Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    W2363
  • Title
    Marriage settlement with covenant to levy fine (lease [missing] & release): £1500
  • Date free text
    9 Jul 1685
  • Production date
    From: 1685 To: 1685
  • Scope and Content
    (i) William Palmer of Hill, esquire, only son & heir of Thomas, deceased (ii) Thomas Halpenny of Lilley, Hertfordshire, gentleman Edwsrd Taverner of Hill, gentleman Thomas Gardiner of Cambridge, gentleman, & Mary Halpenny (daughter of Thomas) (iii) William Palmer of Hill, gentleman, brother of Thomas, deceased, & uncle of William (i) on the marriage of William Palmer junior & Mary Halpenny; -- the manor of Hill a capital messuage wherein Thomas Palmer lived, now occupied by Edward Taverner, called Hill Hall Dairy close (14 acres), in the occupation of James Greene Bridge close (18 acres) in the occupation of John Abbis Luddington's close (5 1/2 acres), in the occupation of Edward Taverner the Home Green, (12 acres), in the occupation of Thomas Hayes Peirson Green & Coles close (16 acres), in the occupation of John Cole Attertons (37 acres), now divided into two:- Great Atterton (33 acres), in the occupaiton of Thomas Hayes, abutting on Hill lane, East, the Green, West and Little Atterton (4 acres), in the occupation of Abraham Swinglehurst, abutting on Caldecote Field, North Yew Tree close (12 acres), in the occupation of John Abbis Furzens Baulk (20 acres), in the occupation of Edward Taverner & Samuel Hill, abutting South on Broom Marsh and North on Bridge close the spinney (2 acres), in the occupation of William Palmer junior, adjoining Yew Tree close, North Barbers Field, (37 acres), in the occupation of John Cole Knights close (6 acres) in the occupation of Abraham Swinglehurst all in Hill; -- a messuage in Hill formerly in the occupation of Thomas Pryor, now John Abbis Longlands (25 acres), in the occupation of William Palmer junior the 16 acres next to last, in the occupation of Thomas Palmer Dry close (6 acres) in same occupation 2 pightles between the Homestall close & Shefford lane (8 acres), same [occupation] the Homestall (6 acres), in same occupation all in Hill; -- a messuage in Hill, formerly in the occupation of Robert Purser, then Thomas Lumbard, now Abraham Swinglehurst Grove close (30 acres), in the occupation of William Palmer junior, adjoining messuage North 14 acres lying before it, South, abutting on Hill Lane, East, Hunger Hill, South, comprehending (sic) Great Warren ground (15 acres), a piece of ground behind the coppice formerly Little Warren ground (5 acres), 5 acres and 6 acres a parcel of arable formerly called Hunger Hill in the field next Broom Field on Biggleswade side (27 acres), now divided into 2 closes, in the occupation of Abraham Swinglehurst (24 acres) and Thomas Hayes (3 acres) (Little Pightle) meadow formerly called Hopground, now the Bottoms (12 acres), in the occupation of Abraham Swinglehurst, abutting on the Green, North, & Dairy close, West the Milking Place (40 perches), with lane adjoining, South of Bottoms, in the occupation of Abraham Swinglehurst the Four Marsh Grounds next Broom Marsh (Hintons Bottoms) (16 acres), in the occupation of William Hinton the other 2 Marsh Grounds abutting on Little Green Lane, North, Furzen Baulk, West, in the occupation of Abraham Swinglehurst all in Hill; -- a messuage formerly in the occupation of Thomas Brace, deceased, now Mary Brace, widow the Great Ground next Caldecote Field (30 acres) in the occupation of William Cotton the 12-acre ground next Fishers ground, in the occupation of Mary Brace Great Fishers close (10 acres), Little Fishers close (6 acres) Gravelpit ground (30 acres), now divided into two (16 acres), in the occupation of Mary Brace, & 14 acres in the occupation of John Abbis piece of meadow taken out of Home Green next gravelpit ground, West (5 acres) 4 acres behind said messuage the Homestall (7 acres) all in Hill; witnesses. John Ayscough, David Allen, Martha Taverner 9 July 1685 endorsed: produced in case John Mcdougall v. Thomas Halpenny and others.
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