W3519-W3521

Deed of Exchange (Lease and Release)

17/18 Oct 1808

From: 1808 To: 1808

i) Samuel Whitbread of Southill, esquire ii) Jacob Whitbread of Lowdham Park, Suffolk, esquire John Wingate Jennings of Harlington, esquire reciting will of Samuel Whitbread, father of i), proved Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1796 (W3515) reciting private act of 38 George III (1797-8) to confirm renunciation of James Gordon, esquire, as trustee of estate of Samuel Whitbread, deceased, to give powers of sale and appoint new trustees and providing for exchanges of lands (W3518) - 36 acres 3 roods 31 perches in Mother field in parish of St. Mary, Bedford North East: Fenlake road East: in an irregular line and part South: parish of Cardington part South: land of Duke of Bedford part North & part West: land of Mary Estwicke part West: land of John Howard and John Parker part North: ancient inclosure in Bedford in the occupation of William Berril and others at £105..3s..7d per annum - 35 acres 1 rood 23 perches in Fenlake Meadow, Cardington, South: road from Fenlake to Bedford part West: land of Duke of Bedford part West: land of John Howard Channing, esquire North & North East: river Ouse part East: land of John Leach part East: land exchanged by Samuel Whitbread and John Leach - 19 acres 3 roods 25 perches in Mother field, Cardington North: road from Fenlake to Bedford West: land of trustees of Bedford Meeting house part South & part East: land of Duke of Bedford part East: land of i) - 35 perches in Mother field, Cardington North: road from Fenlake to Bedford West: other land of i) last 3 parcels occupied by Joseph Barnard and others at rent of £154..12s..8d per annum - messuage called the Chequers now used as a public house in Kempston Hardwick - 3 closes of pasture adjoining containing 12 acres - 12 acres of arable late in the open fields of Kempston and now enclosed all the above contain 26 acres 1 rood 4 perches and occupied by William Tweedon and others at rent of £45..3s..0d per annum - cottage in Harrowden occupied by John Lavender at a rent of £1..15s..0d - tenement near the above occupied by Thomas Randall at rent of £1..10s..0d North & East: ground formerly of Thomas Wilson West: the common green South: ground formerly of John Peck, gentleman - 2 acres 20 perches in Mother field, Cardington adjoining the above occupied by John Wing at rent of £5..4s..2d per annum - 13 acres 1 rood 26 perches in Southill - 13 cottages most of which have been newly erected by i) and stand on the above, occupied by John Humberstone at rent of £9..7s..0d and Thomas Usher and others at rent of £22..7s..0d to be held by ii) to uses of will of Samuel Whitbread - 96 acres 3 roods 5 perches in Essendon, Hertfordshire, consisting of: - 3 back fields called 3 Essendon Fields 14 acres 29 perches - Leonards Field containing 3 acres 3 roods 25 perches - Longhurst Field containing 6 acres 2 roods 7 perches - Upper Ludfords and Lower Ludfords containing 9 acres 2 roods 10 perches - Little Ham Close, Great Ham Close and part of Great Heath Close containing 13 acres, now part of Bedwell Park Farm - the Gardeners House occupied by William Lamburne containing with the yard 1 acre - Well Field containing 18 acres West: street of Essendon North & East: Bedwell Park Farm - Cold Bath field and four Lodge fields containing 30 acres 3 roods 14 perches South: Bedwell Lane - messuage formerly 2 in Essendon at Church End West: house late of John Baker the elder and J.B. the younger South: copyhold land late of John Simpson North & East: the kings highway - 3 roods 30 perches in Little Church field - 4 acres 15 perches in Great Church field - 13 acres 3 roods 14 perches in Wormhold Common field - 2 acres 1 rood 18 perches in Ham Common field - 11 perches of meadow in High Common field - farm and 2 cottages and lands in Great Church field, Warners alias Wormholes, Little Church field, Lower Backhouse, Upper Backhouse, Well field, Upper Backhouse Close, Lower Backhouse Close, Leggas field, High Mead and Dansfield in Essendon - 3 acres in Church field in Essendon, 1 piece lying near the Horse Chestnuts, 1 just beyond the garden heretofore of Robert Pallet and the other running to the gate of Moss's, late copyhold - toft, site of messuage called Gates alias Worlds End which has been pulled down, in Essendon - 2 closes of meadow and arable containing 4 acres - 8 acres in the common fields of Essendon, late copyhold - 2 pieces of land containing 10 acres, late copyhold - 1 1/2 acres called Broom Close Bottom in Essendon - 1 rood of wood fenced off from Broom Close Grove, both adjoining the highway from Hertford to Essendon - 2 roods at the bottom of Spring field and 2 roods at the bottom of Barn field, which with Broom Close Bottom have been made into a road and separated by a hedge and ditch late copyhold of manor of Little Berkhamsted - 7 pieces of ground in Warmers alias Wormhole Common field in Essendon - 3 roods 24 perches adjoining Hanging Grove and West: on the brook - a piece South of the above West: land formerly of General Cornwallis containing 1 rood 1 perch - a piece South of above and West on the brook, 1 rood 22 perches - One Rood North: land of General Cornwallis East: land of General Cornwallis South: Land late Webb West: land of William Browne, clerk - 3 Roods North: a gutter South: land of General Cornwallis West: land of General Cornwallis East: land of General Cornwallis - Clay Piece containing 2 roods 10 perches West: hop ground of General Cornwallis and land of Samuel Whitbread North: land of General Cornwallis East: land of General Cornwallis South: next a gutter - a piece near the above containing 1 rood West: land late Hulls South: the gutter - 5 pieces of land in Ham Common in Essendon - a Rood in the Upper Shot containing 37 perches South: land formerly Wynns North: land late Hulls West: the glebe headland East: land of General Cornwallis - a piece in the same shot containing 1 rood 5 perches East: land of General Cornwallis West: the glebe - piece in the Middle Shot containing 32 perches East: land formerly Hulls West & South: land of General Cornwallis North: a cartway - a piece in the Lower Shot containing 2 roods 11 perches West: land of General Cornwallis East: land late Hulls South: the cartway North: the glebe - a piece in the same shot containing 1 rood 8 perches East: Hulls West: the glebe South & North: the last piece - close of arable called East Grove containing 2 acres now called Wormhole Close - 3 pieces of land formerly James Webbs in the common field formerly called East Field in Essendon containing 1 acre 2 roods, which field is now called Wormhole Common - 1 piece called the three rood piece East, South & North: land of Samuel Whitbread late General Cornwallis in same common field West: land of William Browne - a piece called a half acre East & South: land of Samuel Whitbread late General Cornwallis West & North: land of William Browne - a piece called a half acre piece East & North: land of Samuel Whitbread late General Cornwallis West: land of William Browne South: land of Samuel Whitbread and William Browne - messuage called the Crown Alehouse, late John Cooke - 38 perches at upper or South end of close of meadow in Essendon called the Grove and separated from it for the purpose of erecting a workhouse for Essendon West: garden of James Webb East: land of Rebecca Ashton South: glebeland of Rector of Essendon - a headland at North end of Ham Common field containing 1 rood 14 perches South: land of Samuel Whitbread East & North: land of the Marquis of Salisbury West: the high road to be held by i) signatures. all parties witnesses. William Payne, 53 Basinghall Street C.W. Gibbon, Hitchin, Hertfordshire John Wood, Melton, Suffolk William Neeve, Petistree, Suffolk John/Jonathan Hogarth, Staple Inn 17/18 Oct 1808 Endorsed: Appointment of Trustee (Lease and Release) i) Jacob Whitbread and John Wingate Jennings ii) William Wilshere of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, esquire ii) is new trustee under will of Samuel Whitbread signatures. all parties witnesses. William Payne John Wood C.W. Gibbon John/Jonathan Hogarth 19/20 Oct 1908 [?1808]

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Whitbread, Samuel,
Whitbread, Jacob,
Jennings, John Wingate,
Gordon, James,
Duke of Bedford,
Estwicke, Mary,
Howard, John,
Parker, John,
Berrill, William,
Channing, John Howard,
Leach, John,
Barnard, Joseph,
Tweedon, William,
Lavender, John,
Randall, Thomas,
Wilson, Thomas,
Peck, John,
Wing, John,
Humberstone, John,
Usher, Thomas,
Lambourne, William,
Baker, John,
Simpson, John,
Pallet, Robert,
Moss,
Cornwallis, Charles, 2nd Earl, 1st Marquess Cornwallis,
Webb, James,
Browne, William,
Hull,
Cooke, John,
Ashton, Rebecca,
Marquis of Salisbury,
Wilshere, William

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