X95/411/148

Manor of Biggleswade; Admission

15, 16 Apr 1766

From: 1706 To: 1766

Admission of Edward Rudd, as grandson and heir at law of Edward Rudd, gentleman, deceased to ... 2 messuages containing 3 burgages, called the White Hart, formerly in occupation said Edward Rudd ... 2 cottages in Biggleswade in occupations John Crick and widow Cooper previously, and now of Joseph Lake ... 2 acres 3 roods meadow ground in Back Mead now in occupations Samuel Cole and Thomas Hide ... 5 acres 1 rood meadow in Horse Croft or Long Mead otherwise Rays Mead ... 94 acres 2 roods arable ... White's Close (2 acres) in tenure Roger Leighton junior ... pieces of meadow ground (3 acres ¼ rood) all in Biggleswade and were surrendered to Edward Rudd, the grandfather, by his father, William Rudd, on 9, 10 April 1706 also so much as is copyhold of ... Delves Close late in occupation said Edward Rudd ... 17 acres arable in common fields of Biggleswade once in occupation William Hancock ... 1 acre meadow in Long Mead also once in occupation William Hancock ... 2 acres arable in North Field also once in occupation said William Hancock ... 2 pieces arable in common fields of Biggleswade (18 acres) ... one parcel in South Field or Hunger Hill near Hunger hill piece ... other piece in Holmside Field on South side of London Road said 18 acres were formerly the property of Mark Mott, esquire, all formerly purchased by Edward Rudd of Richard Lee, Clifton, gentleman ... 23 acres 3½ roods arable in common fields of Biggleswade which Edward Rudd purchased of Edward Bray ... messuage in Langford End in occupation widow Pratt and purchased by Edward Rudd of George Norman ... 10 acres arable in common fields of Biggleswade ... stable, granary and garden behind White Hart Inn which were purchased by Edward Rudd of Hester and Elizabeth Wiseman, co-heirs of Lady Bromsall, deceased, late in occupations Edward Rudd and Thomas Marshall ... Plough alehouse in Shortmead End with 1 acre pightle behind, late in occupation Joseph Norman ... Farm Close (3 acres) in occupation John Miles, blacksmith ... Meadow Close, adjoining (1 acre) in occupation John Taylor ... 2 acres meadow in Long Mead called Dry Holme ... Crown Close (2 acres) late in occupation William Ransome moiety of said alehouse and pieces of land etc. were given to Edward Rudd by Will of said William Rudd, other moiety went to Jonathan Rudd and were purchased from him by Edward Rudd ... messuage and malting or brewhouse in Langford End in Biggleswade once in occupation Francis Wynn, then John Pratt to which malting said Edward Rudd was admitted on 18, 19 October 1731 on surrender of George Norman, Biggleswade, victualler ... New Pasture or the Sheep Walk ... right of common for 170 sheep and all manner of cattle ... 12 acres mead measure in Hitch Mead ... 3 pieces lammas meadow or pasture ground in Horse Croft (2 acres mead measure) purchased by Edward Rudd from James Brooke, John Parslow, esquire and William Farrer, esquire

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Rudd, Edward,
Crick, John,
Cooper,
Lake, Joseph,
Cole, Samuel,
Hide, Thomas,
Leighton, Roger,
Rudd, William,
Hancock, William,
Mott, Mark,
Lee, Richard,
Bray, Edward,
Pratt,
Norman, George,
Wiseman, Hester,
Wiseman, Elizabeth,
Lady Bromsall,
Marshall, Thomas,
Norman, Joseph,
Miles, John,
Taylor, John,
Ransome, William,
Rudd, Jonathan,
Wynn, Francis,
Pratt, John,
Brooke, James,
Parslow, John,
Farrer, William

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