W3231

Devon

16 Nov 1685

From: 1670 To: 1685

Surrender of lease: (i) Sir Walter Young of Eastcott, Devon, baronet Sir Winston Churchill of Minterne, Dorset, knight Sir William Drake of Ash, Devon, knight (ii) Richard Hooke in return for a new lease for lives to Sir Walter Young & Sir Winston Churchill; -- a moiety of the rectory of Axminster, Devon; recites that Richard Hooke of Halifax, Yorkshire, D.D., prebendary of Grimdall, York, on 24 Feb 1670/1 leased above to Sir John Drake, deceased, for £17 per annum; it was inherited by his sister Elizabeth, who married Sir John Briscoe of Northamptonshire; recites also marriage settlement 10 July 1684; Elizabeth assigned to (i) above in trust; witnesses. George Churchill, Jonathan Hill, Charles Baker, Richard Duke junior Note: This Sir Winston Churchill (see DNB) was father of the Duke of Marlborough; he lived 1620?-88; was impoverished by the Civil War; Member of Parliament Plymouth 1661-8, Lynn Regis 1685-7

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Young, Walter,
Churchill, Winston,
Drake, William,
Hooke, Richard,
Drake, John,
Drake, Elizabeth,
Briscoe, Elizabeth,
Briscoe, John

non-agricultural leases, Eastcott [Devon], Minterne Magna, Ash [Devon], rectories, Axminster, Halifax, Doctor of Divinity, Prebendaries, Grimdall, rentals, Northamptonshire, marriage settlements, trusts