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X441/15
Title
Deed to lead the uses of a Common Recovery
Date free text
9 Jun 1749
Production date
From: 1749 To: 1749
Scope and Content
i) Beckford Kendall Cater of Kempston, Bedfordshire, esquire, a devisee in will of John Cater, late of Kempston, esquire, deceased, described in the will as Beckford Kendall ii) John Kendall Cater, London, gentleman, first son of i) iii) John Finch, Clements Lane, London, ironmonger iv) Benjamin Pouncy, Inner Temple, London, gentleman ... the lordships or manors of Kempston Grays alias Hastings Bury and Kempston Hardwicke ... capital messuage or mansion house in Kempston called the Place with all outhouses, dovehouses, barns, stables, malthouse, yards, orchards and gardens ... closes called Bury close pasture; pasture called the Warren; Church close; Great Dixlands adjoining Church close; coppices and woods containing 87 acres lying at Woodend ... farm at Woodend heretofore in occupation of John Hudson ... close called Stockings at Green End late in occupation of John Hudson ... 15 acres arable adjoining highway leading to Bedford heretofore in tenure of James Marriott ... 2 closes pasture and 2 acres arable lying in the Box heretofore in occupation of Thomas Freeman ... Colemans close pasture in the Box heretofore in occupation of Andrew Miller ... Water close at Wood End heretofore in occupation of William Flectnee ... 6 acres arable in Ham Field in Kempston heretofore in occupation of John Barker ... pasture Wixsted close in West End heretofore in occupation of Robert Davison ... Meadow in Box End heretofore in occupation of William Allen ... Little Betts close lying near Great Betts heretofore in occupation of John Cooper ... leys adjoining Box Meadow containing by estimate 1½ acres heretofore in occupation of Francis Roff ... leys 2 acres in March Field in occupation of Francis Roff ... 18 acres arable in common fields heretofore in occupation of Samuel Cater ... farm at Green End heretofore in occupation of Thomas Gurney, rent £55..10s ... farm at East End in occupation of William Negoose then John Pierson, rent £30 ... farm East End in occupation of Thomas Stokes then Jeremy Stokes, rent £59..10s ... farm Wood End in occupation of William Leach alias Betts afterwards William Wadmore, £29 ... farm Wood End once in occupation of Richard Hide then Jacob Cox, £17 ... meadow and leys called the Broid in Hamfield late in occupation of Samuel Marriott ... pasture Great Betts close once in occupation of George Jones ... arable lands in the Box heretofore in occupation of Henry Shepherd, gentleman ... arable lands and leys in occupation of John Curtis afterwards of Samuel Cater ... 6 acres in Nether Hamfield once in occupation of Nicholas Cooke junior ... 1 acre arable in Ham Field in occupation of Michael Houghton ... two leys in the March Field near Hardwicke Bridge once in occupation of John Pittkin ... close at Wood End called the Hoos heretofore in occupation of Elizabeth Baddington ... 2 stirts lying near river in Kempston once in occupation of William Allen, senior and junior ... messuage or tenement in occupation of Thomas Woolaston, then Joan Worrall, widow ... 5 crofts or closes of pasture belonging and let with it at Wood End, £26 ... cottage with appurtenances late in occupation of Elizabeth Dickison, widow ... cottage or tenement heretofore in occupation of Edward Warlow alias Baker ... rent of £1..6s..8d issuing out of lands belonging to James Marriott, which came to Samuel Cater by death of William Cater, his late half brother, deceased ... Pear Tree close 4 acres in Box End purchased of John Willson, gentleman, and once in occupation of Samuel Cater ... tenement called The Dairy House and two closes belonging to it in occupation of Joan Worrall, widow ... close of pasture called Great Ramsey containing by estimate 14 acres in occupation of John Woodard ... close called Little Ramsey containing by estimate 8 acres formerly in occupation of Thomas Gurney ... 16½ acres meadow in Earls Holme, late in occupation of Samuel Cater, and aftercrop of 8½ acres in same holme ... 6 acres meadow in same holme, late in occupation of James Marriott ... messuage lying near the mill late in occupation of John Harvey and close belonging ... messuage in Church End, Kempston late in occupation of Robert Wright and close ... cottage in Kempston late in occupation of John Bishop ... close called Littler Dixlands late in occupation of Samuel Cater ... messuage and two crofts of pasture adjoining and four water mills in Kempston, heretofore in occupation of John Bullman and assigns ... cottage near the mills late in occupation of John Watts senior ... cottage at Green End late in occupation of John Langham ... Dixland pightle in Kempston, pasture of late Samuel Cater on both sides, abutting East on highway and purchased by Samuel Cater of Francis Brace ... close called Hunts close containing 3 acres in Box End next Colemans close, sold by Michael Britton to Edward Shepherd ... capital messuage or farmhouse in East End, Kempston, and cottage adjoining, formerly in occupation of Jonathan Wallis and afterwards of Edward Amps, commonly called Mewlinges, with pasture close or homestall adjoining, containing by estimate 2 acres, the house and ground formerly of Michael Houghton North East, and the ground heretofore of John Amps, West, and the common street, South ... Drakes close in East End, 3 acres between the grounds heretofore of Samuel Cater East and West, and abutting South on Common fields and North on the Common Street ... 4 acres meadow in East Mead belonging to said messuage and farm ... 56 acres 1½ roods arable in common fields held with said messuage late in occupation of Edward Amps ... messuage, cottage or tenement in Wood End adjoining to Hooe Lane leading from Wood End to the north, and a copyhold close heretofore of John Allen being on West ... close of pasture adjoining containing by estimate one acre and a half between the Great Pasture heretofore of James Cater, esquire, and afterwards of Samuel Cater, East, and copyhold close aforesaid, West ... copyhold close heretofore holden by copy of court roll of Samuel Cater, as of his manor of Grays alias Hastings Bury, late in occupation of John Allen and containing 2½ acres which messuage or tenement and closes were once in occupation of Thomas Wallaston and were purchased by Samuel Cater of Thomas Honer and wife Elizabeth ... close in Wood End, Kempston, in occupation of Benjamin Simpson, ground of John Cater both sides, and abutting on Long Croft Lane on one end and the other on Water close belonging to Samuel Cater; purchased by John Cater, deceased, of Henry Buttifant ... messuage in Kempston heretofore in occupation of Matthew Barker, between cottage then of Nicholas Thompson, West, and cottage then of Jones Gibson, East, the common street lying on the West [sic] ... two pightles of pasture adjoining above containing 4 acres between ground late of Jones Gibson, East, and land of John Cater, West, then in occupation of Matthew Barker ... 35 acres of arable lying in open fields of Kempston ... 1 acre ley in Butts Leys all land formerly in occupation of Matthew Barker and John Rush ... 2 ½ acres meadow in East Meadow, Kempston all above once in occupation of Mathew Barker, John Brooks and John Rush and purchased of John Barker and wife Hannah by John Cater, deceased ... messuage or tenement with appurtenances in Kempston; 2 closes adjoining called Chantry Closes 5 acres; Hill close 3 acres; all in Upp End in Kempston and 66 acres 2 roods 20 perches land in open fields of Kempston; 12 acres meadow in East Meadow; Two Twenty Poles in Ham Meadow containing by estimate 2 acres; all heretofore in occupation of John Brook and purchased by said John Cater, deceased, of Joyce Sayer and Henry Marsh and Elizabeth Marsh his wife, the sisters and co-heirs of Dame Catherine Cater ... close called Hooe Ditches in Wood End, formerly in occupation of widow Allen and purchased by John Cater of Samuel White ... messuage or tenement in Wood End [underlined in pencil and in margin in pencil “Box End”]; pasture close adjoining containing by estimate 4 acres; 46 acres arable and ley in common fields; 6 acres meadow in Box Meadow, formerly held of the manor of Kempston Hardwick by copy of court roll, and were formerly in the occupation of Thomas Money, Thomas Gurney, Thomas Meys (all of which were formerly the estate of Elizabeth White, widow, deceased, then of John Hilton and wife Elizabeth and surrendered to John Cater by Thomas Gurney) ... half an acre called Chantry Headland in Kempston formerly held of manor of Kempston Hardwick and purchased by John Cater of Francis Brace ... messuage and close adjoining formerly in occupation of Thomas Gurney in West End and 23½ acres in common fields of Kempston and 3 acres meadow in Box Meadow formerly in occupation of Thomas Gurney and Thomas Mead, being formerly the estate of Ann Hilton, daughter and heir of Elizabeth White, and surrendered by Thomas Gurney to use of John Cater ... parcels of arable, ley and meadow in Kempston containing together by estimate 13 acres 1 rood, and all other the lands formerly of John Bullmore in Kempston, which were purchased of him by John Cater, deceased, holden of the manor aforesaid ... freehold close of pasture and wood called Gosses in Kempston containing by estimate 6 acres, formerly in occupation of Gilbert Tall, afterwards of Thomas Gurney; divers copyhold messuages, cottages, closes etc., held by copy of court roll of several manors of Kempston Greys alias Hastings Bury and Kempston Hardwicke and all other property in Kempston which were conveyed or surrendered to the said John Cater, deceased and his heirs by Charles Butcher, Thomas Battison and Elizabeth Cooke ... cottage and 4 acres 1 rood arable in Ridgeway Field in Kempston, and any other property formerly of John Chalton held of manor of Kempston Hardwick; close of pasture called Downhams with appurtenances; 7 acres arable in Oak Field; seven pieces of arable on Box Hill; three pieces of pasture in Oak Field; Parkers alias Long Close in Kempston; a panny land and a yardland in Kempston formerly in tenure of John Amps; a messuage and yardland called Watthunt; close where a cottage stood, formerly called Balls; all formerly copyhold of manor of Kempston Greys alias Hastings Bury and surrendered to use of John Cater by Thomas Bedford, Henry Billinghay and Henry Hankin to the use of i) for life, then to use of ii) and heirs, in default to use of Beckford Kendall, younger son of i) and heirs; in default to use of Mary, Judith and Frances Kendall, the daughters of ii) 9 Jun 1749 endorsed with memorandum of enrollment
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