Scope and Content
Parties:
(i) Sarah Whittbread of Eversholt, widow of William Whittbread, yeoman; William Whittbread of Eversholt, yeoman, her eldest son; Joseph Bevan of Ridgmont, yeoman - all three devisees in trust in the last will of William Whittbread, deceased;
(ii) Ambrose Reddall of Eversholt, esquire
Reciting:
- R6/19/3/50;
- (ii) agreed to purchase leasehold [R6/19/3/54] and freehold property together for £1,900
Operative Part:
- (i) released (a)-(x) to (ii) for £1,900
Property:
(a) messuage at Tyriells End, Eversholt heretofore the estate of William Whitbread, deceased, now in occupation of Sarah Whittbread, widow and William Whittbread;
(b) close of pasture adjoining (a) called Holme Close or Tainters of 7 acres, 7 poles;
(c) close of pasture adjoining (b) called Brook End Meadow of 3 roods, 16 poles; with (b) NW and way from Brook End to New England SE;
(d) closes called Porters Closes containing together 7 acres, 3 roods, 34 poles, with way from Tyrells End to Woburn SW and highway from Church End to Berry End SE;
(e) close of arable called The Pightles at Lanes End containing 3 acres, 2 roods, 38 poles with highway from Church End to Berry End SE and close of John Gregory formerly in the occupation of Samuel Dunkley called Long Close SW;
(f) close of arable called Rush Hill Piece or Close of 4 acres, 2 roods, 6 poles adjoining (e) with highway from Church End to Berry End SE and (g) NW;
(g) close of furzens adjoining (f) containing 2 roods, 5 poles with glebe NW and close formerly in the occupation of John Everet SW;
(h) close of arable called Morey Close containing 3 acres, 2 roods, 10 poles; arable called Bell Rope Acre SE, glebe NW, abutting NE on Stonehill Field;
(i) close of arable in Stonehill Field called Narrow Headland Close containing 1 acre, 3 roods, 12 poles, glebe SE and NW and Stonehill Field NE;
(j) headland of arable of 33 poles in Stonehill Field on NW of (i);
(k) close of arable called Long Tail Close in West Field of 3 roods, 5 poles with field of Ambrose Reddall called West Field SW and abutting close of Duke of Bedford in the occupation of George Odell called Pipewells Close NW and glebe SW;
(l) pightle of pasture near West Field called Barley Croft Pightle or Pightle Hill containing 1 acre, 2 roods, 5 poles with way from Church End to Woburn and Berry End SE, close of Ambrose Reddall called Gravel Pit Pightle in the occupation of John Everet SW, pightle of pasture of John Cooke in occupation of Campbell Goodman NE;
(m) two closes of pasture called Upper and Lower Barley Croft containing together 5 acres, 1 rood, 4 poles with way from Church End to Berry End SE, pightle of John Cooke in occupation of Campbell Goodman SW, glebe in the occupation of Samuel Dunkley called Warren Hill NW;
(n) close of arable called Longdown Close containing 3 acres, 2 roods, 5 poles with field of Ambrose Reddall called West Field NW, one acre of arable in occupation of Edward Jones SE and land of John Cooke NE;
(o) close of pasture near Wits End called Lower Close by Penny Furlong or Square Close containing 2 acres, 2 roods, 20 poles with way from Church End to New England NW, close of Ambrose Reddall in the occupation of Samuel Sinfield, called Penny Furlong SW;
(p) two closes of pasture and arable called Upper Apple Pasty and Lower Apple Pasty parted by a small piece of ground of Ambrose Reddall containing together 3 roods, 18 poles with highway from Church End to New England SW and N, close of pasture of Ambrose Reddall in his own occupation SE and land of John Cooke in Stonehill Field NE;
(q) close of arable called Copmore Close containing 2 acres, 2 roods, 25 poles with way from Tingrith to Woburn called Woburn Highway SW, close of John Gregory in the occupation of Samuel Dunkley NW, close of arable of Thomas Roberts in occupation of John Daniel NE;
(r) piece of ground at bottom of Copmore Close containing 6 poles now sowed with furzens;
(s) close of pasture called Church End Close containing 5 acres, 27 poles with close of John Cooke in occupation of Campbell Goodman SE, close of meadow of Ambrose Reddall in the occupation of Edward Burr SW, highway NW and NE;
(t) two new closes of arable called Further Fullbrook Close and Hither Fullbrook Close in Echlow alias Mill Field lying together as one close, a small brook called Fullbrook running between them and containing together 3 acres, 26 poles shooting SE on joint way to Manshead Close and NW on (u);
(u) headland lying at NW end of (t) in Echlow alias Mill Field containing 20 poles;
(v) close of arable called Headland Acre containing 1 acre, 19 poles in Echlow alias Mill Field near Mill Hill, close of arable of Ambrose Reddall called Mill Field SE and joint way to Love Lane NE;
(w) cottage with garden and orchard adjoining in Hills End containing 1 rood, 12 poles in occupation of James Parnham;
(x) cottage with garden and orchard adjoining in Tyrells End containing 2 roods in occupation of William Everett
Sarah Whittbread signed by mark
Witnesses:
- John Rotherham, clerk to Ambrose Reddall;
- John Francis, servant to Ambrose Reddall