Z442/95

'Abstract of Mr William Sheppard's title to a messuage and land in Pulloxhill secured to Sir Henry Penrice for £500 dated 4 July 1734'

1673-1737

From: 1673 To: 1737

a) Feoffment by Thomas Neale to Sheppard for £730 i) Thomas Neale and wife Elizabeth, Jeffrey Willan ii) Thomas Sheppard ... messuage or farmhouse with outhouses, barns, stables, outhouses, dovehouses etc. ... a pightle of pasture adjoining containing 2 acres ... a close of pasture called the Farm Close containing 4 acres ... 6 acres arable land ... 2 acres in Great Northfield ... 2 acres in Newfield ... 2 acres in Little Northfield all in Pulloxhill in the occupation of Abraham Barber ... 6 closes of pasture in Pulloxhill containing 22 acres called Northmead Hill, Little Northmead Hill, Upper Northmead Hill, and Lower Northmead Hill in the occupations of William Stevens and John Ball ... the tithes of corn, grain and hay, grass or wood arising from premises 26 Jul 1673 livery and seisin by Thomas Bigg and Thomas Beaumont, attornies for Neale to Thomas Sheppard Agrees that no part of Pulloxhill Common sold to Thomas Halfpenny or the Kimnell granted by this feoffment and that ii) should hold premises of Lord or Lords whereof same are holden by yearly rent of pepper corn b) Letter of attorney from Neale and Willan to Thomas Bigg and Thomas Beaumont to deliver seisin 26 Jul 1673 c) Fine. Michaelmas 25 Charles II d) Bond to perform covenants. 26 Jul 1673 e) Bargain and Sale i) Thomas Neale and Dame Elizabeth his wife, Jeffrey Willan, Sir John Norton, John Garrard, esquire, Mark Cottle, esquire, Christopher Cratford, Nicholas Gould ii) Thomas Sheppard 2 Dec 1674 f) Settlement on marriage of William Sheppard and Alice Burr i) Thomas Sheppard and wife Annes, William Sheppard, son of Thomas ii) William Burr and John Burr (trustees of settlement) iii) Ann Burr, daughter of William Burr 31 Mar 1699 g) Covenant by William Sheppard with Henry Kitchiner to levy a fine to use of William Sheppard and heirs. 21 Jun 1734 h) Fine. Trinity 1734 i) Mortgage by William Sheppard to Sir Henry Penrice (demise 500 years) to secure £500 and interest 4 Jul 1734 Note that farm let to Henry Stapleton j) Additional sum of £100 2 Sep 1736 Endorsed: 2 Sep 1736: note of additional sum of £100 11 Apr 1737: note of rent

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Sheppard, William,
Penrice, Henry,
Neale, Thomas,
Neale, Elizabeth,
Willan, Jeffrey,
Sheppard, Thomas,
Barber, Abraham,
Stevens, William,
Ball, John,
Bigg, Thomas,
Beaumont, Thomas,
Halfpenny, Thomas,
Norton, John,
Garrard, John,
Cottle, Mark,
Cratford, Christopher,
Gould, Nicholas,
Sheppard, Anne,
Burr, William,
Burr, John,
Burr, Ann,
Kitchiner, Henry,
Penrice, Henry,
Stapleton, Henry

DEEDS, legal papers, PULLOXHILL, tithes, marriage settlements, mortgages