SA773-774

Conveyance (Lease and Release; £573..8s..11d, vi) to i); £243..6s..4d (£33..5s, vi) to plaintiffs in Chancery Case; £15..3s..8d to defendants in Chancery Case; £34..16s..0½d, vi) to iii)) vi) to iv); £450 vi) to Bank of England for 3 Page infants. £1,350 in all

21, 22 Jan 1744/5

From: 1681 To: 1745

i) John Ogilvie of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, gentleman, and wife Catherine ii) John Wells, esquire, of Wavendon and Ralph Farr of Moulsoe, Buckinghamshire, yeoman, devisees in will of Robert Page of Wavendon, malster, deceased (eldest son and heir of Sarah Page of Wavendon, widow, deceased, only sister and heir of Mary Quaint of Wavendon, spinster, deceased) iii) Thomas James Page of Wavendon, gentleman, eldest son and heir of Robert Page, deceased, and wife Elizabeth iv) Thomas Howell of Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, lacebuyer, and wife Elizabeth (née Forster); John Pickering of Broughton, Buckinghamshire, yeoman; Thomas Reddall of Wavendon, schoolmaster; Henry Rock of Woburn, yeoman (creditors of Robert Page, deceased, with Ralph Farr have proved debts under Chancery decree) v) William Neale of the Six Clerks Office, Middlesex, gentleman vi) John Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (recital of Mortgage (Lease and Release) of 20, 21 May 1734 between (a) Robert Page of Wavendon, gentleman; (b) John Ogilvie. £500 b) to a). a) to b) ... messuage, cottages and lands in Westcotts and Wilstead. Not paid. Recital in part of will of Robert Page of 20 December 1734, lands in Wilstead in occupation James Cox to John Wells and Ralph Farr for use of Thomas James Page (v. iii) but chargeable with debts and annuity of £10 to wife Catherine and £150 each to 3 daughters Mary, Catherine and Sarah when 21. Executors wife and son Thomas James Page. Proved (Buckinghamshire Archdeaconry) 30 January 1734. Reciting Thomas James Page since 21. Hilary Term 1743 3 daughters exhibited bill of complaint in Chancery versus Thomas James Page, Ralph Farr, John Wells and John Ogilvie for performance of trust and to compel sale of Wilstead property. Cause and answers heard by Master of the Rolls 14 March 1743. Trust ordered to be performed, master to make account of debts and legacies of Robert Page and what was due to Ogilvie on mortgage. He to be paid from sale of property, also other debts and legacies, and surplus to be paid to Thomas James Page. Master's report 29 November 1744 - purchaser William Neale for £1,350. Report of 15 December 1744 showed £243..6s..4d due to iv) (scheduled). £150 due to each legatee - £450 in all. £573..8s..11d due to Ogilvie. Report confirmed by order. Plaintiffs allowed costs of £33..5s and defendants £15..3s..8d, i.e. £48..8s..8d in all. Residue of purchase money of £34..16s..0½d to be paid to Thomas James Page. Neale acting for vi) i), ii), and ii) to vi) ... messuage in Westcotts and 2 pightles (2 acres) ... Hay Close and White Croft (9 acres) ... 2 cottages in occupation John Squire, then Ann Palmer, widow ... 2 closes adjoining (12 acres) All above in occupation Samuel Wallis ... 61¼ acres 24 perches in common fields of Westcotts and Wilstead (scheduled in Release of 2 February 1681/2 between (a) Thomas Warner of Cambridge, gentleman, son and heir of Thomas Warner of Wilstead, gentleman, deceased, and (b) Samuel Ballard of Cardington Cotton End, yeoman) All in occupation Edward Warner, gentleman and Samuel Wallis ... cottage and appurtenances in Wilstead once in occupation George Knight and close (4 acres) adjoining in occupation Widow Pearce ... 23 1/8 acres in fields of Wilstead scheduled in Feoffment of 26 September 1691 between (a) Edward Penifather of Greenfield, Flitton, yeoman, and wife May, (b) Samuel Ballard of Cardington, yeoman ... 3 acres in fields of Wilstead (described in Feoffment of 9 April 1687 between (a) Moses Allen of Wilstead, labourer, and wife Jane, (b) John Negus of St Neots, tailor (son and heir of Humphrey Negus of Wilstead, tailor, deceased) and wife Mary, (c) Samuel Ballard of Cardington, yeoman All above in occupation Mary and James Cox i), ii) and iii) covenant to levy a fine with vi) witnessed: John Westley, John Hall, John Marsh, Josiah Chicheley, Benjamin Pomfret

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Ogilvie, John,
Ogilvie, Catherine,
Wells, John,
Farr, Ralph,
Page, Robert,
Page, Sarah,
Quaint, Mary,
Page, Thomas James,
Page, Elizabeth,
Howell, Thomas,
Howell, Elizabeth,
Forster, Elizabeth,
Pickering, John,
Reddall, Thomas,
Rock, Henry,
Neale, William,
Potter, John [Archbishop of Canterbury],
Cox, James,
Page, Catherine,
Page, Mary,
Squire, John,
Palmer, Ann,
Wallis, Samuel,
Warner, Thomas,
Ballard, Samuel,
Warner, Edward,
Knight, George,
Pearce,
Penifather, Edward,
Penifather, Mary,
Allen, Moses,
Allen, Jane,
Negus, John,
Negus, Humphrey,
Negus, Mary,
Cox, Mary

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, Little Gaddesden, Wavendon, Moulsoe, yeoman, wills, maltster, Great Brickhill, lace buyer, Broughton [Buckinghamshire], schoolmaster, WOBURN, creditors, debt, Chancery, Six Clerks Office, mortgages, HOUSING, cottages, Wilshamstead fields, Westcotts, Wilstead, annuities, family/personal financial affairs, lawsuits, complaints, trusts, Master of the Rolls, general legal process, Cambridge, Cotton End, feoffment, Greenfield, labourer, St Neots, tailor