Reference
SM102
Title
Mortgage (demise 1500 years)
Date free text
28 May 1786
Production date
From: 1786 To: 1786
Scope and Content
i) Reverend Lawrence Smyth, Southill, clerk
ii) Sarah Wells, Baldock, Hertfordshire, widow
Thomas Docwra, Ware, Hertfordshire, gentleman
Mortgage (demise 1500 years) by i) to ii) to secure £1400 at 5%
... manor of Sharpenhoe
... capital messuage called the Buryhouse in Sharpenhoe in Streatley and appurtenances
... Pinfold close, Mudwall close, Well close, Kitchin closes, the three closes lying about the moat, Oles or Eeeles Croft, Corn close, Heyles mead or Heyley Mead with the High Croft, Little Munt Meadow, Great Munt with the spring or hedge grove of wood within it, Deans Close, Godd close
.. 169 acres arable and leys beneath the Hills, of which Further Hasewell is parcel
... 80 acres above the Hill and 14 acres arable
... meadow called Hither Hasewell and plots of meadow called Heydons, balks, hedge green, hills etc. in Sharpenhoe and Streatley
... messuage and land called Adams lands
... Chapple pightle with lane leading to it
... Abbotts lands in Streatley and Sharpenhoe
... tithes belonging to the parsonage of Streatley within Sharpenhoe, which once belonged to Robert Norton and afterwards to James Smyth of Broughton, Buckinghamshire, gentleman, and wife Elizabeth
... tithes once sold by George Barber alias Grigg, and Richard his son, to Luke Norton and wife Lettice
Level of description
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