Reference
H/DE404
Title
Great Barford & Roxton
Date free text
19 Aug 1740
Production date
From: 1735 To: 1740
Scope and Content
(attested copy) assignment of term to attend the inheritance
(i) Francis Jessop, Bedford, Esquire
(ii) Eustace Petty, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire, gentleman
(iii) William Pedly, Sutton, gentleman
(iv) John Laighton, Sutton, yeoman
[reciting: Mortgage £1,000, 1000 years 30 Sep 1735
(i) Eustace Petty
(ii) Francis Jessop
--- messuage, Green End, Great Barford
--- 3 closes (8 acres) belonging to the messuage
--- 14 acres arable & meadow, fields of Great Barford,
late in the occupation of (i) then William Goodchild
--- cottage, Green End, Great Barford, & pightle in which it stands, in the occupation of John Jourdan
--- 8 acres meadow, formerly a close, Wood End, Roxton, set about with a quick hedge, called the Meadow
Place, parcel of a Great Ground called Smithey Field, in the occupation of William Goodchild.
all which descended to Agnes, wife of (i) as daughter of Thomas Roberts and wife Agnes who was daughter
& heiress of Robert Wootton & wife Alice, all deceased.
reciting: 5 Jun 1735 Deed to lead the uses of a fine.
(i) Eustace Petty & wife Agnes
(ii) John Gray, Bedford, gentleman
William Knight, Bedford, grocer
& fine]
(i) at request of (ii) to (iv) in trust for (iii)
--- as above
to attend the inheritance.
witnesses. Samuel Luke, John Grey.
19 Aug 1740
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