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Houghton Conquest: Lease for a year

23 Jun 1714

From: 1714 To: 1714

i) John Tuffnaile of Elstow, gentleman Benedict Conquest of Houghton Conquest, esquire ii) Mary Peake of Bedford, widow … a cottage in Houghton Conquest in occupation of William Young; close of 3 acres adjoining cottage in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Samuel Cook; the manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Berry with the mansion, manorhouse, or capital messuage closes called the Parks and Bury wood, 73 acres; Frith alias Crouches close, 10 acres; Hill close, 26 acres; Sear close, 6 acres; 12-acre close; Little, Middle and Farther Brickhill pasture, 80 acres; 2 pightles, 8 acres; Salloway wood, 36 acres; Horse close, 50 acres; Great and Little Fatting pasture, 50 and 35 acres; Limbosses or Mountague wood; Horse close spinney; 6-acre close; Parsonage piece; Hawnes lane spinney alias Ploughed Hill, 20 acres; Green lane close, 4 acres 44 acres in the open fields of Houghton Conquest all in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Haynes and Maulden, in occupation of Benedict Conquest, George Snagg, Nathan Linford, William Bowton, Joseph Barber, Joseph Crockett, Thomas Perrott, Thomas Woodcroft, William Bonner witnesses: William Goodhall, G Arnold, William Turner

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Tuffnaile, John,
Conquest, Benedict,
Peake, Mary,
Young, William,
Cook, Samuel,
Snagg, George,
Linford, Nathan,
Bowton, William,
Barber, Joseph,
Crockett, Joseph,
Perrott, Thomas,
Woodcroft, Thomas,
Bonner, William

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, agricultural leases, ELSTOW, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, BEDFORD, HOUSING, cottages, Houghton Conquest fields, manors, Houghton Conquest Manor, Conquest Bury Manor, woods, spinney, AMPTHILL, HAYNES, MAULDEN, Ampthill fields, Haynes fields, Maulden fields