X86/392

Discharge of legacy

22 Oct 1718

From: 1718 To: 1718

i) Robert and James Bruce of Ampthill, esquires Sir William Gostwick of Willington, baronet Sir John Osborn of Chicksands, baronet William Hillersden of Elstow, esquire John Harvey of Ickwell, esquire John Cater of Kempston, esquire William Farrer of Biddenham, esquire Hugh Smith of Sharpenhoe, esquire Reverend John Birch, rector of Houghton Conquest John Wheeler, and Thomas White, yeoman and husbandman, respectively, churchwardens of Houghton Conquest Henry Pearse and Richard Impey, yeomen; overseers of the poor. trustees or feoffees of the almshouse and school founded by Sir Francis Clarke ii) Thomas Wylde of the Commandry within the city of Worcester, esquire iii) Nathaniel Halhead of Petersham, Surrey, gentleman … £140 under Will of Edmund Wylde as in X86/391 Witnesses: Winifred Birch, Thomas Birch, Benjamin Conquest, Frances Conquest, George Cole, Charles Hotham, C H Lawson (?), John Bennett, Joseph Hill 22 Oct 1718 Note: for the land bought with this bequest, and for subsequent leases of it, see P11/25/4-9; for the school Victoria County History ii), 180, Charity Commissioners' Reports pages 100-102

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Bruce, Robert,
Bruce, James,
Gostwick, William,
Osborn, John,
Hillersden, William,
Harvey, John,
Cater, John,
Farrer, William,
Smith, Hugh,
Birch, John,
Wheeler, John,
White, Thomas,
Pearse, Henry,
Impey, Richard,
Clarke, Francis,
Wylde, Thomas,
Halhead, Nathaniel,
Wylde, Edmund

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, AMPTHILL, WILLINGTON, CHICKSANDS, ELSTOW, Ickwell, KEMPSTON, BIDDENHAM, Sharpenhoe, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, clergy, Rector, yeoman, husbandman, churchwardens, overseer, trustees, almshouses, schools, Worcester, Petersham, wills, money