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1 John Conor, serjeant at law. 2 Thomas Lucas of Dorking, Surrey, carpenter. Bargain And Sale With Enfeoffment of the reversion of a m. called Bakers (14 a.) in p. Dorking, on the death of Alice Palmer, widow, together with Power Of Attorney by 1 to George Nicholas, gent., to deliver seisin. Latin. Endorsed: livery of seisin, and '(3)'.

1 Lydia Hare of Totenham Highcrosse, Middlesex, spinster, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Lucia his wife, and Constantia Hare the younger of Tottenham Highcrosse aforesaid, spinster, which Lydia, Lucia and Constantia are the three daughters of Hugh Hare, esq., dec., by Lydia his late wife, dec., the eldest daughter of Mathew Carleton, late of London, dec. 2 Elizabeth Debnam of Edmonton, Middlesex, widow, relict and executrix of the will of John Debnam senior, late citizen and mercer of London, dec. 3 John Rogers, BD, fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Thomas Reason and Thomas Bedwell, both of London, gents. Assignment Of A Term Of 200 years by 2, by the direction of the said John Rogers and Thomas Reason, to the said Thomas Bedwell in trust for the said John Rogers and Thomas Reason, until such time as it can be sold or conveyed in pursuance of the trusts reposed in them. Recites nos 38-9.

1 John Rogers of Wrington, Somerset, BD, late fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Lydia his wife, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Constantia Hare of Tottenham Highcrosse, Middlesex, spinster. 2 Thomas Reason of London, gent. 3 Edward Gilbert and William Gilbert of London, gents. Lease and Release by 2, at the request of 1, to 3 in trust for the said Edward Gilbert of a m. or inn called Upper Chequer, a m. adjoining, being formerly part of the same, in the tenure of [ ]Wheeler and [ ] Yates, a parcel of land (1 a.) in a field called Squire Croft, a parcel of land called Bottom Acre in a field called Colliers Dene otherwise Broomfeild, 5 a. of land in a field called Townfeild Close, and closes or parcels of pasture land and woodground called Deaths (10 a.), otherwise Deaths Chart, near Debden, all in p. Dorking, Surrey, a m. or farm house and 4 a. in the tenure of William Brown, in p's Dorking and Capel, a close of land called Swytefeild (8 a.), otherwise Whitland, a close of meadow called Swyte Meadow (6 a.) and a close of land called Rydon Close, (4 a.) all in. p. Dorking, a meadow called Southaw Meadow (1 a.) at Beargreave, p. Capel, coppices, coppiced woods, groves and underwood (partly grubbed up) on or near the west and east of the said Swytefeild, Swyte Meadow and Rydon Close, a parcel of land called Swyte Grove (5 a.) and a field called Swyte Feild (2 a.) all in p. Dorking, lands, meadows, etc., called Sudberries (20 a.), being four fields and three coppices (all or most of which have been ploughed up) near the common called Homewood, all in p's Dorking and Capel, and a m. and land called Bakers (15 a.) near the said Homewood, in p. Dorking and Indemnity [?by 3] to 1 from a perpetual annuity of £10 charged on the lands called Deaths, to be hereby conveyed by John Carpenter, gent., former owner of the same, to Christopher Ryth, esq., and now payable to George Wattle, and henceforth to be paid by John Hall of Dorking, esq., out of a m. formerly called Lower Chequer, now the Kings Head, lately purchased by the said Thomas Rogers and Thomas Reason.

1 John Rogers of Wrington, Somerset, BD, late fellow of Corpus Christ College, Oxford, and Lydia his wife, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Constantia Hare of Tottenham Highcrosse, spinster. 2 Thomas Reason of London, gent. 3 Thomas Bedwell of p. St Clements Dane, Middlesex, gent. 4 Edward Gilbert of London and Thomas Gilbert, citzen and dyer of London. Assignment Of A Term Of Years by 3, at the request of 1 and 2, to the said Thomas Gilbert in trust to attend the inheritance for the said Edward Gilbert of a m. or inn called Upper Chequer, a m. adjoining, being formerly part of the same, in the tenure of [ ]Wheeler and [ ] Yates, a parcel of land (1 a.) in a field called Squire Croft, a parcel of land called Bottom Acre in a field called Colliers Dene otherwise Broomfeild, 5 a. of land in a field called Townfeild Close, and closes or parcels of pasture land and woodground called Deaths (10 a.), otherwise Deaths Chart, near Debden, all in p. Dorking, Surrey, a m. or farm house and 4 a. in the tenure of William Brown, in p's Dorking and Capel, a close of land called Swytefeild (8 a.), otherwise Whitland, a close of meadow called Swyte Meadow (6 a.) and a close of land called Rydon Close (4 a.) all in. p. Dorking, a meadow called Southaw Meadow (1 a.) at Beargreave, p. Capel, coppices, coppiced woods, groves and underwood (partly grubbed up) on or near the west and east of the said Swytefeild, Swyte Meadow and Rydon Close, a parcel of land called Swyte Grove (5 a.) and a field called Swyte Feild (2 a.), all in p. Dorking, lands, meadows, etc., called Sudberries (20 a.), being four fields and three coppices (all or most of which have been ploughed up) near the common called Homewood, all in p's Dorking and Capel, and a m. and land called Bakers (15 a.) near the said Homewood in p. Dorking. Consideration: £1,500 paid by the said Edward Gilbert to the said John Rogers and 2. Recites nos 41-2.

1 John Rogers of Wrington, Somerset, BD, late fellow of Corpus Christ College, Oxford, and Lydia his wife, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Constantia Hare of Tottenham Highcrosse, spinster. 2 Thomas Reason of London, gent. 3 Edward Gilbert and William Gilbert of London, gents. Declaration Of Trust for the said Edward Gilbert. Recites nos 41-3. Endorsed: note of enrolment, 8 Feb. 1717/18.

1 Edward Gilbert and William Gilbert of London, gents. 2 Richard Hopkins of Clapham, Surrey, esq. Lease To Vest Possession of a m. or inn called Upper Chequer, a m. adjoining, being formerly part of the same, in the tenure of [ ]Wheeler and [ ] Yates, a parcel of land (1 a.) in a field called Squire Croft, a parcel of land called Bottom Acre in a field called Colliers Dene otherwise Broomfeild, 5 a. of land in a field called Townfeild Close, and closes or parcels of pasture land and woodground called Deaths (10 a.), otherwise Deaths Chart, near Debden, all in p. Dorking, Surrey, a m. or farm house and 4 a. in the tenure of William Brown, in p's Dorking and Capel, a close of land called Swytefeild (8 a.), otherwise Whitland, a close of meadow called Swyte Meadow (6 a.) and a close of land called Rydon Close (4 a.) all in. p. Dorking, a meadow called Southaw Meadow (1 a.) at Beargreave, p. Capel, coppices, coppiced woods, groves and underwood (partly grubbed up) on or near the west and east of the said Swytefeild, Swyte Meadow and Rydon Close, a parcel of land called Swyte Grove (5 a.) and a field called Swyte Feild (2 a.) all in p. Dorking, lands, meadows, etc., called Sudberries (20 a.), being four fields and three coppices (all or most of which have been ploughed up) near the common called Homewood, all in p's Dorking and Capel, and a m. and land called Bakers (15 a.) near the said Homewood in p. Dorking.

1 James Rose of Betchworth, Surrey, farmer, and Ann Rose his wife. 2 William Stephens of London, brewer. Lease and Release of a m. and land (3 a.) in Holmwood, p. Dorking, late in the tenure of William Brown and now of William Peter, with Covenant by 1 to indemnify 2 against a mortgage for £40 made by the said William Brown of Dorking, farrier, to Richard Peters of Dorking, hoopshaver, now vested in John Mills of Dorking, farmer. Consideration: £70.

1 John Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, esq. 2 William Gwavas of the Middle Temple, London, gent. Lease for forty one years of the capital m. or house of Huntingfeild, otherwise Huntingfeild Hall, in p. Huntingfield, Suffolk, and the park called Huntingfeild Parke, now in the tenure of Raph Woolmer, gent., and the stock of ninety five deer and the coneys there. Consideration: £50 annual rent.

1 Thomas Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, esq., son and heir of Edward Coke of the same, esq., dec. 2 Anthony Grey, earl of Harrold, only son and heir apparent on Henry, duke of Kent, and Sir Edward Coke of Longford, Derbyshire, bart. Lease To Vest Possession (being part of the Pre-nuptial Settlement of 1 and Lady Margaret Tufton, daughter of the Earl of Thanet) of the manors of Berke, otherwise Berkhall, Billingford, Bilaugh, Foxley, Burwood Hall, otherwise Burrow Hall, otherwise Burghall, Castle Acre, Foxes, Cockford, otherwise Coxford, otherwise Cokesford, Dunton cum Doughton, Roses in South Creek, and Flitcham, the man. and priory of Fulmodeston, the manors of Godwick, otherwise Goodwick Hall, Grainston Calies otherwise Grainston Hall and Nortons, Hastings in Bintree, Kempston, Longham, otherwise Longham Hall, Gruntons Prior and Wathingtons, Moregraves, Knightleys in Marcham, Neles, otherwise Lucas, North Elmham, Nowers, Panworth Hall, Sparham-Stowkhall, Beeston, Sparham, Maultbyes, Wellingham, West Lexham, Wesenham, North Hall, Kipton and Castleacre in Wesenham, Feltham and Munks, otherwise Feltham and Monks, Tittleshall, Prakehall, Burrowhall, otherwise Burghall, Holkham, Burrowhall and Waterden, and the park of North [?Spar]ham, the rectories of Bilaugh, Castle Acre, Dunton Cum Doughton, Flitcham, Kempston, Wendling, Longham, Holkham, and Weasenham, the advowsons of the churches of Billingford, Bilaugh, Castle Acre, Dunton Cum Doughton, Tittleshall, Godwick, Flitcham, Kempston, Wendeling, Longham, Holkham, Waterden, and Wellingham, all other manors, m's etc. of 1 in t's, p's and precincts of Billingford, Bilaugh, Bawdeswell, Foxley, Bintree, Twyford, Sparham, Whitwell, North Elmham, Brisley, Gateley, Mileham, Beeston, Longham, Wendling, Tittleshall, Godwick, Wisensett, Pattesley, Stanfield, Lucham, Wellingham, Raynham, Great Raynham, Little Raynham, Weasenham St Peter, Weasenham All Saints, Massingham Great, Massingham Little, Roughton, Harpley, Castle Acre, South Acre, West Acre, Narford, Narborough, Pagrave, Dunton Cum Doughton, Tatterford, Sherford, Flitcham, Great Appleton, Little Appleton, Anmer, Fulmodeston, Clipstone, Kettlestone, Croxton, Kempstone, Maston, Ashill, Saham, Martham, South Creek, Siderston, East Lexham, West Lexham, Newton [By Castle Acre], Waterden, Egmere, Holkham, Wyghton, Wells, Burnham Norton, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Overy, all in Norfolk, the manors of Huntingfield, otherwise Huntingfield Hall, Newhaw, Aldam, otherwise Aldham, otherwise Aldham Hall, Laxfeild, Horham, otherwise Horham, Fernegan, Cratfeild, Sporham, Thorphall, Huntingfeild Chauntrey, otherwise Alriches, otherwise Cokes, otherwise Wyvills, the man. called the rectory man. of Laxfeild, a capital m. called Huntingfeild Hall, the park called The Park in Huntingfeild, the advowsons of the churches of Huntingfield, Cokeley, Horham, Laxfield, Cratfield and Aldham, hd Blything, all other freehold m's, farms, etc., of 1 in t's, p's and precincts of Laxfield, Cratfield, Fressingfield, Stradbroke, Brundish, Welby, Dennington, Badingham, Horham, Allington, Redlingfield, Denham, Eye, H[?or]ton, Aldham, Hadleigh, Karsey, Whatfield, Elmsett, Hintlesham, Chattisham, Copdock, Darsham, Wingfield, Huntingfield, Aldritches, Wyvills, Cokes, Cookley, Great Linstead, Little Linstead, Heveningham and Newham, all in Suffolk, the manors of Hever, Chipstead, Kingsdown, and Maplescombe and all other manors, m's etc. of 1 in the t's, fields etc. of Kingsdown, Farningham, Eynsford, Kemsing, Seal, Ash, Shoreham, Fawkham, Hartley, and Chipstead all in Kent, the advowsons of the churches of Bishops Cleeve and Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, man. Minster, otherwise Minster Lovell, and all other lands, tmt's, etc., of 1 in t's, p's and precincts of Minster Lovell, [ ] Shortington, Asthall, Asthall Leigh, Langley and Shipton-under-wychwood, all in Oxfordshire, man. Farnham Royal and the site of man. Farnham Royal, and all other m's, farms, etc., of 1 in t's, p's, etc., of Farnham Royal, Seer Green and Hedgerley Dean, Buckinghamshire, except the m. or tmt called Cuntsforth, otherwise Conyforth House in the city of Norwich, and the manors of Candelent otherwise Campdolent, Lambleholme, and Westleton otherwise Minsmere otherwise Stotts, and all other m's, farms, etc., belonging to the said Thomas Coke in t's, p's, etc., of Trimley St Mary, Trimley St Martin, Walton, Felixstowe, Falkenham, Kirton, Holmligh, Bokilham, Naketon, Lavington, Chediston, Holton, Westleton, Middleton, Feverton, Fordley, Danwick, Leyston, Mildenhall and Ulston, all in Suffolk. Endorsed: 'Lease for a year to the settlement on the marriage of Tho's Coke Esq'r with Lady Margaret Tufton'. Damaged by rodents.

1 Ewstace Bristow of Horley, Surrey, yeoman. 2 Richard Payne of Ardingley, Sussex, and John Avenne of Worth, yeomen. Covenant To Suffer A Common Recovery by 2 of lands and tmt's occupied by 1 in p's Dorking and Capel, Surrey. Endorsed: '(2)'.

Account of the £5,000 due to Anne, wife of Philip Roberts, esq., from Sir John Newton, bart, her guardian, by virtue of the marriage settlement of her parents, Edward Coke, esq., and Carey his wife.

1 Thomas Tufton, earl of Thanet. 2 Sackville Tufton of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, esq. 3 Rev. John Grandorge, DD, one of the prebendaries of the cathedral church of Canterbury, and Peniston Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gent. (trustees). Grant by 1 and 2 of an additional annuity of £5 to the charity school at Hothfield, Kent. Recites a deed, dated 3 Jan. 1720/1, between 1 and 3, granting an annual rent charge of £15 issuing out of several pieces of land in Hothfield, part of the estates of Richard, late earl of Thanet, dec., and of 1, to be applied as a salary for a schoolmistress to teach the children of the poor of the parish.

1 Edward Coke of Longford, Derbyshire, esq. 2 Thomas Goodwin of Oldhall, p. Manchester, Lancashire. Lease for three lives of a m. and tmt (9 a.) in the tenure of Richard Goodwin, in p. Pendlebury, Lancashire. Consideration: £40 and the surrender of a former lease, dated 29 June 1699. Annual rent: £1.1.0. Duties: suit of mill that 1 is to build at Prestwich or thereabouts, and heriot of £20. Counterpart. Not executed.

1 Lady Jane Holt, widow of John Holt of Redgrave, Suffolk, esq., dec., and one of the daughters of Thomas, marquis of Wharton, dec. 2 Robert Coke, esq., vice-chamberlain to the Queen. 3 Sir William Morice of Werrington, Devon, bart, and Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Pre-nuptial Settlement of Robert Lake and the said Lady Jane Holt, being a Bargain And Sale to 3, with the consent of 2, of a sum of £3,700, the unpaid remainder of a sum of £8,000, being 1's portion under the will of the said Thomas, marquis of Wharton, dec., a moiety of the residue of the real and personal estate the said Thomas, and a sum of £2,800, part of a sum of £11,721.12.0, being the purchase money of the man. and lands at Moyer, [?Moyour, Co. Mayo], Ireland. Endorsed: 'Assignment from the Lady Jones Holt of all her Personal Estate before her Marriage with the Hon'oble Robert Lake Esquire upon the Trust within mentioned', and an inventory of jewellery and silverware.

1 Thomas Coke, baron Lovell of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Edward Coke, his only son and heir apparent. 2 Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Mortgage (Demise for 1,000 years) for £48,000 (4%) of the manors of Huntingfield, otherwise Huntingfield Hall, Newham, Aldam, otherwise Aldham, otherwise Aldham Hall, Laxfield, Horham, otherwise Horham-Tornegan, Cratfield, Horham, Thorphall, Huntingfield Chauntrey, otherwise Aldrishes, otherwise Cokes, otherwise Wyvills, the rectory man. of Laxfield, a capital m. called Huntingfield Hall, park lands and grounds called The Parke in Huntingfield, the advowsons of the churches of Huntingfield, Cokeley, Horham, Laxfield, Cratfield and Aldham, and hd Blything, and all other m's, farms, etc., of 1 in the t's, p's, etc., of Laxfield, Cratfield, Freezingfield, Stadbrooke, Brundish, Welby, Dennington, Baddingham, Horham, Allington, Redlington, otherwise Redlingfield, Denham, Eye, Hoxton, Aldham, Hordley, otherwise Hadley, Karsey, Whatfield, Elmsett, Hyntlesham, Chattesham, Copdock, Darsham, Wingfield, Huntingfield, Aldritches, Wyvills, Cokes, Cokeley, otherwise Cockley, Great Linsteed, Little Linsteed, Heveningham, otherwise Hymingham, Newhaw and elsewhere in Suffolk, (except man. Westleton otherwise Minsmere otherwise Scotts and its appurtenances), the manors of Hever, Chepsted, Kingsdown and Maplescombe and all other manors, m's etc. of 1 in the t's, fields, etc., of Kingsdown, Faringham, otherwise Farmingham, Evesford, otherwise Enesford, otherwise Aynesford, Kimesing, Seal, Ash, Shorham, Fakeham, Hartley, Chepsted and elsewhere in Kent, man. Minster, otherwise Mister Lovell and all other lands, tmt's, etc., of 1 in the t's, p's, etc., of Minster, Minster Lovell, Shilston, Bampton, Shortington, Astell, Astell Lighe, Astell Lingley, otherwise Astall Langley, Shipton-under-whichwood and elsewhere in Oxfordshire, the man. and site of Farnham Royall, and all other m's, farms, etc., in the t's, p's, etc., of Farnham Royal, Seergreen, Hedgerley Dean and elsewhere in Buckinghamshire. Copy.

1 Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. 2 Thomas Coke, baron Lovell of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Edward Coke, esq., his only son and heir apparent. 3 Thomas Snow of London, goldsmith. Declaration by 1 of the receipt of the sum of £15,000 from 3, lent by 1 to 2 in trust for 3, part of a sum of £48,000 (4%) secured by 2 mortgaging the manors of Huntingfield, otherwise Huntingfield Hall, Newham, Aldam, otherwise Aldham, otherwise Aldham Hall, Laxfield, Horham, otherwise Horham-Tornegan, Cratfield, Horham, Thorphall, Huntingfield Chauntrey, otherwise Aldrishes, otherwise Cokes, otherwise Wyvills, the rectory man. of Laxfield, a capital m. called Huntingfield Hall, park lands and grounds called The Parke in Huntingfield, the advowsons of the churches of Huntingfield, Cokeley, Horham, Laxfield, Cratfield and Aldham, and hd Blything, all in Suffolk, the manors of Hever, Chopsted, Kingsdowne and Maplescombe, Kent, Minster, otherwise Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Farnham Royall, Buckinghamshire, and the site of man. Farnham Royall.

1 Matthew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., sole executor of the will of Peniston Lamb, late of Lincolns Inn, esq., dec. 2 Wilbraham Tufton, brother of Sackville, earl of Thanet, and administrator of the goods and chattels of John Tufton, esq., his late brother, dec. 3 Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester in trust to attend the inheritance. 4 Thomas Anson of Shugborough, Staffordshire. 5 Philip Stephens of p. St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, esq. (trustee of 4). Assignment Of A Term Of Years in trust to attend the inheritance by 3 to 5, with the consent of 1 and 2, in trust for 4, of man. Knightly, otherwise Knightley, and other m's, farms, etc., in the t's, p's etc., of Knightly, otherwise Knightley, Gnosall, Chatwall, Winnington, Muckleston, Knighton, Knighton Juxta Adbaston and Hill, otherwise Hill House, all in Staffordshire. Consideration: £14,000 paid by 4 to 2 with the consent of 3 and 1, and £1,000 paid by 4 to 3 with the consent of 1. Recites a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years for £15,000 (5%), dated 7 April 1720, by 3, then known as Thomas Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, esq., and the said Peniston Lamb, of the same premises, and further advances of £4,000 and £6,000 (both 5%) charged on the same premises by endorsements on the said mortgage, dated 24 June 1720 and 10 Jan. 1720, an assignment of the term of years, dated 11 June 1725, by the said Peniston Lamb to 2 (excepting certain parcels of land in Somerset), in trust, a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years for £34,000 (41/2%), dated 12 June 1725, between 3, 2, and the said John Tufton and Peniston Lamb, of the same premises, reciting that all interest and £5,000 had been paid off, reducing the principal money to £20,000, and that John Tufton had agreed to advance £14,000, that 4 has agreed with 3, with the consent of 1 and 2, for the absolute purchase of the premises for £15,000, that the sum of £20,000 shall remain charged on the premises assigned in the last recited indenture [?the Somerset lands], and that man. Knightley and the other premises shall be discharged.

1 Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester. 2 Julines Beckford of Stepleton, Dorset, esq. Articles Of Agreement for the sale of the manors, advowsons and rectories of Durweston and Shillington, Dorset. Consideration: £23,817.

1 Margaret, dowager countess of Leicester and baroness Clifford, Sir Mathew Lamb of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, and Ralph Cauldwell of Godwick, Norfolk, esq. 2 James Williams of the city of Bristol, mariner. Lease for three lives of a cottage in p. Portishead, Somerset, where James Williams, dec., father of 2, formerly dwelt. Consideration: £15. Annual rent: 1s. Duties: suit of court at man. Portbury and Portishead.