X717/3

Release

20 May 1719

From: 1719 To: 1719

Reciting that Thomas Clarke late of Upper Gravenhurst, decd. was in his lifetime seised of a copyhold estate in the manor of Great Gravenhurst alias Upper Gravenhurst alias Tuelsbury; that he and Mary his wife surrendered on 20 Sep 1709 to the use of Hannah, Katherine and Mary Kimpton (daughters of George Kimpton late of Hitchin, Herts, husbandman decd.) by way of mortgage to secure £25 and interest at 5% ...all that messuage cottage or tenement with appurts. and 2 acres in Upper Gravenhurst late in the occ. of Thomas Clarke; that Thomas and Mary Clarke died without issue by whose death the copyholding descended to Thomas Clarke's heir on his mother's side, one Thomas Dennis of Ampthill, wheelwright; That Thomas Dennis has conveyed the property to John Day of Upper Gravenhurst, day labourer, and to his wife Ann (now dead) who was admitted at the next court of the manor. Release by Mary Kimpton in consideration of £4.13s.6d to John Day of her mortgage interest in the property. Mark of Mary Kimpson Witnesses: P. Docwra, John Simkins

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Clarke, Thomas,
Clarke, Mary,
Kimpton, Hannah,
Kimpton, Katherine,
Kimpton, Mary,
Kimpton, George,
Dennis, Thomas,
Day, John,
Day, Ann,
Docwra, P.,
Simkins, John

GRAVENHURST, Upper Gravenhurst, AMPTHILL, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Manor of Gravenhurst, Tuelsbury Manor, husbandman, wheelwrights, labourers