• Reference
    MH89
  • Title
    Mortgage: £280
  • Date free text
    25 Mar 1762
  • Production date
    From: 1762 To: 1769
  • Scope and Content
    i) Fortune Fisher of Huntingdonshire, yeoman (grandson and heir of Faith, wife of Richard Fisher of Colmworth, yeoman, and only daughter and heir of William Fortune of Eaton Socon, yeoman), and wife Elizabeth ii) Manister Baxter of St Neots, clockmaker ... a messuage in Church End, Colmworth; Shortcroft, 5 acres; Longcroft, 5 acres; Long close; Sheepbrook close, 9 acres; Stockings close, 4 acres; formerly the estate of William Knight; on whose death a moiety descended to Faith, wife of William Fortune, and the other moiety was purchased by William Fortune of John Skevington and wife Elizabeth a close in Church End, formerly Grays, adjoining highway, West; a piece of ground formerly Jeffery Knight’s abutting South on the street; 2 selions formerly Robinson’s in Whitebrook Field, now in occupation of Widow Howkins; formerly the estate of Leonard Fisher, who conveyed to son Richard (grandfather of Fortune Fisher) owners or occupiers of adjoining lands:- --- Ongley; John Fensome; Richard Stringer; --- Gery; Robert Bell, esquire witnesses: Henrietta Billett, E Billett 25 Mar 1762 endorsed with repayments of principal 18 Jan 1769 witnesses: John Waller, notary public; J B Murphy
  • Level of description
    item