Scope and Content
Parties:
(i) Jonathan Adams of Saint Neots [Cambridgeshire], surgeon and apothecary; Nevile Day of Saint Neots, gentleman; John Brown of Saint Neots, butcher;
(ii) George Pedley, formerly of Potton, now of Friendly Street, Deptford [Kent], gentleman (surviving executor of Henry Tingey);
(iii) William Peppercorn of Saint Neots, gentleman, administrator of Henry Tingey;
(iv) John Williamson of Baldock [Hertfordshire], esquire
Reciting:
- Henry Tingey was possessed of Manor of Berkford;
- AN29/48;
- AN29/49;
- AN29/62;
- AN29/63;
- AN29/72;
- John Pedley and George Day were dead, leaving (ii) surviving;
- will of William Mole of 6 May 1829 devising all his real estate to (i) in trust;
- (i) had contracted sale to (iv) for £14,980;
- proof of AN29/48 was not sufficient to pass the term of 900 years hence AN29/94-96;
- (ii) agreed to join in the conveyance
Operative Part:
- (iv) paid £14,980 to (i);
- (iv) paid 10/- to (ii);
- (i) and (ii) released (a)-(p) to (iv)
Property:
(a) Manor of Little Barford;
(b) site of a farmhouse formerly in the occupation of Samuel Berry, the toft now farmyard in occupation of William Mole;
(c) farmhouse, dovehouse, barns, stables and outhouses in a close of 12 acres, 1 rood, 32 perches (formerly called House Close or Dovehouse Close, toft where a farmhouse stood, old inclosed pasture on 5 acres, 3 roods, 3 perches and lane leading to it, pasture called Spring Close of 1 acre, 1 rood, 11 perches and close of pasture called Spinney Close) for many years called Home Close or Dovehouse Close;
(d) close containing 10 acres, 1 rood, 11 perches adjoining (c), formerly two closes called Grove Close and Land Close;
(e) three closes containing 27 acres, 3 roods, 14 perches;
(f) new closes of arable containing 201 acres, 3 roods, 13 perches in former Copthorn Field;
(g) three new closes containing 27 acres, 20 perches in the former North Field;
(h) toft where a cottage formerly stood formerly in the occupation of William Wheeler;
(i) Print Close adjoining N side of (h);
(j) close of 3 roods, 20 perches on S side of (h)
(h)-(j) for some years had formed one close and orchard opposite the dwelling of William Mole and containing together 3 acres, 35 perches bounded N by Dolls Lane, W by high road from Little Barford to Tempsford
(a)-(j) formerly in occupation of William Mole, now Thomas Fowler
(k) cottage formerly in the occupation of Robert Craufurd, then Richard Saunders, now Joseph Saunders with close of pasture of 1 acre adjoining;
(l) close of 6 acres, 2 roods in Middle Field formerly in occupation of Richard Saunders, now Joseph Saunders bounded part N by (f), E by (h)-(j), W by land of John William;
(m) cottage divided into two tenements formerly in the occupation of John Selby and William Woods now Thomas Brownall and Edward Emery which
Thomas Tingey exchanged with Richard Marriott [AN29/54];
(n) cottage with close of pasture of 2 acres formerly in the occupation of Thomas Adams;
(o) close of pasture near (n) of 3 acres;
(p) land called Brook Street Lane
(k)-(p) formerly in the occupation of Henry Adams, then James Page, now Thomas Fowler
Habendum:
- to (iv) for ever
Operative Part:
- (i)-(iii) assigned all leasehold parts of (a)-(p) to (iv)
Witnesses:
- William Day of Saint Neots, solicitor;
- Jonathan Barker, clerk to William Peppercorn