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i) Ann Nelson, Greek Street, Soho, Middlesex, widow
George Johnson, Chobham, Surrey, gentleman
(executors of the will of Thomas Driver, late of Fleet Street, London, turner, deceased)
ii) William Hill, Cliffords Inn, London, gentleman
reciting demise of 29 November 1727
a) William Goodfellow, gentleman (nephew and heir of William Goodfellow, late of St Neots, Huntingdonshire, gentleman, deceased) and wife Ann
b) William Cole, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, victualler
consideration - £120
a) demised to b)
- 30 acres 3 roods arable and meadow in common fields of Eaton Socon and Wyboston, once the lands of William Spencer and Oliver Luke, esquire, and purchased of them by William Goodfellow, deceased, by lease and release of 15 and 16 April 1692
- 22½ acres arable lying in the common fields of Eaton Socon, once the lands of Richard Hatley, Mary Jackson, widow, and Ann Lea, widow, and purchased of them by said William Goodfellow, deceased, by lease and release of 6 and 7 November 1795
- 11 acres arable once in occupations of Mathew Sibley and Richard Niles, in common fields of Eaton Socon and Wyboston and purchased by William Goodfellow, deceased, of James Swain and wife Grace, and Mary Swain, widow, by lease and release of 1 and 2 March 1697
term - 500 years
to secure repayment of £123 on a certain day now past
reciting also assignment of 1 March 1728
1) William Cole
2) William Goodfellow
3) Lewis Goodfellow
£127 remains due to 2) on above mortgage for principal and interest
now in consideration of £127..10s paid to 2) by 3)
1) with confirmation of 2) assigns to 3)
- above mentioned lands
to hold for remainder of said term
to secure repayment of £130..3s..10d on a certain day now past
reciting assignment of 15 August 1733
A) Lewis Goodfellow and William Goodfellow
B) Thomas Driver
Lewis Goodfellow is indebted to Thomas Driver in £200
now in consideration of further sum of £100 paid to Lewis Goodfellow by B), A) transferred to B)
- above mentioned lands
to hold for remainder of said term
to secure repayment of £307..10s according to proviso in release of even date and made between A), B) and Thomas Overbury, Fleet Street, London, vintner
reciting lease and release of 14 and 15 August 1733
I) William Goodfellow and Lewis Goodfellow
II) Thomas Driver
III) Thomas Overbury
consideration - £200 paid to II) by Lewis Goodfellow and in consideration of further sum of £100 paid to Lewis Goodfellow by II) - being the same monies as were expressed to be the consideration of last assignment, II) with consent of I) grants to III)
- above mentioned 30 acres 3 roods
- above mentioned 22½ acres
to be held in trust for II) subject to annual rent of £30
reserved to William Goodfellow during his life
also I) by direction of II) release to III)
- above mentioned 11 acres
to be held in trust for II)
to secure repayment by Lewis Goodfellow of £307..10s on a certain day now past
reciting deed of 10 November 1743
aa) Lewis Goodfellow
bb) Thomas Driver
William Goodfellow is now dead and £300 still remained due to bb)
now aa) in consideration of further sum of £100 lent by bb) agreed that mortgaged premises shall be security for both £300 and £100
reciting deed poll endorsed on last deed and dated 10 November 1764
Thomas Driver was dead and by his will dated 27 April 1764 had appointed i) as executors. There is still remaining to them on security of said mortgaged premises - £410
now i) in consideration of £410 paid by ii) did declare that Thomas Overbury should hold said premises in trust for ii)
now to secure better repayment of said £410 to ii)
i) assigns to ii)
- lands before mentioned
for remainder of said term of 500 years
signatures of i)
endorsed witnesses: Eliza King, Little Compton Street, Soho; Hannah Nelson; Henry Hartwell