Reference
SM10
Title
Bill in Chancery (copy) of John Mordaunt, second son of Edmond Mordaunt late of Oakley, Bedfordshire, esquire, deceased
Date free text
22 May 1650
Production date
From: 1650 To: 1650
Scope and Content
reciting that Edmond Mordaunt was seized in his demesne as of fee in:
... the manor of Sharpenhough with appurtenances in Bedfordshire
his estate to commence from and after the deaths of Dame Jane Browne, widow, late wife of Sir Anthony Browne, knight, deceased, and of one John Fowler, and for want of Edmond's issue it was to go to William Mordaunt and wife Agnes and to her heirs for ever, and in default to the use of Edmund Hudlston and heirs, all this being limited in and by Edmond Mordaunt's will, which also contained a proviso that if William and Agnes should at any time molest Edmond Huddleston and wife Dorothy in their possession of properties in Hornchurch and Havering, Essex, devised to them in the same will, then all legacies to William and Agnes to be void, and vice versa. Edmond Huddleston was made sole executor. All the premises aforesaid were divided between the two daughters of the said Dame Jane, the said Agnes and Dorothy, and held quietly by them. On the death of Agnes and William, the estate descended to John's father Edmond, after whose death it should have come to John, but Sir William Briers, knight, combining with one Gravely Norton who was tenant to the premises in Sharpenhoe under William and Agnes Mordaunt for a term of years, has got possession of the same, and has also got the deeds and writings
Level of description
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