Scope and Content
(i) George Viscount Torrington
(ii) Samuel Heywood of Inner Temple, esquire
-- Manors etc., as before & in Southill : -
Duxell End farm in the occupation of John Dilly
Wells farm in the occupation of John Dilly
Copley farm in the occupation of John Dilly
[illegible] in the occupation of William [illegible]
Lands of £238 annual value in the occupation of George Viscount Torrington
Shefford mills in the occupation of Thomas Squire (after exchange with John Dilly)
Messuage & malting house in Southill in the occupation of John Dilly
Inn in Southill in the occupation of John Glover
Cottages in the occupations of Mary Wills, William Rowney, Hezekiah Allborne & Samuel Burnage
Messuage & close in the occuoation of John Osbourne
Messuagecalled the Baking in the occupation of George Viscount Torrington
37 cottages in the occupations of Daniel Hale, James Cooper, William Armitage, Joseph Barnes, James Snitch, Francis Parish, George Viscount Torrington, Nathaniel Cobb, Benjamin Millard, Richard Chapman, Ann Crossley, Joseph Manor, Elizabeth Watts, Elizabeth Browning, William Francis, John Langley, Sarah Albone, William Richardson, James Fickis, John Harradine,
William Hall, churchwardens or overseers of Southill, Mary Holdway, Ralph Beadshaw, Ann Bonfield, Thomas Crossley, Sarah Norton, Ann Vintiner, Isaac Jackson, Jonathan Reech, Peter Moore, Edward Allbone, Richard Walter, Susannah Pratt, John Finch, Richard Lovett, Thomas Pratt, Sarah Jackson, William Evans, Alice Pressland, Elizabeth Chambers, Christopher
Wittamore, John Simms, John Taylor, William Hall, William Millard, Francis Pigott
-- Lower Hill farm in Warden in the occupaiton of Thomas Thigey
Upper Hill farm in Warden in the occupation of Richard Rolf
Farm in Hill in the occupation of Thomas King
Dunns Close in the occupation of John Woodham
Castle & Hill meadows in the occupation of Jerem[iah] Bryant
Castle meadows in the occupation of John Griggs
- [Messuage & land in Clifton since sold]
- 2 parcels meadow in Biggleswade in the ocupation of Thomas King
- land in Pulloxhill & Higham Gobion after exchange for land in Southill
- [land in Barton since sold]
Recites : W2155, W2141, W2150, W2156, W2162, W2174
25 Mar 1775 : Exchanges with St John's College, Oxford, & John Dilly (See Bundles UUa & b)
W2179, W2184
Lucy Elizabeth Byng later married Orlando Bridgeman
Lucy Viscountess Torrington & George Byng (under age) died
Witnesses. H. H. Oddie, John Forster, William Franke 6 Feb 1794
Endorsed : 9 May 1794 : Further £2500 advanced
8 July 1794 : Further £2000