Reference
W3189-W3190
Title
Arlesey/Langford: manor of Eatonbury
Date free text
13, 14 Jul 1749
Production date
From: 1748 To: 1749
Scope and Content
Mortgage (lease & release): divers sums
(i) William Farrer of Cold Brayfield, esquire
Henry Bromfield, esquire, nephew of Thomas Browne
(executors of Thomas Browne, doctor of physic)
(ii) John Lee of Middlesex, esquire & wife Mary, niece of Thomas Browne
(iii) Elizabeth Browne, widow of Thomas Browne
(iv) Ann Holgate of Wymondley, widow )
(v) Lucy Mallabar of Cambridgeshire, widow, ) (sisters of Thomas Browne)
(vi) Reverend William Hatfield of Lilley, Hertfordshire, clerk, & wife Grace )
(vii) Thomas Barsham of the Inner Temple, esquire
-- the manor or lordship of Eaton Bury;
the rectory or parsonage impropriate of Arlesey, with tithes;
a capital messuage or mansionhouse wherein testator dwelt;
a messuage and watermill in Arlesey & Henlow with pasture therewith enjoyed, in the occupation of John Reynolds,
rent £32 per annum;
4 cottages in Arlesey in the occupations of Mary Hurst (£1..15s), William Shrieve (30s), Arch[ibald] Maxwell (40s), Thomas Alborn (40s);
2 farms in Arlesey and Henlow: in the occupations of Daniel Tompson (£93..4s..8d) and John Greene (£71..10s);
a cottage and close in Arlesey in the occupation of widow Pryor (£5..10s);
a dairy farm in Arlesey in the occupation of Thomas Carrington (£41);
another in Arlesey in the occupation of John Wilton (£32);
a cottage in Arlesey in the occupation of Thomas West (50s);
a cottage in Arlesey in the occupation of William Dilly (40s);
a messuage in Arlesey in the occupation of Edward Robinson (£9..10s..4d);
a messuage and close in Arlesey in the occupation of John Topham (£7..15s);
a messuage and land in the occupation of William Plaisted (£6..5s);
a cottage and close in Arlesey, in the occupation of Richard Arnold (55s);
a close in Henlow in the occupation of William Green (6s..8d);
-- the manor of Langford;
all other messuages and lands late purchased by Thomas Browne of John Draper of Hitchin, gentleman, & wife Ann,
in Langford & Clifton;
a cottage in Astwick in the occupation of Edward Pain, rent £6;
a messuage and land in Wilstead & Houghton Conquest, in the occupation of John Smith, £80;
to (vii) Thomas Barsham in trust to pay £400 per annum to Elizabeth Browne, and to make various other payments;
subject to John and Mary Lee paying £1,020 to Ann Holgate, Henry Bromfield, Lucy Mallabar, £1,530 to William Hatfield;
recites the will of Thomas Browne, 1748;
to wife Elizabeth manors of Etonsbury in Arlesey and Langford;
in default of heirs £5000 to be raised for legacies; residue to Mary Lee;
witnesses. Phineas Andrew, James Porter, Ris. Oswin, George Dover, Thomas Smith, John Spencer, Mary Browne, George Ault
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