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1 Matthew Boucherett of North Willingham, Lincolnshire, esq., and Isabella Boucherett his wife, and Peniston Lamb of Lincolns Inn, gent. 2 John Hanbury of Pontypool, co. Mon., esq., and St Andrew Thornhagh, esq., son and heir apparent of John Thornhagh of Osberton, Nottinghamshire, esq. 3 George Searle of the Post Office, London, esq. Post-nuptial Settlement of Matthew Boucherett and Isabella his wife, being a Release of the manors of Arcy, otherwise Darcy, Selby, Charnell and Tirwhitt, all lying in or near p. Stallingburgh, Lincolnshire, and the lands there called Blunts Land. Note: Dated '12 April 6 Geo. I, 1719' [sic].

1 Matthew Carleton of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., and Thomas Carleton of London, esq. 2 Martin Holbeath of Felstead, Essex, gent., and Ottwell Meverell of Grays Inn, Middlesex, esq. 3 Matthew Carleton the younger, son and heir apparent of the said Thomas Carleton. Post-nuptial Settlement of the said Matthew Carleton the younger and Lydia Aylett, kinswoman of Martin Holbeath, being a Covenant To Levy A Fine of m's and lands of 1 in p's Dorking, Mickleham, Betchworth, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh, Great Bookham, Holmwood and Capel, Surrey, in the tenures of Jasper Goodwyn, William Levett, Richard Haybeetle, [ ] Rose, doctor in physic, William Hall, Robert Newman, Widow Carter, [ ] Perk, John Edwards, William Ray, Widow Gale, William Ny, [ ] Shepherd, Thomas Haybeetle, [ ] Smith, [ ] Bothwell, [ ] Lusted, John Dendy, George Goodwyn, Matthew Marsh, Richard Hall, [ ] Browne, [ ] Burstowe, [ ] Bagshall, [ ] Collins and Simon Petters. Endorsed: 'The second part of the deed betweene Thomas Carleton, etc., and Martin Holbeath'.

1 John Exeter of St Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, gent. 2 Elizabeth Mead of Pratt Street, p. Lambeth, Surrey, widow. 3 Robert Francis Tuft of Dulwich, Surrey, esq., and Isaac Lloyd Williams of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Pre-nuptial Settlement of 1 and 2, being a Declaration Of Trust, settling her £850 Bank 5% annuities on 3, in trust to receive the interest for her independent use.

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 George Hooper of London, gent. 2 Frances Scott of p. St Botolph Bishopsgate, London, widow, and Anne Honan, spinster, her neice. 3 Rev. John Jones of Toddenham, Gloucestershire, clerk, and Peniston Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gent. (trustees). Pre-nuptial Settlement of the said George Hooper and the said Anne Honan, being a Declaration Of A Trust that they have each advanced £1,500 to 3, as trustees of the said settlement, who have purchased £2,350 stock of the British East India Company. Witnessed by Elizabeth Lamb, Robert Lamb and Matthew Lamb. Endorsed: releases of George Hooper, John Hooper, Mathew Hooper, Richard Hooper, Anne Hooper, spinster, Joseph Beasing of Chesthunt, Hertfordshire, schoolmaster, and Sarah his wife, formerly Sarah Hooper, Margaret Hooper, and Elizabeth Hooper, the children of 1 and the said Anne Honan, to Sir Mathew Lamb, bart, executor of the will of Peniston Lamb, dec., 1756-9.

1 Thomas Macro of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, esq. 2 John Wilson of Bromhead in the chapelry of Bradfield, Yorkshire, gent. Pre-nuptial Settlement of the said John Wilson and Mary Macro, one of the daughters of 1, being a Covenant by 1 that on his death £500 will be paid to 2, if Mary or any issue of the marriage be living, and Covenant by 2 that on his death £1,000 will be paid to the younger child or equally divided among the younger children of the marriage.

1 Henry Bristowe of Wotton, Surrey, yeoman. 2 Ralph Dalton of Knehurst and William Bristowe of Leighe, yeomen. Pre-nuptial Settlment of Eustace Bristowe, son and heir apparent of Richard Bristowe of Croydon, and Elizabeth Bristowe, daughter of 1, being Feoffment To Uses of a m. in p. Capel, in the tenure of Stephen Massye, and a m. in p. Dorking in the tenure of Richard Fuller, to the use of 1 for life, and thereafter to the use of the said Eustace Bristowe and Elizabeth Bristowe and their heirs, in default of which, to the use of Jane Bristowe, another daughter of 1. Latin. Endorsed: 'No (1)' and 'A (4)'.

See also no. 126. Worn.

Probate Of Will of Mary Lewis formerly of Shacklewell, p. Hackney, Middlesex, and late of Gloucester Street, p. St Leonard Shoreditch, both Middlesex, widow (will dated 29 Sept. 1795). Bequests include £8 per annum consolidated long annuities, bequeathed in trust to John Thomas, secretary of the Welsh Charity School, Grays Inn Lane Road, to be paid to her sister Jane Seenes, formerly Jane Ward, for life and after her death to the children of Jane's son William Ward.

Probate Of Will of Mary Phillips, formerly of the city of Bristol and late of p. St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, widow (will dated 31 Dec. 1805). See also no. 143.

1 John Machell of Wonersh, Surrey, gent. 2 George Duncumb of Albury, Surrey, esq. Quitclaim by 1 of a m. or inn called Lower Chequer, closes or parcels of land (40 a.), that is, parcels of land (6 a.) in the tenure of Richard Day, gent., since dec., dispersed in the common fields called Fosterwood, closes and parcels of pasture and woodground (10 a.) called Deaths, a parcel of land and woodground called Huckstall, otherwise Uagstooles (7 a.), adjoining the pale of Betchworth Park, two closes and parcels of land and pasture (6 a.) adjoining the said park pale in the tenure of Edward Sheffeild, a parcel of land and pasture called Barnehawes (3 a.), a parcel of land (1 a.) in the common field called Stonyland, a parcel of land and pasture called Kennells (2 a.) lying on 'this' side of Cotnam Deane, a croft of land (2 a.) on the north side of the highway from Dorking to Reigate, in the tenure of Widow Day, a little pightell or parcel of meadow called Standbridge Mead (1/2 a.), a tmt and orchard (1 a.) on the west side of the highway to Newdegate, in the tenure of Mathew Neale, a little parcel of land in East Street, in the tenure of John Barnett and adjoining the lands of Sir Richard Sands, an annual rent of 18d. for a parcel of land called Squyres in Wesbech, three closes of meadow and pasture called Spitle Heath Feild and Spitle Heath Meadow (11 a.), a little parcel of land or meadow (1/2 a.) adjoining the tmt of Richard Shoes, in the tenure of John Combes, and all other m's, lands, etc., purchased by Edward Goodwyn, gent., from Edward Carpenter and Robert Kyleston (see no. 10), all in p. Dorking, and since bargained and sold to Jasper Goodwyn and Acknowledgment by 1 that the whole of the consideration money was the proper money of 2. Recites a bargain and sale of the premises, dated 31 Oct. 1636, by Jasper Goodwyn the elder of Dorking, gent., to 1 and 2. Endorsed: '(3)'.

1 Edward Goodwin of Southwark, Surrey, gent. 2 Mathew Carleton the younger of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Quitclaim of 1 m's in p. Great Bookham, and the m. or inn called Upper Chequer in p. Dorking, and m's in p's Betchworth, Dorking, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh. Endorsed: '(5)'.

1 Richard Payne of Ardingley, Sussex, and John Avenne of Worth, yeomen. 2 Ewstace Bristowe of Horley, Surrey. Quitclaim of a m. and land called Sowbearies (17 a.), p's Dorking and Capel, Surrey. Endorsed: '(4)'.

1 Thomas Hill of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., devisee of the estates in fee and for terms of years under the will of the late Mary Tufton, dec., in trust for 2 and 3. 2 Lady Mary Duncan of Queen Ann Street West, p. St Mary-le-bone, widow. 3 Lady Charlotte Tufton of Seamore Place, p. St George Hanover, spinster. Release by 1, by the direction of 2, to 3 of part of Lewis, lord Londes's estate comprised in a mortgage to Mrs Tufton, dec., for securing £9,000 and interest. Recites a mortgage for £5,000, dated 16 and 17 June 1755, between Lewis Watson, lord Londes, and Sir Mathew Lamb of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, of manors and in Great Gidding called Moynes Manor, Eugains Manor and Priors Manor, and the rectory and the advowson of Great Gidding, all in Huntingdonshire, the manor, impropriate rectory and advowson of the vicarage of Garthrop, Leicestershire, and divers m's, farms, etc., in Huntingdonshire and Leicestershire, and recites further charges of £3,000, 17 Dec. 1755, and £1,000, 29 March 1758. Counterpart.

1 Thomas Hill of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., devisee of the estates in fee and for terms of years under the will of the late Mary Tufton, dec., in trust for 2 and 3. 2 Lady Charlotte Tufton of Seamore Place, p. St George Hanover, Middlesex, spinster. 3 Lady Mary Duncan of Queen Ann Street West, p. St Mary-le-bone, Middlesex, widow. Release by 1, by the direction of 2, to 3 of the manors of Hever, Chipstead, Kingsdown and Maplescomb, a m. or tmt with the several farms and lands called Hever Place Farm, Clarks Farm and Knatts Farm, a farm called Brandshatch Farm, a farm in the tenure of James Brand, a farm called Maplescomb Farm, m's and farms in the tenure of Thomas Gladish and Nicholas Middleton, a farm called East Hill Farm, a farm in the tenure of Anthony Wallar and several quit rents in the said manors, all in the several t's, p's etc. of Kingsdown, Farningham, Eynsford, Kemsing, Seal, Ash, Shoreham, Fawkham, Hartley and Chipstead, all in Kent, man. Minster, otherwise Minster Lovell, m's and farms in the tenure of Stephen Rogers, Richard Green, Robert Coppin, Deodatus Collis, Joseph Mallam, and John Busby and Edward Busby, a farm and lands at Chilson in the tenure of John Ren, a m. or tmt in the tenure of John Beal, a lime kiln in the tenure of John Wells, a slate quarry in the tenure of David Barry, woods and woodgrounds containing [ ] a., cottage rents, copyhold or quit rents, leasehold rents, and freehold or chief rents, in the t's, p's and precincts of Minster Lovell, Shilton, Bampton, Shortington, Asthall, Asthall Leigh, Astell Lingley, otherwise Astell, Astall Langley and Shipton under Wychwood, all in Oxfordshire (annual values given). Recites as in no.62 and no.62. Counterpart.

1 William Strode of p. St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq., eldest son and heir of William Strode of Punsborn, Hertfordshire, esq., dec., by Lady Ann his wife, one of the daughters of James, earl of Salisbury, dec., by Ann his wife, dec., one of the daughters of Thomas, earl of Thanet, dec., and James Strode of Harley Street, Middlesex, esq., the youngest son of the said William Strode and Ann, both dec. 2 Sir Matthew Lamb of Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, the surviving trustee of the settlement of William Strode, dec. Release by William Strode and James Strode of their respective shares in £5,000 secured by the pre-nuptial settlement, dated 11 Feb. 1708, of the said James, earl of Salisbury, and Ann his wife, which provided a sum of £10,000 for the younger children, under which the said Lady Ann Strode, one of four younger children of the marriage, was entituled to £2,500. Recites the said pre-nuptial settlement. Endorsed: receipts of the said James Strode for £2,222.4.5 and of the said William Strode for £555.11.1.

1 Sir William Dolben of Thingdo, otherwise Finedon, Northamptonshire, bart, Sir Edmund Affleck of Foringhoe Hall, Essex, bart, rear admiral of the Red Squadron of the Fleet, Philip Affleck of Wimpole Street, p. St Mary le bone, Middlesex, esq., rear admiral of the Blue Squadron of the Fleet, and Charlotte Scotchmer of Pakenham, Suffolk, widow, the executors and trustees of the will of Rev. James Affleck of Thingdon, dec. 2 James Affleck, esq., major in the 19th regiment of Light Dragoons, eldest son and heir at law of the said James Affleck, dec. 3 George Edmunds of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gent., and Henrietta his wife, late Henrietta Bertie, spinster. 4 Albemarle Bertie, esq., colonel in the first regiment of Foot Guards, Henry Atherton of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., and Richard Edmunds, also of Lincolns Inn, gent. Release of a sufficient part of the sum settled in no. 110 and Settlement of 200 a. of pasture, fen or marsh ground in North Fen at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, abutting on the grounds called Northea on the west (further boundaries given), together with the farm house and buildings; and 13 a. of pasture, fen or marsh ground called Stonald Dole adjoining to the south, to the use of 4 upon the trusts of the settlement of 3. Consideration: £2,400 paid to 1 by 4, with the consent of 3.