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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 Peniston, Lord Melborne, baron of Kilmore in Co. Cavan in the kingdom of Ireland, only son and heir and sole devisee of the will of Sir Mathew Lamb of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, dec. 2 Mary Tufton of New Bond Street, p. St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, spinster. Assignment Of Mortgage for £16,000 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 a mortgage, dated 24 and 25 March 1752, between Thomas, earl of Leicester and Edward Coke his son and heir apparent and Mathew Lamb. Attested copy, 22 June 1770.

1 Mary Tufton. 2 James Dutton of Sherborne and Thomas Master of Cirencester, esq., both Gloucestershire. Discharge for £1,900 received by 1 and paid to [John] Winstanley, part of a principal sum of £16,000 secured on the estates of Thomas, late earl of Leicester, dec. Copy.

1 Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. 2 Henry, viscount Morpeth, son and heir apparent of Charles Howard, earl of Carlisle. Declaration that 1 has paid £15,000 to 2, has paid £5,000 to Henry, viscount Morpeth, and remains accountable for the remainder of the share of Frances, lady Morpeth, in the personal estate of the said Elizabeth, dowager duchess of Montagu, dec. Recites that administration of the goods of the said Elizabeth was granted to Matthew Lamb for the use of her next of kin, that her personal estate is computed to amount to £138,000 and will be distributed between Henrietta Cavendish Holles, countess of Oxford, Anne, dowager countess of Salisbury, Margaret, lady Clifford, Mary, countess of Harold, Isabella, lady Powlett, and the said Frances, lady Morpeth and that it was agreed in the marriage settlement of the said Henry and Frances, lord and lady Morpeth, that £15,000 of the share of the said Frances should be paid to the said Charles, earl of Carlisle, and the residue should be paid to Richard, viscount Shannon, the surviving trustee of the said settlement.

1 Thomas Berenger of Iver, Buckinghamshire, esq., only son and heir of Richard Berenger, esq., dec., and Richard Berenger, only son and heir apparent of the said Thomas, and Arthur Moore of London, esq. 2 George Castle of Langley Marish, keeper, and Dionesia his wife. Bargain And Sale With Enfeoffment of a m. and land (8 a.) in p. Langley Marish, Buckinghamshire, adjoining the pale of Langley Park on the west, Langley Heath on the north, and a highway leading towards Iver Heath on the east, a m. or cottage in p. Iver in the tenure of William Vasper, a close of land called Bushey Lease (12 a.), in p. Iver, adjoining a lane leading towards Shredding Green on the south (further boundaries given), a close of arable land called Stock Doves 96 a.), otherwise Stock Dales, otherwise Stockden in p. Iver, adjoining a lane leading towards Shredding Green on the north and a common field called Widefield on the east (further boundaries given), and so much as is freehold and not copyhold of a close called Redding Grove (18 a.), otherwise Parke Rideings, adjoining the pale of Langley Park on the west and the highway leading towards Iver Heath on the east in p. Langley Marish called Redding Grove otherwise Parke Rideings, adjoining the pale of Langley Park on the west and the highway leading towards Iver Heath on the east. Consideration: £423.10.0 paid to Thomas and Richard Berenger. Schedule of deeds, 1653-9, attached.

1 Thomas Berenger of Iver, Buckinghamshire, esq., and Richard Berenger, his son and heir apparent. 2 George Castle of Langley Marishe, innkeeper. Bond for the performance of covenants specified in no. 80.

1 Thomas Berenger of Iver, Buckinghamshire, son and heir of Richard Berenger, esq., dec., and Edith, wife of the said Thomas, and Richard Berenger, his only son and heir apparent. 2 Charles Dawe of Langley Marishe, gent. 3 George Castle of Langley Marishe, keeper, and Dionesia his wife. 4 Henry Reeve of Stoke Poges, gent. Deed To Lead The Uses Of A Fine of the freehold m., farm and lands late in the tenure of John Hosier, and upon the several parcels of land, parcel of the said farm, the farm called The [ ] Field (28 a.), lying at the west end of Colebrooke, several pieces of land (20 a.) dispersed in Chatcham Mead, closes of meadow called Watts-Closes (5 a.) lying at the south end of Watrye Lane, arable land and meadow (12 a.) lying in Sutton-Southfield, arable land (6 a.) lying in Spittlefield, arable land (2 a.) lying in Apnell-Field, a meadow (4 a.) lying in the meadow part of the same field, two closes of meadow ground (10) called Innings-Mead and Vitlers Mead all in p's Iver and Langley, Buckinghamshire, a m. and land (8 a.) in p. Langley Marish, adjoining the pale of Langley Park on the west, Langley Heath on the north, and a highway leading towards Iver Heath on the east, a m. or cottage in p. Iver in the tenure of William Vasper, a close of land called Bushey Lease (12 a.) in p. Iver, adjoining a lane leading towards Shredding Green on the south (further boundaries given), a close of arable land called Stock Doves (6 a.), otherwise Stock Dale, otherwise Stockden in p. Iver, adjoining a lane leading towards Shredding Green on the north and a common field called Widefield on the east (further boundaries given), and so much as is freehold and not copyhold of a close called Redding Grove (18 a.), otherwise Parke Ridings, adjoining the pale of Langley Park on the west and the highway leading towards Iver Heath on the east in p. Langley Marish, to the use, as to the m., farm and lands late in the tenure of John Hosier, to the use of 2, and the m's and lands in the tenures of William Kempe and William Vasper to the use of 3. Consideration: £1,740 paid by 2 to 1, and £423.10.0 paid by 3 to 1. Worn at the creases.

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 Charles Spencer, duke of Marlborough. 2 John Paltock of p. St Clement Danes, Middlesex, goldsmith. Assignment of the rents and profits payable to 1 out of the trust estate of John, duke of Marlborough, dec. Consideration: £19,000. Endorsed: 'This to be renewed every Midsummer and Christmas'.

1 Conquest Jones of p. St Mary le Bone, Middlesex, gent. 2 William Mace of p. St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, carpenter. Assignment Of Lease of a parcel of land fronting on the east side of Southampton Street, p. St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex. Consideration: £213.

1 Sir George Kelley of Speldhurst, Kent, kt. 2 James Spagg of Limehouse, Middlesex, esq. Assignment Of Lease of a m. and land on the east side of Southampton Street, p. St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex. Recites a lease for 62 years dated 25 Sept. 1759, from John, duke of Bedford, to Joseph Clark of p. St Marylebone, Middlesex, carpenter, of a parcel of ground and the m. or tmt being erected, on the east side of Southampton Street, in p. St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, and that the lease has since become vested in 1.

1 Sir Timothy Waldo of Clapham, Surrey, kt. 2 Thomas Markins of Throgmorton Street, London, victualler. Lease for 21 years of a m. or tmt on the south side of Throgmorton Street, p. St Bartholomew behind the Royal Exchange in the ward of Broad Street in the city of London, heretofore in the tenure of Adam Shekel, perukemaker, and late of William Owen, confectioner; covenants that 2 shall spend £50 in substantial repairs in the first year of the lease. Annual rent: £30. Endorsement: assignment of lease by Richard Edwards of Southwark, Surrey, brandy-merchant, administrator of the will of 2, dec., to George Barlow of Throgmorton Street, London, victualler, 26 July 1793, for £150.

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.

Certificate of H. Smith, ac[?countan]t general, that he has drawn a cheque for the payment of £1,888.8.5 to the defendants Albemarle Bertie, earl of Lindsey, Henry Atherton and Richard Edmunds, pursuant to an order dated 5 March 1810 in actions between Richard Clerke and others, plaintifs, and Montague Bertie, earl of Abingdon and others, defendants, and between John Sealy and others, plaintifs, and the said Montague and others, defendants.