X484/2

Feoffment (on Trusts)

21 Mar 18 James I [1621]

From: 1621 To: 1621

i) William Brett of Herne, Toddington, esquire ii) Richard Brett of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, D.D. John Thorpe of London, esquire George Johnson of Brogborough Park, Ridgmont, gentleman recites: Indenture 11 February 9 James I [1612] i) said William Brett ii) * John Brett late of Edmonton, Middlesex, knight * Richard Brett of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, D.D. * Otho Mawditt late of St Dunstans in the West, citizen and merchant taylor of London Robert Brett, 2nd son of i) iii) Randall Brett, 3rd son of i) iv) Edward Brett, 5th son of i) feoffment to * of: ... messuage or farm in Toddington with appurtenances, late in occupation of Gilbert Leigh, esquire, then in occupation of said William Brett, containing 2 acres ... close called Cowe Leaze 46 acres 3 roods ... close called Hare Greene 9 acres ... Nasshe’s close 5 acres adjoining Cowe Leaze ... slip of ground called Broade mead lane 3 acres ... meadow plot and grounds called Broade Mead, 13 acres ... cottage and pightle called Hare Greene Pightle 6 acres ... Wood Close 7 acres all late in occupation of Gilbert Leigh ... tenement in occupation of George Everett ... pasture and meadow late divided into closes called Hares Leyes late in occupation of George Everett 39 acres 3 roods ... Fensham’s Close late in occupation of George Bury, gentleman, Robert Crawley and George Everett, 5½ acres ... woods in Toddington in occupation of William Brett, 31 acres ... messuage, close and appurtenances in Toddington in occupation of John Cowper, son of John Cowper senior, deceased, 2 acres ... close adjoining said close in occupation as above, 5 acres ... pightle 3½ acres ... 2 pightles in Sowthfeilde in occupation as above, 3 acres ... close adjoining Hare Greene in occupation as above, 4 acres ... messuage and Barley Close adjoining in occupation of Francis Joles, one part thereof in occupation of said William Brett, rest in occupation of Edward Mitchell, 10 acres 3 roods all in Herne and Toddington and all other premises of William Brett late in occupation of John Cowper yearly rents from freehold grounds and tenements in Herne, Tebworth, Hockliffe, Chalgrave and Wingfield, formerly of the monastery of Woburn, annexed to Honour of Ampthill, granted by Letters Patent 2 September 5 and 6 Philip and Mary [1558] to Thomas Reeve and Nicholas Pynde conveyed to William Brett ... messuage and close adjoining in Toddington called Holbitche’s Closes late in occupation of John Cowper senior, deceased, 2 acres ... pightle adjoining said messuage and grounds in occupation as above, ½ acre ... close called Pinfolde Greene in occupation as above, 2 acres ... Bishoppes Close with pightle at further end in occupation as above, 7 acres ... messuage and 2 closes pasture adjoining in occupation of Matthew Hills, late in tenure of of Robert Goringe, 6½ acres ... pightle adjoining highway there in occupation as above, ½ acre ... arable land in open champion fields of Toddington in occupation as above, 7 acres ... grounds late in occupation of – Welles, formerly Thomas Punne, 18 acres ... cottage and garden plot late in occupation of – Edwardes, widow and all premises of William Brett in Toddington (except those in which he had life estate with remainder to William his eldest son) to uses as declared in said Indenture, with power of revocation, which was exercised by X484/1 which is recited now i) conveys to ii) ... property as above ... manor of Herne and appurtenances to use of i) for life on trust to sell after his death; proceeds to be used as directed by will of i) signed: i) witnesses: Nicholas Johnson, Henry Alcocke, Simon Allyne, Henry Willson, Stephen Cooke, Richard Williams, John Brinklowe, William Marloe, John Cowper, Henry Baldwyne, Edward Mitchell, John Iremonger 21 Mar 18 James I [1621]

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Brett, William,
Brett, Richard,
Thorpe, John,
Johnson, George,
Brett, John,
Mawditt, Otho,
Brett, Robert,
Brett, Randall,
Brett, Edward,
Leigh, Gilbert,
Everett, George,
Bury, George,
Crawley, Robert,
Cowper, John,
Joles, Francis,
Mitchell, Edward,
Reeve, Thomas,
Pynde, Nicholas,
Hills, Matthew,
Goringe, Robert,
Welles,
Punne, Thomas,
Edwardes

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, feoffment, Herne, TODDINGTON, Quainton, Doctor of Divinity, London, Brogborough Park, Edmonton, City of London St Dunstan in the West, citizen of London, merchant tailor, HOUSING, Toddington farms, Toddington fields, cottages, woods, rentals, freehold property, Tebworth, HOCKLIFFE, CHALGRAVE, Wingfield, monasteries, WOBURN, Honour of Ampthill, arable, gardens, Manor of Herne, trusts