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i) John Dennis, South Mimms, Middlesex, yeoman
iia) Thomas Wilson, 9 Claremont Terrace, Pentonville, St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, gentleman
iib) William Higgs, South Mimms, road surveyor
reciting Conveyance (Lease and Release) 4, 5 June 1830 between
1) Right Honourable Robert Henley Ongley Lord Ongley
2) John Dennis
3) William Peppercorn
being by 1) to 2) to uses of property below, and
reciting that John Dennis wishes to convey property to ii) subject to certain mortgages etc.
Appointment and Release (of lease and release) by i) to ii) in consideration of 10/- and 5/- of
… closes of arable and pasture in Charlton alias Chaulton in Blunham near messuage, late property of i) now of William Peppercorn, containing 70 acres, once in occupation of John Freshwater, now of Joseph Sims, John How, Thomas Sims, Samuel Butcher, Edward Harborne, James Bone, Robert Little, John Prentis and others, known as
… Belham Baulk Field, 18 acres 2 roods 22 perches
… Middle Field, 13 acres 1 rood 18 perches
… Home Field, 7 acres 1 rood 27 perches
… The Six Acres, 6 acres 39 perches
… The Chalk Croft, 10 acres 2 perches
… Ridgway, 13 acres 2 roods 28 perches
upon trust to pay debts of i), and then to pay rents arising to Mary Ann Dennis, wife of i) for her life, and on her death to use profits to keep and educate Mary Elizabeth Blowes Dennis, daughter of i), until she is 21, then to convey whatever remains to her absolutely.
property is subject to following mortgages:
Mortgage by Lease and Release 25, 26 December 1833
1) John Dennis
2) Ann Lydiat, Bletsoe, spinster
3) Thomas Rawdon Ward, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, esquire
John Brown, Marlborough, Wiltshire, esquire, now deceased
Thomas Merriman, Marlborough, gentleman
4) Thomas Ward Blagg, St Albans, Hertfordshire, gentleman
being mortgage by 1) to 3) to secure £4,800, and
Mortgage by Lease and Release 19, 20 June 1835
1) John Dennis
2) Elizabeth Dennis, Bushey, Hertfordshire, widow
3) Thomas Ward Blagg
being mortgage by 1) to 3) to secure £600