Reference
X86/15
Title
Mortgage; £120
Date free text
8 Jun 1653
Production date
From: 1640 To: 1653
Scope and Content
i) John Strange senior of Chalton, yeoman
William Whitehead of Houghton Regis, yeoman
ii) George Edwards of Wilstead, yeoman
… Pryer's mead[ow] close (4 acres) abutting Berry close and Great Mead, bought by William's uncle William Whitehead from Joseph and Thomas Medgate, gentlemen
34½ acres in Houghton Regis:-
in Street furlong, abutting Watling Street balk, and the Sewell way
in Middle furlong, abutting the headroods
in the "other field", in a furlong near Southway; in Smallway furlong; in Broadslade furlong; on Broadlehill furlong; on Mixewaye furlong, abutting Mixeway
9 acres as in X86/8
all which property was bequeathed to William Whitehead by his uncle's Will 16 May 1640
Owners: William Prentice, late of Sir Lewis Dyve, Henry Brandriffe gentleman, lord of the manor, John Sayell, Thomas Ordway, Michael Cooke, William Eames, John Hawkins, William Pryse [?Pryer], John Turney, Bernard Turney, Henry Prentice, William Fossey, William Howe, Thomas Wallys, William Strange, Henry Pedder, Richard Crawley, John Howe, John Pedder, Thomas Prentice, William Chambers
Witnesses: Edmund Jones, Richard Jones
Level of description
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