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Conveyance (Deed of Bargain and Sale enrolled): John Gostwyke, esquire (Treasurer to the King), to William Butler of London, grocer; for £428..2s..5d

1540

From: 1537 To: 1540

... All the messuages, lands, etc. [no details] in the occupation of John Barker in Byddenham, formerly belonging to Newenham Priory (granted by letters patent dated 1539/40 to Gostwyke and Jane [Joan] his wife and their heirs, reserving to the crown a pension of 20s from the parsonage of Byddenham); all the lands, etc. in occupation of Thomas Malcott in Byddenham, formerly of Harwoolde Priory; all the lands, etc. called Cundytt Field next the town of Bedford, Mydel Field, Barle Field and Haylond Field lying in the fields of Bedford and Byddenham; also 5 acres of meadow called King's Mead in Byddenham in occupation of John Emery, formerly of Calwall [Cauldwell] Priory (all granted by the same letters patent to Gostwyke and his wife); all the foregoing premises being valued by the Crown at £15..9s..0¼d; also the meadow in Ibons alias Illam Mead containing 6 acres late in occupation of Sir William Butler deceased (father of William Butler), formerly of Warden Abbey (granted by letters patent dated 1539 to Gostwyke and his wife); also the meadow containing 20 acres called King's Mead next to the river side in Byddenham against Bromham, in occupation of William More of Ravensden, formerly of Warden Abbey (granted likewise in 1537/8) [armorial seal of "Gostwyk"]

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Gostwyke, John,
Butler, William,
Barker, John,
Gostwyke, Joan,
Malcott, Thomas,
Emery, John,
More, William

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