Scope and Content
(i) Richard Stone senior
Richard Stone junior
Dorothy & Katherine Stone, spinsters
Thomas Docwra
Carleton Stone, Brightwell, Oxfordshire, esquire, son & heir of John Stone, late Brightwell, Esquire, deceased
Maurice Abbott, Steppingley Park, Esquire, brother & heir of George Abbott, late Steppingley Park, gentleman, deceased
(ii) John Clarke, Clopton, Hackney, esquire
--- messuage late in the occupation of James Gregory, & 5 acre close adjoining
late John Burr & Arthur Dodsworth, North East; highway, South West; Church Field, South East;
Woburn - Segenhoe road, North West; late in the occupation of James Gregory
--- 91 acres 2 roods arable & sward in Ridgmont fields late in the occupation of James Gregory
--- Muckmeade
--- Rectory impropriate of Segenhoe alias Ridgmont
--- advowson of the vicarage
(excepting:
--- tithes of Brogborough & Beckerings parks in Ridgmont
--- tithes arising from the 10 acre close where the capital messuage stands, and from all orchards, gardens etc. belonging
--- tithes from Castle Hills & meadow adjoining
both adjoining the capital messuage
--- tithes from Warren late in the occupation of William Cripps
--- tithes from Winterowes alias Winterwood closes in Ridgmont, in the occupation of Sir Pinsent Chernock, Baronet)
Assignment: Mortgage terms
a. 500 years £600 and further mortgages by John Lowe, gentleman, since deceased, Richard Stone & wife, Dorothy
to William Burrows, Blunham, deceased, or to John Clarke & wife Mary, executrix of William Burrows
--- rectory impropriate, glebe & tithes in Segenhoe alias Ridgmont
assigned to Daniel Alford, London, merchant, in trust for (ii) to attend the inheritance
b. 1000 years £60 Richard Stone senior to Thomas Bedcott, Ampthill, baker
--- messuage, part of adjoining close, & 1 acre 3 roods Beckerings Park fields 10 Jan 1689/90
assigned to Peter Edwards, Cranfield, yeoman £100
now assigned to William Aspin, Esquire, in trust for (ii) to attend the inheritance
c. 200 years £400, 25 May 1704, by Thomas Docwra to Dorothy & Katherine Stone
--- messuage, close, 91 acres 2 roods Muckmeade
now assigned to Daniel Alford as above
d. H/DE63 now assigned to John Churchill, citizen & glover, London in trust for (ii) to attend the inheritance
Covenant to levy a fine to use of (ii) (excepting parts of premises retained by Thomas Docwra)
Covenant (ii) to pay the vicar of Segenhoe alias Ridgmont £4 per annum part of the £6..13s..4d customarily paid by the impropriator;
Thomas Docwra to pay the remainder; and to advance 1/3 of charges of repairing the chancel.
(ii) to pay the tenths & fees due to the Archdeacon & Register of the diocese
Covenant that if the Lord of the Manor of Brogborough distrains on any part of the above premises for quit rent or fee farm rent,
(ii) may enter upon the capital messuage in the occupation of Richard Stone, the 10 acre close & Castle Hill closes
& distrain for payment
Covenant to produce title deeds
witnesses. Ambrose Reddall, George Bayly, Johnson Reddall, Sim[on] Martin, R. Lowe
20 Dec 1704