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1 Mary, dowager countess Gower, one of the daughters and the only surviving trustee named in the will of Thomas, earl of Thanet, dec. 2 Rev. Brownlow North, DL, dean of the cathedral church of Canterbury, Kent, Rev. Theodore Delafaye, MA, rector of the united p's of St Mildred and All Saints, Canterbury, and Rev. George Hearne, clerk, vicar of p. St Mary Northgate, Canterbury. Declaration Of Trust of £200 to be laid out towards the support and augmentation of the free or charity school for boys in p. St Mildred Canterbury, and the free or charity school for girls in p. St Mary Northgate Canterbury, in lieu of 1's annual payments of £3 and £2 respectively. Endorsed: acknowledgement by 2 that the £200 has been laid out in 3% India annuities, 23 July 1771.

1 John Thomas Wheate of p. St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq. 2 Thomas Henshaw of Barking, Essex, gent. Covenant that 1 will grant a rent charge of £100 on the glebe lands, tithes and other profits of the rectory and church of p. Lechlade, Gloucestershire. Recites a bond of even date whereby 1 and Rev. James Strode of Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, clerk, are bound to 2 in £1,200 for the payment of an annuity of £100 for the life of 1.

1 John Winstanley the younger of p. St Mary le bone, Middlesex, esq., and Anna Maria his wife (late Anna Maria Cauldwell, widow of Edward Cauldwell, esq., dec., and daughter and only child of Thomas Clark of p. St John the Evangelist, Westminster, plaisterer, dec.). 2 Mary Tufton of p. St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, spinster. Appointment by Anna Maria Winstanley, by virtue of powers reserved to her by her pre-nuptial settlement dated 6 March 1781, for the payment of £1,900, part of her settlement of £5,000, by 2 to John Winstanley. Recites no. 62 and that £11,000 of the principal sum of £16,000 was the money of 2, that £5,000 was the money of Peniston, lord Melborne, and that £5,000 had been assigned to the trustees of the pre-nuptial settlement of 1, with powers to get in the money as soon as convenient and to lay it out in a freehold estate of inheritance. Endorsed: receipt of John Winstanley for £1,900 paid by 2, dated 19 July 1782, and receipt and discharge of Anna Maria Winstanley for £3,100 paid by 2, dated 3 June 1783.

1 John Winstanley and Anna Maria Winstanley his wife. 2 Mary Tufton. Discharge for £3,100, the remainder of a sum of £5,000 due to the said Anna Maria Winstanley under a settlement dated 6 March 1781, part of the principal sum of £16,000 secured on the estates of Thomas, late earl of Leicester, dec. Draft.

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 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 Ralph Montagu, earl Montagu, and Christopher Moncke of Newhall, Essex, esq. 2 John Weddell of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., and Anthony Warde of Furnivalls Inn, London, gent. Lease To Vest Possession of man. Grindon, and of m's and lands in the tenures of Job Wheildon, Edward Smith, Richard Hall, Richard Smith, Thomas Anables, Ralph Smith, Widow Smith of Felthouse, William Mycocke, Nicholas Buxton, Richard Gold and William Smith, Anthony Smith, and James Smith (acreages given in most cases), a parcel of land called Calbrook (6 a.), m's and lands in the tenures of John Titterton, William Micoik, William Wardle, James Yeates, John Buxton, John Chadwick, Nicholas Lomas, George Thorley, William Sant, and Francis Smith, woodland called Ladyside (32 a.), m's and land in the tenures of Sarah Adams, John Smith, Thomas Johnson, William Chadwick senior, Humphrey Chadwick, Humphrey [ ], Widow Yeates, Thomas [ ], Ralph Hall, Widow Belfeild, John Belfeild, John Mellor, and Samuel Sheldon, a m. and mill and lands (20 a.) in the tenure of John Stubbs, m's and lands in the tenures of Edward Woodhouse, Ralph Lovatt, Thomas Johnson, Richard Chadwick, Francis Thorley, Richard Howerth, Daniel Sladon, Roger Lovatt, John Joanes, Robert Coxestake, Widow Ball and George Ball, John Willcoxen, William Mort, Richard Fletcher, Thomas Smith, George Titterton, Middleton Shaw, William Chadwick junior, Widow Smith of Grindon, Widow Stoderth, Widow Plant and John Hambleton, Dorothy Wardle, Widow Oliver, and John Woolley, pieces of pasture called Pasture Intacke (43 a.) and June Moore Pasture (46 a.), a piece of woodground called Brookewood ([ ]y a.), and a piece of land called Newclose (40 a.), cottages in the tenures of Anne Stubbs, Widow Charlesworth, Widow Gasguine, and John Sout, the advowson of the parish church of Grindon, all in t's, p's and ht's of Grindon, Butterton, Waterfall, Alstonfield, Throwley, Leek and Blower, Staffordshire. Worn at the creases.

Dispensation granted by John Montagu, duke of Montagu, great master of the Order of the Bath, to Sir Conyers Darcy, kt, for his non-observance of the rites of bathing, vigils and other concomitant rituals before his creation as a companion of the order. Not executed.

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.