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Souldrop Settlement subsequent to Marriage of i) and Margaret, his now wife, and in consideration of her portion of £140, being conveyance to ii)

30 Jan 1639/40

From: 1639 To: 1640

i) William Bythewaye of Souldroppe, Bedfordshire, senior, yeoman ii) William Cannell senior of Burton, Northamptonshire, yeoman Thomas Burrough of Sharnbrooke, Bedfordshire, yeoman Settlement subsequent to Marriage of i) and Margaret his now wife, and in consideration of her portion of £140, being conveyance to ii) … all that Hall House, Great Barne, and over part of the yard extending from the nether corner of the said Hall House upwardes being parte and parcel of one messuage or farm wherein i) now lives in Souldrop now in the tenure of i) … close of pasture ground called the Home Close 3 acres in Souldroppe adjoining the messuage or yard … 25 acres arable in open fields of Souldroppe as in schedule annexed all of which were late the freehold of John Bytheraye deceased, late father of i) to hold to use of i) and wife Margaret and the heirs male of their bodies, in default to use of right heirs of i) Schedule: Ground Hill Field: Ground Hyll furlong; Denacres furlong between Burge Lane, Wyndmyll Hill furlong; Clypsey furlong, Hell furlong, Broadgreen adjoining Wyndmyll hyll; abutting on Shortleys next Broadgreen furlong Middle Feild: on Hightoft hyll shooting towardes Druells Lane end; Parsonage land; Hanging Hill furlong; Smyth craft; Long Blackhedg furlong, Great thorne furlong; Whitnoll dich furlong, Shortbreach furlong East Field: East furlong; Beanland furlong; furlong shooting to Raten hedge next the highway; Water furrowe furlong, Parson Bush Way Luzmere furlong; Blackhedge furlong; headland abutting on Berrye slade Bounders: Lady Butler, William Bytheray junior, Thomas Cobbe,Thomas Ellyott, William Hanger, Thomas Mason Witnesses: to livery of seisin George Winstanley, clerk, Thomas Mason, Michael Cannell 30 Jan 15 Charles I 1639/40

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Bytheraye, William,
Cannell, William,
Burrough, Thomas,
Bytheraye, Margaret,
Bytheraye, John,
Butler, Lady,
Cobbe, Thomas,
Ellyott, Thomas,
Hanger, William,
Mason, Thomas

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, SOULDROP, yeoman, Burton Latimer, SHARNBROOK, marriage settlements, HOUSING, agricultural buildings, Souldrop farms, Souldrop fields, arable, freehold property, Souldrop Windmill Hill, parsonages