X86/390

Post-nuptial settlement (certified copy of release, lease missing)

20 Feb 1696/7

From: 1696 To: 1697

i) Thomas Wylde of the Middle Temple, esquire and wife Katherine ii) Honourable Thomas Coventry, son and heir of Thomas, Lord Coventry, baron of Ailesborough Sir John Powell, Justice of Common Pleas [recites agreement 21 December 1696; i) Thomas Wylde; ii) Dame Katherine Throckmorton of Worcester, widow; iii) Katherine Throckmorton] … The manors or lordships of Brittens and Flamwells, Houghton Conquest a messuage and farm called Thickthorn, in occupation of Thomas Beale two messuages and farms in Chappel End in occupation of William and John Bonner three messuages and lands in Chappel End in occupation of Jeffrey Redman, John Craine, John Chamberlayne a messuage and pasture in Chappell End in occupation of Edward Child pasture in occupation Mrs Judith Denton a messuage and farm in Houghton Conquest in occupation John Clarke pasture and meadow in occupation John Clarke pasture and meadow in occupation Edward Bride pasture in occupation Mary Bird pasture in possession of John Riseley a messuage and farm lately purchased by Thomas Wylde of John Ainger, gentleman, in occupation of Edward Bass a capital messuage called Grovehouse in occupation of Edward Bass a parcel of meadow in How End, in occupation of John Brown a parcel of meadow in How End, in occupation of Thomas Burgess rents (unspecified) in Houghton Conquest to the following uses:- to Thomas Wylde for life, then to wife Katherine for life, then to 1st son, and in default of his heirs to 2nd and other sons; £4,000 set aside for daughters Witnesses: Richard Newton, Felton Mann, Jo. Astely

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Wylde, Thomas,
Wylde, Katherine,
Coventry, Thomas,
Lord Coventry, Thomas,
Powell, John,
Throckmorton, Katherine,
Beale, Thomas,
Bonner, William,
Bonner, John,
Redman, Jeffery,
Craine, John,
Chamberlayne, John,
Child, Edward,
Denton, Judith,
Clarke, John,
Bride, Edward,
Bird, Mary,
Riseley, John,
Ainger, John,
Bass, Edward,
Brown, John,
Burgess, Thomas

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, marriage settlements, Middle Temple, Justice of Common Pleas, Worcester, Flamwells & Brittons Manor, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, HOUSING, Houghton Conquest farms, Houghton Conquest Thickthorn Farm, Houghton Conquest Chapel End, Houghton Conquest fields, Houghton Conquest Grove House, Houghton Conquest How End, money