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Conveyance and Assignment; for £52,457..14s..10d
i) The Right Honourable Charles Lord Bruce (Baron of Whorlton (county York), and eldest son and heir apparent of Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Aylesbury)
ii) The most Noble Charles Duke of Queensbury and Dover and the most Noble Catherine Duchess [etc.] his wife
iii) The Honourable William Finch, esquire (2nd son of the Right Honourable Daniel, late Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, deceased), and the Right Honourable the Lady Anne Finch his wife (sister of said Charles, Duke of Queensbury and Dover)
iv) Right Honourable Henry Hyde, esquire (commonly called Lord Cornbury, son and heir apparent of Right Honourable Henry, Earl of Clarendon and Rochester), and the Honourable John Finch, esquire (3rd son of Daniel, late Earl of Winchelsea etc.)
v) John Ivory Talbot of Laycock (county Wiltshire), esquire
vi) the Most Noble John Duke of Bedford
vii) Robert Harper of Lincoln's Inn, esquire
[recites:
A: Bargain and sale enrolled; dated 14 October 1703;
the said Thomas Earl of Aylesbury and Charles Lord Bruce
to Honourable Robert Bruce and James Bruce (2 brothers of Earl of Aylesbury)
… The Manors of Fingall Ellington and Newton Morker alias Newton, and appurtenances (county York). The Manors of Malden Raggins, How End and Dame Ellins; the mansion house of the [part torn away]; and the park called Houghton Park alias Dame Ellingsbury; closes called Kings Mead, Carters, Thomlins, Bushy Close and Bury Field; with the wood called Kings Wood alias Dame Ellingsbury Grove; the advowson of the church of Maulden; a farm called Ward… [eaten away]; parcels of ground called Hitherbury Pasture, Osmonds Close, Kingsmead, Beals Farm, Stoughtons Farm [eaten away; ? 'Inward Stone'] Field, Outward Stone Field, Hill Close, Seven Acre Close, Square Close, Tufted Close, Hallow Close, Hanging Close, Long Close, Berrystead Farm, Dudsons Ground, [eaten away] Piece, Bury Field, Limbersey alias Limbersey Farms (lately bought of Nicholas Denton, esquire); Stanbridges Farm (lately bought of Daniel [eaten away]; a parcel of land (lately bought of Thomas Page); 7 acres land (lately bought of Samuel Rhodes); a piece of ground (lately bought of John Augur); and the farm and lands in Ampthill called Sadliers Estate; all in Ampthill, Hought.. […], Houghton Conquest, Millbrooke and Hoton.
B: Common Recoveries, of Michaelmas term 1703
C: Deed to declare uses of the Recoveries; dated 24 January 1703/4:
i) Thomas Earl of Ailesbury and Charles Lord Bruce
ii) Robert and James Bruce
iii) William Longuevillle, esquire
[Trusts stated]
D: Marriage Settlement (Lease and Release), dated 4 and 5 February 1705/6:
i) Charles Lord Bruce and Robert and James Bruce
ii) Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Thanet and Right Honourable William Lord Dartmouth
iii) Right Honourable Gertrude Marchioness Dowager of Halifax,
Right Honourable Mary Marchioness Dowager of Halifax,
Right Honourable Daniel Earl of Nottingham,
Right Honourable Thomas Lord Viscount Weymouth
(surviving guardians of the Right Honourable the Lady Anne Savill, appointed by her father, the Right Honourable William Lord Marquess of Halifax deceased)
iv) the Lady Anne Savill
v) Right Honourable Daniel Finch, esquire (son and heir apparent of the Earl of Nottingham),
and Right Honourable Heneage Lord Guernsey;
vi) the Right Honourable Philip Stanhope, esquire (son and heir apparent of Right Honourable Philip Earl of Chesterfield),
the Honourable Edward Finch, clerk,
and the Honourable Henry Finch (Dean of York), (2 brothers of the Earl of Nottingham)
and the [-----] (son and heir apparent of Lord Guernsey).
In consideration of the marriage of Charles Lord Bruce and Lady Ann Savill, and a marriage portion of £20,000.
(Itself reciting Bargain and sale enrolled; dated 4 October 1700: Elizabeth Starburgh to said Charles Lord Bruce
… The Manor of Roxox alias Ruxox;
and a messuage and several closes in Flitwick [no details]
… The Castle, Manor and Lordship of Whorlton (county York), with appurtenances
The Manors or Lordships of Malden Raggins How End and Dame Ellins.
The Manor of Roxox alias Ruxox. [uses stated]
E. Deed of Appointment; dated 17 June 1720:
Charles Lord Bruce to Daniel Earl of Nottingham and William Peer Williams, esquire
(of £10,000 each for portions of daughters Elizabeth and Mary Bruce, to be raised by the Trustees of the term of 1,000 years in D).
F. Demise for 1,000 years; for £10,000; dated 18 May 1723:
i) Thomas Earl of Aylesbury;
ii) Charles Lord Bruce
iii) Robert and James Bruce (brothers of the Earl of Aylesbury)
iv) Right Honourable Henry Lord Carlton (since deceased)
(itself reciting:
a) Agreement dated 25 July 1705:
i) Thomas Earl of Aylesbury and wife Charlotte Countess of Aylesbury;
ii) Charles Lord Bruce;
iii) Robert and James Bruce
(that the Manors of Fingall Ellington and Newton Morker alias Newton in the Willows (county York), be charged with £10,000, to be paid to the issue of the said Thomas by the said Charlotte).
b) that the said Charlotte is dead, leaving a daughter since married to Maximilian Prince of Hornes (a Grandee of Spain).
c) the before extracted deed D.
d) Conveyance in trust; dated 9 March 1722/3:
i) Lord Bruce;
ii) Gertrude Marchioness of Halifax,
and Daniel Earl of Nottingham;
iii) Thomas Earl of Aylesbury;
iv) Robert and James Bruce
(to raise the £10,000 by mortgage))
… the manors of Fingall etc.
G. Assignment of F; dated 3 August 1725:
i) Charles Duke of Queensbury and Dover,
Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington,
and Right Honourable Henry Earl of Clarendon and Rochester
(executors of Will of Henry Lord Carlton);
ii) Catherine Duchess of Queensbury and Dover;
iii) William Hamilton of Lincoln's Inn, esquire,
and Alexander Burn of St James, Westminster, esquire
(Recites that Henry Lord Carlton, by his Will, directed his executors to stand intrusted as to £5,000 for use of said Catherine Duchess of Queensbury and Dover, and bequeathed £6,000 to his niece the Lady Anne Douglas)
H. Bargain and sale enrolled; dated 18 January 1728/9:
i) Thomas Earl of Aylesbury and Robert and James Bruce;
ii) Charles Lord Bruce and Robert Bruce (son of said Lord Bruce);
iii) Erasmus Lewis of St James, Westminster, esquire,
and John Howell of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman
iv) James Ralfe and Morrice Butler, both of St James, Westminster, gentlemen
… The Manors of Malden etc.
(a Common Recovery to be suffered in which Robert Bruce (son of Lord Bruce) is to be vouched)
I. Deed of Appointment; dated 7 February 1728/9:
i) Charles Lord Bruce and Robert Bruce (only son and heir apparent by said Lady Ann Savill);
ii) Frances Blackett (a daughter of Sir William Blackett senior, baronet deceased);
iii) John Rolfe of Stevenson (county Devon), esquire,
and John Ivory Talbot
(itself reciting B, D, and E; and that Mary Bruce had married the most Honourable Henry Bridges, esquire (commonly called Lord Marquess of Carnarvon), and that her portion of £10,000 is due, but the portion of £10,000 due to her sister Elizabeth is not due. And also Settlement on the marriage of Robert Bruce and Frances Blackett, of even date).
… The Manors and lands in the county of Bedford [various trusts].
J. Assignment (Marriage Settlement); dated 24 January 1732/3:
i) William Hamilton and Alexander Burn;
ii) Catherine Duchess of Queensbury and Dover;
iii) Right Honourable the Lady Anne Douglas;
iv) William Finch;
v) Henry Lord Viscount Cornbury and John Finch.
On the marriage of William Finch and Lady Anne Douglas
… The Manors and lands in Yorkshire
K. Agreement that £6,000 should be laid out in the purchase of lands:
i) William Finch;
ii) Lady Ann Douglas;
iii) Henry Lord Viscount Cornbury and John Finch;
iv) Charles Duke of Queensbury,
and the Right Honourable John Lord Gower;
v) the most Noble Francis Duke of Buccleugh,
and the Right Honourable Daniel now Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham
(£6,000 vested in iii))
L. Demise for 500 years; for £16,000; dated 24 February 1732/3:
i) John Ivory Talbot;
ii) Charles Lord Bruce;
iii) Daniel Earl of Winchelsea etc.;
iv) The most Noble James Duke of Chandos
and the Right Honourable Henry Bridges, esquire (son of the said Duke, and commonly called the Marquess of Carnarvon), and wife Mary (elder daughter of Charles Lord Bruce);
v) the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst Baron of Battlesden,
and the Honourable Benjamin Bathurst (eldest son and heir apparent of Lord Bathurst), and wife Elizabeth (younger daughter of Charles Lord Bruce);
vi) the Honourable John Saint John, esquire (2nd son of Right Honourable Henry Lord Viscount St John Baron of Battersea (county Surrey),
Thomas Osborn of parish of St George the Martyr (county Middlesex), gentleman,
Henry Arthur Herbert of Ockley Park (county Shropshire), esquire,
and John Jefferys of parish of St George Hanover Square
… the Manors [as in I]
… The Manors or Lordships of How End and Dame Ellins; the mansion house of the said Charles Lord Bruce; and the park called Houghton Park alias Dame Ellingsbury, and sometimes called Ampthill Park; quitrents payable to the Manors amounting to 1s..5d; several messuages and farms in the occupations of Richard Atterbury, Thomas Sletyer, William Gillard, James Facer, William Russell, Widow Odell, Francis Clark, Joseph Sletyer and Widow Parrott, at yearly rents amounting to £273..16s..3d; and several messuages and farms, with lands belonging (lately part of Houghton Park), in occupation of Christopher Bennet, Thomas Sletyer, William Betts, and Joseph Stanbridge, at yearly rents amounting to £265..5s; and a farm and lands (formerly part of Houghton Park), in occupation of Joseph Sletyer at yearly rent of £56..9s..6d; and messuages and farms in Ampthill, in occupation of [-----], Mr Carlton, Matthew Bushby, Robert Taylor, Robert Bell and Samuel Wright, at yearly rents amounting to £52; quitrents of £5..4s..8d and £1..14s payable on lands in Ampthill by [blank], James Clerk and Judith Richards; the Manor of Ruxox alias Roxox; a farm at [-----]ng in Flitwick (purchased by Charles Lord Bruce of Elizabeth Scar[-----]gh, widow, in occupation of Widow Circuit, at yearly rent of £60; 101 acres wood in Houghton, the soil of which is valued at £45..9s yearly; the Manors of Malden and [-----? Raggins]; the fishery in the River Ouse; several farms and lands in occupation of Reverend Mr Rouse, Thomas Shatbolt, Thomas Cook, William B[-----], Thomas Barefoot, John Betts, Widow Costine, Richard Crouch, Richard Hayns, William Watson, John Jennings, Ambrose Higham, George Wainwright, George Dickins[-----], Peter Matthew, John Lincoln, Widow Radwell, Robert Read, Joseph Stanbridge, Richard Turner, John Bull, John Abbott, Robert Welford, George [-----]ice, John Read, John Warner, Widow Chound, Richard Lewett, William Millard, Thomas Read and Harvey Jones; at yearly rents amounting to £523..10s..4d; and quitrents payable to the Manors of Malden and Raggins amounting to the yearly sum of £5..2s..2½d; Maulden Wood containing 210 acres, the soil of which is valued at £116 yearly; and the Warren House and lands belonging in Millbrook, let at yearly rent of £9..10s; in the parishes of Ampthill, Houghton, Maulden, Houghton Conquest, Flitwick, Millbrook and Hawnes. (And also Assignment, by John Ivory Talbot, by direction of Charles Lord Bruce, to Robert Harper
… The Manor or Lordships of Malden Riggins How End and Dame Ellins, and lands [as in I])
Witnesses: [?R] Butcher and Samuel Harper [signature 'Bedford', and armorial seal on fold]
[note: the spellings 'Aylesbury' and 'Queensbury' become 'Ailesbury' and 'Queensberry' towards the end of the document]
[note: the mark [-----] indicates that the reading is lost where the document is eaten away]
[Condition: 12 membranes all very much eaten away on folds; but the parchment itself is still strong, and the condition of the ink is good]