X688/23-24

Lease and Release

15, 16 Aug 1755

From: 1755 To: 1755

i) Lawrence Smyth, Southill, clerk, Lord of the Manor of Sharpenhoe Bury ii) John Lawson, Barton in the Clay, esquire consideration - £120 paid to i) by ii) i) releases to ii) - messuage or cottage at Brook End in Barton - close land adjoining (1 or 2 acres) once in occupation of Abraham Page or William Gobby, and which were formerly copyhold and held of the Manor of Sharpenhoe Bury by John Woodward and which in 30 Charles II became forfeited to the Lord of the Manor on the capital conviction of John Woodward for felony signature of i) endorsed receipt witnesses: Thomas Meager, Benjamin Harris

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Smyth, Lawrence,
Lawson, John,
Page, Abraham,
Gobby, William,
Woodward, John

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, SOUTHILL, clerk, Sharpenhoe Bury, BARTON-LE-CLAY, HOUSING, cottages, Barton-le-Clay fields, Barton-le-Clay Brook End, copyhold, CRIME & PUNISHMENT, felony, receipts