• 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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