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Exchange of land with the trustees of Wilden School, 1796

23, 24 Nov 1796

From: 1624 To: 1796

Exchange (lease & release): Samuel Whitbread Trustees of Wilden Free School (Benjamin Clapham, Thomas Brown, Henry Bull & John Wagstaffe of Wilden, yeomen; Thomas Wagstaffe of Sharnbrook, yeoman); -- 15 acres in the common fields of Wilden in Great Field in Top furlong, abutting South on Snails Green balk; in Marsh Field, abutting South on Parsonage Lane, "Twain closes"; owners and occupiers adjoining: Charles Garth, esquire, Benjamin Palmer, Reverend William Pagett, Thomas Wagstaffe, Duke of Bedford, Henry Bull, John Wagstaffe, Joseph Willis; for: a cottage and close in Elstow, in the occupation of John Smith; recites deed 18 Dec 22 James I [1624]: Thomas Peete to John Wilshere senior & junior, Henry Wagstaffe, Abraham Smith, Henry Smith, John Ward senior & junior, Thomas & Richard Smith; witnesses. James Lilburne, William Wilshere junior

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Whitbread, Samuel,
Clapham, Benjamin,
Brown, Thomas,
Bull, Henry,
Wagstaffe, John,
Wagstaffe, Thomas,
Garth, Charles,
Palmer, Benjamin,
Pagett, William,
Duke of Bedford,
Willis, Joseph,
Smith, John,
Peete, Thomas,
Wilshere, John,
Wagstaffe, Henry,
Smith, Abraham,
Smith, Henry,
Ward, John,
Smith, Thomas,
Smith, Richard

trustees, Wilden Free School, WILDEN, yeoman, SHARNBROOK, Wilden fields, Wilden Parsonage Lane, clergy, HOUSING, cottages, Elstow fields, ELSTOW