Scope and Content
Release
Parties:
(i). Thomas Lee of Alberrmarle Street, Saint James, Westminster [Middlesex], esquire “entitled toe an estate in inheritance in fee simple, to the ultimate equity of redemption or beneficial ownership”
(ii). Rev Leonard Middleton of Abergavenny in South Wales in whom the inheritance in fee simple of part was vested in trust
(iii). Michael Angelo Taylor of Whitehall [Middlesex], esquire, entitled to £3,000 charged on part of the hereditaments
(iv). John Jackson of New Broad Street [City of London], contracted to purchase
(v). Robert Jackson, esquire, chaplain in the Royal Navy to whom it was intended to limit the hereditaments during the life of (iv) as trustee
(vi). John, Lord Redesdale [John Freeman-Mitford, at the time Lord Chancellor of Ireland], and Christopher Norris of Lincoln’s Inn [Middlesex], esquire in whom part of the hereditaments became vested for residue of a term of 200 years which was created on 12th August 1713
(vii). Richard Bowzer of Highwood, Hendon [Middlesex], esquire and Lucy, his wife (late Lucy Denison, widow); Thomas Druce of Chancery Lane, London, stationer; James Sayers of Great Ormond Street [Middlesex], gentleman - Lucy Bowzer, Druce and Sayers were executrix and executors of the will of Samuel Denison, late of Bedford Row, Saint Andrew’s, Holborn [Middlesex], esquire - Samuel Denison having had parts of the hereditaments vested in him for the residue of 1,000 years which term was created on 19 April 1764 and of the residue of 1,200 years created on 27th March 1775 to secure £4,000.
(viii). Robert Trevor of Flitwick, esquire in whom part of the hereditaments was vested for the term of 200 years on 12th August 1713 [see (vi)]
(ix). Thomas Lee [i.e. (i)] in whom residue of a term of 500 years created on 30th May 1713 was vested also residues of two terms each of 1,000 years created on 14th July 1749
(x). Anne Farrer of Baker Street, Portman Square, Saint Marylebone [Middlesex], spinster in whom residue of term of 500 years created on 6th December 1732 was vested
(xi). Charles Hedges Ware of Gray’s Inn [Middlesex], gentleman in whom the residue of a third term of 1,000 created on 14th July 1749 was vested
(xii). John Harwood of Chiswick [Middlesex], gentleman in whom residue of a fourth term of 1,000 years created on 14th July 1749 was vested and George Bainbridge of Broad Street [City of London], merchant, now interested in the residue of the last term of 1,000 years created on 14th July 1749
(xiii). John Petty Muspratt of Broad Street, esquire to whom it was proposed to assign the residue of all terms of years.
First Recitals
- mortgage of 30th May 1713 [see 9] between (1) John Draper of Hitchin [Hertfordshire], gentleman and (2) Thomas Hitchin of Hitchin in which (1) demised the Manor of Langford to (2) for £500 subject to equity of redemption;
- will of Thomas Hitchin of of 30th November 1695 appointing his wife Sarah as sole executrix;
- death of Thomas Hitchin on 4th August 1715 and proof of his will in PCC;
- Sarah Hitchin married Joseph Hoskins of Enfield [Middlesex], gentleman;
- conveyance of 2nd March 1716 (1) Joseph Hoskins and Sarah, his wife, (2) John Draper of Hitchin, (3) Thomas Browne, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, (4) Isaac Ewer of Lincoln’s Inn, esquire and Oliver Saint John of Lincoln’s Inn, gentleman in which (3) paid £606 to (1) to redeem the mortgage and the (1) and (2) conveyed the Manor of Langford to (4) as trustee for (3)
- conveyance of 1st and 2nd March 1716 in which (1) John Draper conveyed the Manor of Langford to (2) for £1,400 (including the £606 already paid to Hoskins);
- marriage settlement of 11th and 12th August 1713 [see (vi) and (viii)] between (1) Thomas Browne (the father of the Thomas Browne above) and Samuel his eldest son, (2) Francis Saint John and Isaac Ewer, (3) Oliver Saint John and John Holgate, (4) Mary Saint John, daughter of Francis Saint John, deceased in which (4) was to marry Samuel Browne and in which Thomas Browne the father conveyed the Manor of Astwick, Arlesey Manor House and Arlesey Rectory and advowson to (2) as trustees for Samuel Browne for his life, remainder to Mary for her life, remainder to their sons, remainder to (2) for 200 years in trust, remainder to Samuel Browne, in default to the use of John Browne, second son Thomas Browne the father and his male heirs, in default to the use of Thomas Browne the son and his male heirs, in default to the use of Thomas Browne the father and his heirs;
- Samuel Browne’s children were Thomas, who died under the age of 21, and Mary;
- Mary Browne the daughter of Samuel Browne married John Lee with whom she had a son - Thomas Lee - i.e. (i) and (ix) above;
- after the deaths of Samuel Browne and John Browne, Thomas Browne, their brother took possession of the Manor of Astwick and manor house, rectory and advowson of Arlesey;
- conveyance of 24th and 25th August 1732 from (1) Richard Lee of Clifton, gentleman, (eldest son of Matthew Lee, late of Clifton, gentleman) and Mary, his wife to (2) Thomas Browne and Henry Bromfield, his trustee, and by a fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo etc levied according to a covenant in the the conveyance in which a close of four acres of meadow and pasture;
- Thomas Browne the son purchased a freehold cottage and close of land of one acre from Thomas Gwyn by conveyance of 4th and 5th August 1747 in which Henry Bromfield was again trustee;
- at the time of the conveyance the cottage was subject to residue of a term of 500 years created on 6th December 1732 [see (x)] in a mortgage between Thomas Gwyn, father of the later Thomas Gwyn and Priscilla, his wife and Austin Johnson of Ely [Cambridgeshire], the term being assigned on redemption of the mortgage by an assignment of 12th March 1746 by Austin Johnson and Pricilla Gwyn, now a widow, to Thomas Browne the son;
- four acres of copyhold land in Langford were purchased by Thomas Browne the son from Thomas Gwyn the son and they were surrendered to the use of Thomas Browne the son, then Lord of the Manor of Langford who extinguished their copyhold status [i.e. he enfranchised them as freehold];
- Thomas Browne the son purchased several messuages and land in Wilshamstead and Houghton Conquest from William Farrer, gentleman in conveyance of 19th and 20th April 1725;
- will of Thomas Browne the son of 21st April 1748 in which he declared that if Elizabeth Browne within six months if his death released her jointure and dower rights she should have £400 per annum for life arising from his manors of Etonbury in Arlesey, and Langford and in that case he devised his real estate to his heirs, in default of which to William Farrer and Henry Bromfield in trust to raise £5,000 by mortgage and pay it to Elizabeth to enable her to pay legacies of £1,500 each to his sisters Ann Holgate, Lucy Mallabar and Grace Hatfield and his nephew Henry Bromfield. Subject to the £400 annuity and £5,000 mortgage he devised all his real estate to Mary Lee and her male heirs, in default of which to his own heirs;
- death of Thomas Browne the son and proof of his will in PCC;
- deed of 13th and 14th July 1749 [see (ix), (xi) and (xii)] between (1) William Farrer and Henry Bromfield, (2) John Lee and Mary, his wife; (3) Elizabeth Browne; (4) Ann Holgate; (5) Lucy Mallabar; (6) William Hatfield and Grace, his wife; (7) Thomas Barsham, esquire; reciting that (3) had surrendered her jointure and dower rights to an annuity of £400 and that £1,500 was to be given to Henry Bromfield and (6) and £1,000 was to be given to each to (4) and (5) [note this is at odds with Browne’s will as above recited but makes more sense as the four sums together then made £5,000] and witnessing: (1) released the manors etc to (7) to hold part of them to the use of (4) for 1,000 years to be made void if (2) paid £1,000 to (4) and part of them to the use of (5) for 1,000 years to be made void if (2) paid £1,000 to (5); part of them to the use of Henry Bromfield for 1,000 years, to be made void if (2) paid £1,500 to Henry Bromfield; part of them to the use of (6) for 1,000 years made void if (2) paid £1,000 to Grace Hatfield; to the use of Mary Lee and her heirs male, in default of issue to the heirs of Thomas Browne the son for ever; (2) promising to levy a fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo etc, which was duly levied;
- death of Ann Holgate intestate in 1757, letters of administration being granted by PCC to Mary Holgate, one of her daughters, on 22nd November 1757;
- death of Mary Holgate in 1782 and letters of administration of the estate of Ann Holgate were granted by PCC on 16th May 1782 to Ann Holgate, only surviving daughter of Ann Holgate;
- death of Ann Holgate the daughter in 1786 and letters of administration of the estate of her mother were granted by PCC on 20th March 1804 to (xi);
- death of Lucy Mallabar intestate in 1758, letters of administration being granted by PCC to her son Nicholas;
- death of Nicholas Mallabar intestate in 1784, letters of administration of the estate of his mother being granted by PCC to Ann Mallabar, daughter of Lucy on 4th December 1784;
- death of Ann Mallabar in 1785 intestate and grant of letters of administration of the estate of Ann Mallabar were granted by PCC to Ann Holgate the daughter and Mary, wife of John Schutz;
- after the deaths of Ann Holgate and Mary Schutz letters of administration of the estates of Lucy Mallabar and Ann Holgate were granted on 22nd December 1803 to (ix);
- on distribution of the personal estate of Ann Mallabar £500, unpaid of Lucy Mallabar’s legacy of £1,000 secured by the deed of 14th July 1749, became property of Mary Schutz;
- will of Henry Bromfield of 2nd August 1754 bequeathing the £1,500 secured by the deed of 14th July 1749 to his brother Thomas and appointing his wife Ann, his brother-in-law Rev William Jenkin and Mrs Phinces Andrew joint executors;
- death of Henry Bromfield and proof of his will in PCC;
- Ann Bromfield survived William Jenkin and Phinces Andrew and made her will on 31st March 1786 appointing (xii) as sole executor;
- death of Ann Bromfield on 1st March 1787 and proof of her will in PCC, thus becoming vested in the term of years created on 14th July 1749;
- will of Thomas Bromfield of 14th December 1764 appointing his cousin William Phillips of Boston [Massachusetts] executor;
- death of Thomas Bromfield and power of attorney given by William Phillips to Gilbert Harrison, John Ansley and George Bainbridge, all of London, merchants;
- letters of administration of the will of Thomas Bromfield granted by PCC on 14th September 1787 to Harrison, Ansley and Bainbridge;
- George Bainbridge survived Harrison and Ansley;
- will of William Hatfield of 5th December 1765 appointing his wife Grace as sole executrix, and his death in 1766 and proof of his will on 5th March 1767;
- will of Grace Hatfield of 15th January 1767 appointing Nicholas Mallabar and Ann Mallabar executor and executrix and proof of his will on 18th April 1772;
- letters of administration of the estate of William and Grace Hatfield granted by PCC to (i) and (ix) on 12th March 1804;
- John Lee, of his own money, paid £1,500 to William Hatfield, £1,000 to Ann Holgate and £500 to Lucy Mallabar - £3,000 in total and “became entitled to the same in right of the persons to whom the same were severally paid by him”;
- will of John Lee of 1st July 1757 noting that his wife’s estate at Arlesey was indebted to him in the sum of £3,000 and bequeathing interest on it to Mary, his wife for life and bequeathing the residue of his personal estate to his son [(i) and (ix)] and in a codicil of 26th January 1759 appointed his nephew Sir William Lee as sole executor;
- death of John Lee and proof of his will in PCC and (i) and (ix) became entitled to £3,000 expectant on the death of his mother Mary;
- assignment 6th September 1781 between (1) Thomas Middleton, (2) Thomas Hall, (3) Edward Kinaston and Thomas Walley Partington, esquires, (4) Thomas Lee, (5) Richard Marriott, gentleman; (6) Samuel Pepys Cockrell, surveyor and (7) Sir Robert Taylor in which (7) paid £1,700 to (4) and (4) assigned his reversionary right of £3,000 to (7) [the other parties’ parts in this deed are nor recited];
- assignment of 10th March 1785 of the £3,000 from (1) Sir Robert Taylor to (2) Michael Angelo Taylor [i.e. (iii)] ;
- Mary Lee, after John Lee’s death, married John Schutz the younger of Isleworth [Middlesex], esquire;
- marriage settlement of 23rd and 24th September 1763 between (1) John Schutz the elder; (2) John Schutz the younger; (3) Mary Lee; (4) Benjamin Hayes, esquire and Benjamin Haan, esquire; (5) Samuel Pechell, esquire and Robert Charles, esquire; (6) Francis Duroure, gentleman and Thomas Upton, gentleman in which all real estate of (3) was conveyed to (6) as trustees to the use of (2) for his life, remainder to the use of (3) for her life, remainder to uses appointed by (3) [roles of the other parties not recited];
- mortgage of 18th and 19th April 1764 [see (vii)] between (1) John Schutz the younger and Mary, his wife; (2) Arthur Jones, esquire and (3) Walter Gibbons and Thomas Middleton, esquires; reciting sale of two thousand 4% bank annuities sold by (2) to John Schutz the younger for £1,877/10/- given by Shutz to (1) and witnessing that (1) released all Mary Lee’s real estate to (3) in trust to the use of (2) for 1,000 years subject to equity of redemption of the bank annuities;
- the mortgage of 19th operated as a power of appointment under the marriage settlement of 1763;
- Thomas Middleton outlived Walter Gibbons;
- Thomas Middleton died intestate in December 1776 leaving three sons - Thomas and Edward who died infants and Leonard [but see below for his will so “intestate” may be an error];
- assignment of mortgage of 26th January 1771 indorsed on the mortgage of 1764 between (1) Arthur Jones; (2) John Schutz and (3) Thomas Middleton in which (3) paid £1,877/10/- to (1) and (1), by direction of (2) conveyed the real estate of Mary Schutz to (3) subject to equity of redemption;
- further advance of 27th March 1775 [see (vii))] between (1) John Shutz the younger; (2) Mary Schutz; (3) Daniel Fox, gentleman; (4) Thomas Middleton and (5) Edward Kinaston of the Exchequer of Pleas, Westminster, esquire in which (4) lent an additional £2,000 and (1) and (2), by direction of (4) conveyed all (2)’s real estate to (5) for 1,200 years in trust for (4) subject to equity of redemption;
- will of Thomas Middleton of 31st October 1769 appointing Edward Kinaston and Thomas Walley Partington executors;
- death of Thomas Middleton “without altering or revoking her said will” which was proved in PCC;
- death of Thomas Walley Partington in March 1791;
- death of John Shutz the younger about 1789 without having issue by Mary Shutz;
- assignment of mortgage of 9th March 1792 between (1) John Mitford (later Baron Redesdale) and Christopher Norris; (2) Edward Kinaston; (3) Mary Schutz, widow and (4) Samuel Denison reciting several mortgages totalling £3,346/10/6 and witnessing payment of £3,346/10/6 by (4) to (2) by direction of (3) and £653/9/6 paid by (4) to (3) making together £4,000 and assignment by (2) by direction of (3) to (4) of all real estate of (3) for residue of terms of 1,000 years and £1,200 years subject to equity of redemption;
- will of Samuel Denison of of 26th November 1792 devising and bequeathing the residue of his real and personal estates to Thomas Druce and James Sayers and appointing his wife Lucy (later Lucy Bowzer), Druce and Sayers as executrix and executors;
- death of Samuel Denison in May 1796 and proof of his will in PCC ;
- deed poll of Mary Schutz of 13th April 1797 in consideration of £400 paid to her by Thomas Druce and James Sayers out of the estate of Samuel Davison with which she further charged her real estate;
- marriage of Lucy Denison with Richard Bowzer;
- will of Mary Schutz of 6th June 1801 devising all real estates to (i) and (ix) and making him sole executor;
- proof of the will of Mary Schutz in PCC;
- (i) and (ix) was seized of the real estate of Mary Schutz listed below subject to debts of £4,400 to (vii), £3,000 to (iii) and £1,500 to Henry Bromfield on which all interest had been paid;
- (i) and (ix) was seized of copyhold estate listed below;
First Operative Parts:
- (iv) paid £3,000 to (iii) by direction of (i) and (ix);
- (iv) paid £4,400 to (vii) by direction of (i) and (ix);
- (iv) paid £1,500 to George Bainbridge by direction of (i) and (ix) and privity of John Harwood;
- (iv) paid £20,100 to (i) and (ix);
- (xiii) paid 10/- to (ii) and (i) and (ix);
- (ii), by direction of (iv) and privity of (iii) released (a) - (u) to (xiii);
- (i) and (ix) with the privity of (iii) released (a) - (u) to (xiii);
- (iii) by request of (i) and (ix) and (iv) released (a) - (u) to (xiii);
- (i) and (ix) covenanted to surrender (v) - (y) to (iv) at the court of the manor of Shitlington Rectory and (z) - (ad) at the court of the Manor of Ramerick;
- (vii) by direction of (i) and (ix) and appointment of (iv) assigned to (iv) lands limited by indentures of 19th April 1764 to Arthur Jones for 1,000 years and 27th March 1775 to Edward Kinaston for 1,200 years
Second Recitals:
- Francis Saint John, co-trustee with Isaac Ewer for 200 years in the indenture of 12th August 1713 survived him;;
- assignment of 29th July 1748 [a mistaken date - see indorsed indenture of 7th August 1816] between (1) Sir Francis Saint John, baronet; (2) Thomas Brown the son; (3) Mary Lee; (4) Denis Farrer, esquire in which (1) assigned Mary Lee’s estates (except (b) and (c) and the advowson of Astwick which were estates of (2)) to (4) for the residue of the 200 years;
- by several mesne assignments the estates assigned to Denis Farrer became vested in Elizabeth Ashurst, widow for the residue of the 200 years;
- assignment of 19th January 1785 between (1) Elizabeth Ashurst; (2) Edward Kinaston and Thomas Walley Partington; (3) John Schutz and Mary, his wife and Joseph Kaye; (4) Richard Marriott, esquire; (5) Sir Robert Taylor; (6) John, Baron Redesdale and Christopher Norris; (7) Elizabeth Caroline Fox, widow; (8) Samuel Denison in which parts of the estates vested in (1) for the residue of 200 years (but no part of (a)-(ad)) had been purchased by (4) and (5) and the remainder vested in Mary Schutz subject to mortgage debt to (2) as executors of Thomas Middleton, which debts were afterwards transferred to (8) and witnessing that (1) by direction assigned the estates purchased by (4) and (5) to (6) in trust for (2) as mortgagees and the residue (i.e. not purchased by (4) or (5)) for Mary Schutz to wait upon the inheritance
Second Operative Part:
- (xiii) paid 10/- (vi);
- (vi) by direction of (i) and (ix) and by nomination of (iv) assigned to (xiii) the hereditaments in the indenture of 19th January 1785 for the residue of 200 years upon trusts
Third Recitals
- will of Sir Francis Saint John appointing Sir John Barnard, his son-in-law, as executor and proof of his will in PCC;
- will of Sir John Barnard appointing Robert Hampden, Baron Trevor and Richard Trevor, Bishop of Durham executors;
- death of Sir John Barnard in 1766 and proof of his will in PCC;
- Lord Trevor survived the Bishop of Durham and appointed Robert Trevor as his executor;
- death of Lord Trevor in 1783 and proof of his will;
- will of Robert Trevor appointing his wife Mary sole executrix;
- death of Robert Trevor in 1786 and proof of his will;
- will of Mary Trevor appointing her son (viii) as executor
Third Operative Part:
- (xiii) paid 10/- to (viii);
- (viii), by direction of (i) and (ix) and appointment of (iv) assigned to (xiii) the hereditaments in the indenture of 29th July 1748 for the residue of 200 years upon trusts
Fourth Recitals:
- Isaac Ewer died in Saint Andrew’s, Holborn in 1730 before Oliver Saint John his co-trustee for 500 years in the indenture of 13th May 1713;
- death of Oliver Saint John in Florence [Italy] in April or May 1738 having published his will on 4th March 1738 and letters of administration were granted on 30th May 1755 by PCC to his cousin Elizabeth Hammond;
- Elizabeth Hammond died at Florence in 1767 and letters of administration of the estates of Oliver Saint John were granted on 23rd December 1803 to (i) and (ix)
Fourth Operative Part:
- (xiii) paid 10/- to (i) and (ix);
- (i) and (ix) by appointment of (iv) assigned to (xiii) the hereditaments in the indenture of 30th May 1713 for the residue of 500 years upon trusts
Fifth Recitals
- will of 21st April 1748 of Thomas Browne the son to whom the term of 500 years created by the indenture of 6th December 1732 was assigned by indenture of 12th March 1746 appointing his wife Elizabeth sole executrix and proof of his will;
- will of Elizabeth Browne of 28th November 1782 appointing (x) as sole executrix and proof of her will
Fifth Operative Part:
- (xiii) gave 10/- to (x);
- (x) by direction o (i) and (ix) and by appointment of (iv) assigned to (xiii) the hereditaments in the indenture of 6th December 1732 for the residue of 500 years upon trusts
Sixth Operative Part:
- (xiii) gave 10/- to (xi);
- (xi) by direction of (i) and (ix) and appointment of (iv) assigned to (xiii) the hereditaments in the indenture of 14th July 1749 limited in use to Ann Holgate for the residue of 1,000 years upon trusts
Seventh Operative Part:
- (xiii) gave 10/- to John Harwood;
- John Harwood, by direction of (i) and (ix) and appointment of (iv) assigned to (xiii) the hereditaments in the indenture of 14th July 1749 limited in use to Henry Bromfield for the residue of 1,000 years upon trusts
Eighth Operative Part:
- (i) and (ix) agreed with (iv) that (xiii) be possessed of the terms of 200 years, 500 years, 500 years, 1,000 years, 1,000 years, 1,000 years and 1,000 years assigned to him
Property:
(a) Manor of of Etonsbury in Arlesey;;
(b) Rectory and tithes of Arlesey;
(c) advowson at Arlesey;
(d) farmhouse in Arlesey with 245 acres in occupation of George Coleman being: farmhouse and 4 acres; close of meadow called Wints Hill or Wineshill of 4 acres; two closes of meadow called Coltsfoot Closes of 3 acres; two closes of pasture called Rayners of 5 acres, 2 roods; close of pasture called Clover Close or Corn Close of 3 acres; homestead and close called The Bury Pasture of 12 acres; land in common meadow called Raine of Lammas Meadow of 4 acres; several pieces of arable dispersed in common fields containing 210 acres;
(e) farmhouse in Arlesey and land comprising 166 acres formerly in the occupation of Crom Davis, now of his executors being: homestead and home close of 6 acres; close of pasture called Long Close of 2 acres; close of meadow called Scotch Close of 4 acres; close of pasture called Albons Close of 1 acre; piece of meadow called Furlong Meadow in the open meadow called Lammas Meadow of 5 acres; several pieces of arable in common fields containing 148 acres;
(f) the millhouse with land in Arlesey and Henlow containing 12 acres in occupation of Sell Scruby;
(g) house and smith’s shop in Arlesey in occupation of William Robinson of 2 roods;
(h) close of pasture in Arlesey called Long Close of 2 acres;
(i) piece of meadow in Arlesey called Lammas Meadow of 1 acre;
(j) arable of 1 acre in Arlesey in occupation of William Robinson (as were (h) and (i));
(k) house, outhouse and buildings in Arlesey in occupation of George Dear together with 24 acres being: orchard or garden 1 acre; close of pasture of 2 acres, 2 roods; close of pasture called Margarets Close of 8 acres; close of pasture called Randarye of 12 acres; land in Lammas Meadow of 1 acre;
(l) messuage and outbuildings in Arlesey in occupation of Jeremiah Jarvis and land of 42 acres being: close of pasture called Home Close of 3 acres; close of pasture called Hill Close of 11 acres; piece of pasture called The Meadow of 16 acres; close of pasture called Church Close of 10 acres; piece of meadow called Pankridge of 2 acres, 2 roods;
(m) messuage in occupation in Arlesey of Offspring Webb with land of 32 acres being: homestead and pasture of 1 acre; close of pasture called The Grove of 7 acres; close of pasture called Day Lays of 7 acres; close of pasture called Eatonsbury of 12 acres; close of pasture called Bush Close of 5 acres;
(n) cottage with orchard and close of pasture in Arlesey in occupation of William Devereux of 4 acres;
(o) seven cottages in Arlesey in occupation of Edward Albone, Benjamin Robinson, James Dear, John Prutton, John Goodwin, William Dear and Nathaniel Dear;
(p) slip of ground in Arlesey in occupation of William Trustram at an annual rent of 15/-;
(q) farmhouse and land in Wilshamstead and Houghton Conquest in occupation of Daniel Gray with land of 159 acres being: toft called Nordens with pightle of pasture adjoining of 1 acres, 2 roods; close of pasture called Northends Close of 5 acres; pieces of land dispersed in the common fields of Wilshamstead containing 44 acres; closes of pasture called Pipers Closes containing 6 acres; a “swearth” of meadow; close pf pasture called Gilians Close of 8 acres; close of pasture called Doggets of 5 acres; close of pasture called Hornsend Close of 5 acres; close of pasture or arable at Hornsend of 7 acres; close of pasture or arable at Hornsend of 5 acres; pieces of arable dispesed in the common fields of Wilshamstead containing 80 acres, 3 roods; several pieces of meadow containing 10 acres in the common fields of Wilshamstead;
(r) Manor of Langford;
(s) messuage in Langford with land containing 94 acres in occupation of Richard Wheeler being: homestead and orchard; Home Close; Top Close Pasture; Middle Close Pasture; Lower Close Pasture; Mill Close Pasture; Hill Close Pasture; Clifton Holmes; Lammas Ground in the open meadow; The Dams Midsummer Land in the open meadow; Cockins Close; Judds Cottage;
(t) piece of pasture in Clifton of 1 acre in occupation of James Hanscomb;
(u) lands in the open fields of Clifton of 12 acres in occupation of James Hanscomb;
(v) messuage in Arlesey with customary yard-land hitherto Milton’s held by annual rent of 8/- and a heriot;
(w) messuage and 14 acres of land and half an acre of customary meadow in West End near a meadow called Daws Acre heretofore Ward’s on the east part held on annual rent of 6/3 and a heriot;
(x) one toft with 2½ acres of customary land called Willbery Bottom held by annual rent of 1/- and a heriot;
(y) 1½ roods of customary land in South Field near 1½ roods called Baldocks on south part in Arlesey held by annual rent of 1/-;
(z) 6 acres of arable formerly Young’s held by annual rent of 2/8 ;
(aa) cottage in Arlesey with orchard and pightle of pasture of 1 acre;
(ab) 6 acres of land in the fields of Arlesey formerly Richard Badcock’s by annual rent of 6/8;
(ac) 3 acres of meadow and 6½ acres of arable formerly John Brown’s held by annual rent of 9/2;
(ad) 10 acres of arable in the fields of Arlesey late of Thomas Brown held by annual rent of 3/2
Witnesses:
- Lucas Spilsbury of Bawtry [Yorkshire], attorney-at-law;
- John Baines, clerk to Lucas Spilsbury;
- Edward Gyles;
- J Warne, clerk to Mr Dunn of Old Broad Street;
- John Jefferson, clerk to Mr Dunn of Old Broad Street;
- John Morgan of Lincoln’s Inn and Bedford Square;
- John Paul;
- Edward Robinson of Lincoln’s Inn;
- Baker Gabb of Abergavenny [Monmouthshire], attorney-at-law;
- Baker Gabb junior of Abergavenny;
- Mary Williamson of Shefford;
- Elizabeth Skevington of Shefford;
- James Reed;
[two names unreadable]
Memoranda
- appointment and release by way or mortgage of 14th and 15th February 1811 between (1) John Jackson and (2) George Daysh of the Navy Office, London, esquire and Nicholas Brown of Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, esquire charging (a)-(ad) with mortgage of £6,550;
- conveyance of 24th and 25th August 1810 “to rectify a mistake in the name of the releases to uses”;
- assignment of term of 200 years of 7th August 1816 from Earl Harcourt to (xiii)
Endorsements:
(I) Lease for a year of 24th August 1810, forming part of a conveyance by lease and release for which see (II)
(II) Indenture of 25th August 1810
Parties:
(i) Thomas Lee;
(ii) Leonard Middleton;
(iii) John Petty Muspratt;
(iv) John Jackson ;
(v) Robert Jackson
Reciting:
- it was the intention of the thirteen parties of the deed of 10th July 1804 that (v) should have been releasee to the uses of (a)-(ad) but in the engrossing of the indenture the error of relpalcing his name with that of (iii) had been made;
- in order to rectify the error (i)-(iv) agreed to execute this indenture
Operative Part:
- (v) paid 10/- each to (i)-(iv);
- (ii) and (iii), by direction of (i) and (iv) released (a)-(ad) in the release of 10th July 1804 to (v)
Habendum:
- to (v) to uses and upon trusts written in the release of 10th July 1804
Witnesses:
- John A Sidney, solicitor of 93 Norton Street, Portland Place;
- Francis Moon;
- William Walker Drake of Salters Hall, London;
- Stephen Cannon of 16 Throgmorton Street, London;
- John Wikinson;
- John Bedford of Pershore [Worcestershire];
- Peter Foster, clerk to Bedford and Oldaker of Pershore
(III) Indenture of 7th August 1816
Parties:
(i) William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt;
(ii) Sir John Jackson, baronet;
(iii) John Petty Muspratt
Reciting:
- assignment of 29th July 1740 [previously mistakenly given as 1748] between (1) Sir Francis Saint John, baronet; (2) Thomas Brown the son, doctor of physic; (3) Mary Brown; (4) Denis Farrer, esquire in which (a) below was assigned to (4) for the residue of the 200 years;
- assignment of 5th February 1757 between (1) William Farrer, executor of Dennis Farrer, deceased; (2) Elizabeth Brown, widow; (3) John Lee and Mary, his wife; (4) Sir George Lee of Saint James’, Westminster, privy councillor; (5) Francis Saint John, spinster assigning (a) below to (4) for the residue of the term of 200 years in trust for (3);
- death of Sir George Lee in 1758 and proof of his will of 4th November 1758 in PCC on 3rd January 1759 by his nephew and sole executor Sir William Lee, baronet;
- death of Sir William Lee in 1799 and proof of his will of 12th July 1792, in which William Harcourt [now 3rd Earl Harcourt] and John Claxton of Shirley [Surrey], esquire (since deceased) were made executors, in PCC on 27th August 1799 by Earl Harcourt alone;
- it was erroneously stated in the release with thirteen parties that (a) below was vested in Robert Trevor for the residue of the term of 200 years whereas they were now vested in (i) as sole personal representative of Sir George Lee;
- release and appointment by way of mortgage of 14th and 15th February 1811 between (1) John Jackson, esquire; (2) George Daysh of the Navy Office, London, esquire and Nicholas Brown of Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, in which (1) charged (a) below, amongst other hereditaments, with repayment of £6,550 to (2)
Operative Part:
- (iii) paid 10/- to (i);
- (i), by appointment of (ii), assigned to (iii)
Property:
(a) The rectory and advowson of Arlesey and all lands in Arlesey allotted by the inclosure award of 1804 in lieu of tithes
Habendum
- to (iii) for the residue of the term of 200 years upon trust to secure the repayment of £6,650 by (1) to (2)
Witnesses:
- Richard G Denne, clerk to Forster, Cook and Frere of Lincoln’s Inn;
- J A Hall of Salters Hall.