X673/1

Mortgage by demise

29 November 1682

From: 1682 To: 1682

i) Thomas Fossey, St Albans, Hertfordshire, yeoman, late of Bidwell in Houghton Regis, and wife Sarah ii) John Baldery, Houghton Regis, weaver consideration - £60 paid to i) by ii) i) demise to ii) - 9 acres 1 rod arable land and pasture in fields of Houghton Regis --- 1 close pasture (3 x ½ acres) in Great Milley field N Thomas Bucknam S Milley Baulk W Milley Leys being ground of Thomas Bucknam --- 2 acres and ½ acre lying together in Great Milley field N Richard Francis S Edward Fossey W Hollowed Pitt Brook --- 1 acre and ½ acre lying together in Great Milley N Edward Fossey S John Pedder W said brook --- 1 rod in same field N William Pryor, gentleman S Milley ditch W said brook --- 1 acre in Little Milley N Richard Francis S William Pryor W said Hollowed Pitt brook --- ½ acre more in Little Milley N Nehemiah Brandeth, gentleman S Cow common W said brook --- 2 acres lying together upon one piece in the North Field between two linches, known by the name of the Bottom Piece E Berry Downe Bush furlong W furlong lying on the backside of Bidwell i in occupation of Thomas Fossey term - 1000 years rent - one peppercorn annually at Michaelmas repayment - £63 12s ie; £1 16s on 30 May next £61 16s on 30 November 1683 signature of Thomas Fossey endorsed receipt witnesses Richard Atkins Timothy Deckens 29 November 1682

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Fossey, Thomas,
Fossey, Sarah,
Fossey, Edward,
Baldery, John,
Bucknam, Thomas,
Francis, Richard,
Pedder, John,
Pryor, William,
Brandeth, Nehemiah,
Atkins, Richard,
Deckens, Timothy

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