• Reference
    W2089
  • Title
    Marriage Settlement (Covenant to levy fine) : £2000 from Sir Stephen Langham; £3000 from Thomas Middleton
  • Date free text
    10 Jun 1703
  • Production date
    From: 1703 To: 1703
  • Scope and Content
    (i) Sir John Burgoyne of Wroxall, Warwickshire, baronet Roger Burgoyne, esquire (son & heir apparent) (ii) Sir Stephen Langham of Quinton, Northamptonshire, knight Thomas Middleton of Stansted, Essex, esquire Constance Middleton (youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton, knight, deceased, & granddaughter of Sir Stephen Langham, & sister of Thomas Middleton) (iii) Thomas Browne of Arlesey, esquire John Cater of Kempston, esquire Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Cople, esquire The £3000 devised to Constance by her father -- Dairy farm in Sutton in the occupation of John Keiling, husbandman 70 acres meadow adjoining in the occupation of George Fuller, husbandman * 5 acres close adjoining in the occupation of William Devereux, husbandman - messuage, 2 closes (8 acres), 16 acres arable, 1 acre 2 roods meadow, in the occupation of John Numan, husbandman : rent £14.10 Messuage etc., 2 closes (12 acres), 200 acres arable, 32 acres meadow, in the occupation of William Pedley, husbandman : rent £77 Messuage etc., 4 closes (26 acres), 200 acres arable, 20 acres meadow, in the occupation of John Reynolds, husbandman : rent £87 Messuage etc., 2 closes (12 acres), 200 acres arable, 15 acres 2 roods meadow, in the occupation of Henry Overall, husbandman : rent £70 Messuage etc., 2 closes (5 acres), 100 acres arable, 11 acres meadow, in the occupation of Thomas Compton, husbandman : rent £37..10s Messuage etc., 3 closes (6 acres), 122 acres arable, 19 acres meadow, in the occupation of Henry Worboys, husbandman : rent £51..8s Messuage etc., 35 acres arable, 3 acres meadow, in the occupation of William Leighton, husbandman : rent £16 The Crow Close (5 acres) Tenement & hempland (2 roods) in the occupation of William Jekins : rent £3 Tenement & hempland (2 roods) in the occupation of William James : rent £2..10s Tenement, barn, 2 acres pasture, 2 acres arable, 1 acre meadow, in the occupation of John Lenton : rent £2..6s..8d Tenement & land in the occupation of James Browne : rent £6 Tenement, 1 acre 1 rood pasture in the occupation of James Webb : rent £3 Tenement, 2 acres pasture in the occupation of --- Figgis, widow : rent 16/- Tenement, 2 roods pasture in the occupation of John Garner : rent £1.10 Tenement, 2 acres pasture in the occupation of Robert Hartley : rent £1..13s..4d Tenement, 1 acre 2 roods pasture in the occupation of Edward Stokes : rent £3..15s Tenement, 3 roods pasture in the occupation of John. Willshire : rent £2..10s Tenement in the occupation of Isaac Wilkinson : rent £1.5 Tenement, hempland (1 rood) in the occupation of William Wright : rent 13/4 Tenement, 1 acre pasture in the occupation of Anne Buxton Glasbrookes Close, parcel of arable, 3 acres meadow, late James Garners (43 acres), in the occupation of William Maldon & John Keyling : rent £12..5s 5 tenements in the occupation of Lewis Cooper, Richard, Leonard & Thomas Grey, Thomas Smith, David Ledge, Robert Mathews & W. Wright : total rent £5..10s..8d - all in Sutton -- 'Messuage or great inn' in Potton called the George, 10 acres meadow, 15 acres arable, in the occupation of Francis Cotton : rent £42..13s..4d - the Talbot Inn, 4 acres pasture, close called the Lawne, in the occupation of James Miller : rent £13..8s - messuage in Potton in the occupation of Robert Beamont, tailor : rent £1..7s..6d messuage, 4 acres pasture, in the occupation of John Smith : rent £6 tenement in the occupation of Robert Dorrington : rent £1..6s..8d - several messuages in the occupation of Richard Endersbee, Edward Tomson, David Osmanton, Henry Newman, --- Dayes, & William Brunt : rents £12..13s Whiteing Piece (arable) in the occupation of John Keylong, fellmonger : rent £5 Burdetts close in the occupation of Edward Robert, apothecary : rent £1..12s Close called the Longh in the occupation of Samuel Osmanton senior : rent £1 20 Acres Piece (arable) : rent £3 Beamonts Close late in the occupation of William Harper, cooper : rent £1 -- Fairs, markets, rents of shops & stalls & profits in Potton : £108..11s..3d Witnesses. Robert Clayton, R. Edward, George Townsend
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