Reference
WA55
Title
Mortgage; £500
Date free text
26 Sep 1748
Production date
From: 1748 To: 1748
Scope and Content
i) Reverend John Goodwin of Clapham, Surrey, clerk, surviving executor of Sir Henry Atkins
ii) George Pitt of Hampshire, esquire, and wife Penelope (only daughter of Sir Henry Atkins)
iii) Christopher Arnold of London, citizen and goldsmith
… the manor or lordship of Upper Dean; a capital messuage or mansion house in Upper Dean; Backhouse close, 5 acres; Brickkiln close, 3 acres; Bushy close, 4 acres; Lazarus close, 13 acres; Great pasture, 30 acres; the Toft, 10 acres; pightle, 2 roods; Butt Green close, 2 acres; Shopkeepers' close, 1 acre;
148 acres in the common fields of Upper and Nether Dean:
in the Mill Field season 49 acres
in the Little Field season 48 acres
in the Wood Field season 51 acres
60 acres in the common fields of Nether Dean; in occupation of Judith Fox at £121 per annum
7 closes of sward called the Warrens and 2 pightles adjoining, 48 acres
18 acres in the common fields of Upper Dean:
in Mill Field, 8 acres
in Hardell Field, 9 acres
in Wood Field, 1 acre
3 fields in Nether Dean containing 60 acres; in occupation of Christopher Fox, at £62 per annum
A messuage and a corn windmill in Mill Field, and pightle, ½ acre, in occupation of Isaac Bell, at £4 per annum
[various recitals, including Will of Sir Henry Atkins (WA2)]
Witnesses: William Atkinson, John Tillinghast, J Scott, James Johnston
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