Buckinghamshire) Thomas Armstrong of Houghton Conquest, esquire and wife, the Honourable Frances (£2,188..14s) Sir John Ivory [rectius Every] of Eggington (county Derbyshire), baronet (who married Martha (deceased), daughter of John, Lord Haversham (deceased), and sister of Maurice, Lord Haversham) (£2,366..14s) John Bickford of parish of St John, Wapping (county Middlesex), esquire and wife, the Honourable Dorothea (£2,600..3s) Joseph Feild of London, carpenter and wife, the Honourable Helena (late Helena Gregory, widow), and the Honourable Althamia Thompson of London, spinster (£2,054..10s) (which said Helena, Frances, Dorothea and Althamia were also daughters of John, Lord Haversham) Thomas Wilson of the Middle Temple, esquire, and Edmund White of St Paul, Covent Garden, esquire, and the Honourable Catherine his wife (another daughter of John, Lord Haversham) to John Hamilton of Castle Yard in parish of St Andrew, Holborn (county Middlesex), esquire, and Francis Brace of Bedford, gentleman … a messuage called the Vine in Houghton Conquest in occupation of said Thomas Armstrong; a pightle of pasture (2 roods), adjoining on North side of said messuage; a pightle of pasture (1 rood) adjoining, on South West side of said messuage; a pightle of pasture (2 roods) on South East side of said messuage; 2 closes of pasture called Great Bury Leys and Little Bury Leys (37 acres); 6 acres land in Chappel End Field; 6 acres land in Dean Field; 6 acres land in Mill Field; several closes of pasture called the Haw Hills, the two Meadows, the Slade, the Hill, Jack Dawes Grove and Haw Hill Spinney containing together 60 acres; all in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Thomas Armstrong. Also an inn with a pightle of pasture adjoining (2 acres), in occupation of Abraham Purser; a cottage in occupation of Robert Whitbread; 5 acres land in Dean Field; 4¾ acres in the Mill Field; and 4½ acres in Chappell End Field; and all other property in Houghton Conquest belonging to the said Lord Haversham and in occupation of Robert Armstrong, Abraham Purser, Robert Whitbread and John Bonner (All which said premises are accepted by the said Thomas Armstrong). Also a farmhouse with appurtenances in Houghton Conquest, in occupation of John Clarke senior; Home Close with Dibling Pightle adjoining the said messuage; Holborn Pightle; Fourteen Acres Close (containing 14 acres); Twenty Acres Close (20 acres), with the spinney Adjoining; 5 acres in Chappel End Field; and 5 acres in Dean Field; all in the occupation of John Clarke senior. Also a farmhouse with appurtenances in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Thomas Enterduce, and also several closes of pasture called the Little Barnacles Field, the Forty Acres and Farney Hill, with the spinney thereto adjoining, containing together 60 acres; and also a close of "arrable pasture" called Great Barnacles Field containing 20 acres, in occupation of George Snagg; and all other property of said Lord Haversham, in occupation of John Clarke senior, Thomas Enterduce and George Snagg. (All which said premises are accepted by the said John Bickford). Also a farmhouse with appurtenances in Houghton Conquest, in occupation of James Redman; also several closes called the Home Ground, the Meadow End, the Bankey Close, with the spinney lying on Hawe Hills, containing together 45 acres; 3 acres in Chappel End Field; 3 acres in Mill Field; and 3 acres in Dean Field; in occupation of James Redman. Also a cottage in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Richard Redman, and Broad Close (9 acres); Innings Close (6 acres) in occupation of Benedict Conquest, esquire; also a farmhouse in Thickthorn in Houghton Conquest, in occupation of John Clark junior, several closes called Home Close, Jay Croft, Paddock Pightle containing together 19 acres, and 23¾ acres in Dean Field, 22¾ acres in Mill Field and 21¼ acres in Mill Field. And also all other property of said Lord Haversham in occupation of James Redman, Richard Redman, Benedict Conquest and John Clark junior. (All which said premises are accepted by the said Althamia Thompson). Also a farm in Chappell End in Houghton Conquest, in occupation of Henry Pearse; also Home Close and Meadow Close (together 15 acres); 2 closes called the Ploughed Closes (26 acres); a close called the Long Pightle (12 acres); a close called the Great Ground (40 acres); the Eighteen Acres Close (18 acres); the pightle of pasture with Grange Wood (containing together 9 acres); 5 acres land in Mill Field; 5 acres in Chappell End Field; and 5 acres in Dane [sic] Field; all in occupation of Henry Pearse; also several closes of pasture called Goss Close, the Square Pightle and High Field, with the spinney thereto belonging, containing together 48 acres, in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Jeffery Redman; and all other property of the said Lord Haversham in occupation of Henry Pearse and Jeffery Redman. (All of which said premises are accepted by the said Sir John Ivory [Every]) (To hold to the said John Hamilton and Francis Brace as follows:- the property in occupation of Henry Pearse and Jeffery Redman to use and behoof of Sir John Every for ever; the property in occupation of Thomas Armstrong, Abraham Purser and John Bonner, in trust to be conveyed and in the meantime to stand seised to the uses mentioned in the Marriage Settlement of the said Thomas Armstrong and wife Frances, and also pursuant to Articles of 22 August 1713, and a Decree made concerning same; the property in occupation of John Clark senior, Thomas Enterduce and George Snagg, in trust to be conveyed and in the meantime to stand seised to uses mentioned in the Marriage Settlement of the said John Bickford and wife Dorothea, and also pursuant to Articles of 22 August 1713; and the property in occupation of James Redman, Richard Redman, Benedict Conquest and John Clark junior, to use and behoof of the said Althania Thompson for ever) Witnesses: Samuel Humphreys, James Leigh and Thomas Wilson [a copy of the original record remaining in the Chapel of the Rolls; 10 folios]

item

Thompson, Maurice [2nd Baron Haversham],
Armstrong, Thomas,
Armstrong, Frances,
Every, John,
Every, Martha,
Thompson, Martha,
Thompson, John (1st Baron Haversham),
Bickford, John,
Bickford, Dorothea,
Feild, Joseph,
Feild, Helena,
Gregory, Helena,
Thompson, Althamia,
Thompson, Helena,
Thompson, Frances,
Thompson, Dorothea,
Wilson, Thomas,
White, Edmund,
White, Catherine,
Thompson, Catherine,
Hamilton, John,
Brace, Francis,
Purser, Abraham,
Whitbread, Robert,
Bonner, John,
Clarke, John,
Enterduce, Thomas,
Snagg, George,
Redman, James,
Redman, Richard,
Conquest, Benedict,
Pearse, Henry,
Redman, Jeffery

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, family/personal financial affairs, debt, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Egginton, Wapping, London, carpenter, Middle Temple, St Paul Covent Garden, St Andrew Holborn, BEDFORD, HOUSING, Houghton Conquest inns, Houghton Conquest farms, Houghton Conquest fields, cottages, spinney, arable, Houghton Conquest Thickthorne, Houghton Conquest Chapel End, woods, trusts, marriage settlements, general legal process