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Desires his body to be buried in the church or chancel of Hexham. Devises a m. or tmt called Closehead in Thirlwall to his friend Mr Ralph Ridley for life, with reversion to his son William Thirlwall, and real estate in p. Hexham and in man. Thirlwall and p. Haltwhistle in trust for his said son William Thirlwall. Damaged.

Copy Of Court Roll of man. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire, recording the Admission of Isaac Crawley to a m. and lands (51 a.) called Stopley Hole (51 a.), otherwise Stopley House. Recites the will, dated 27 Dec. 1706, of John Feild, who devised his copyhold and freehold m's and lands at Stopsley in the Hole and in p. Kings Walden, both in Hertfordshire, to his wife Mary and on her death, or remarriage, to Isaac Crawley.

Memorial of a lease and release, dated 14 and 16 April 1723, to be registered in the Register Office in Middlesex, relating to several m's or tmt's in p. St Giles, Middlesex, signed and sealed by William Dawes, archbishop of York, one of the parties to the deeds.

Will of Frederica, countess of Holderness, widow of Robert Darcy, late earl of Holderness, dec., and one of the daughters and coheirs of Meinhardt Schomberg, late duke of Sconberg and Leinster, and now wife of Benjamin Mildmay, esq. Endorsed: 'This will was revoked and a new one made by the said Countess of Holderness, 16 December 1735, when she was Countess Fitzwalter and was her last Will'.

1 William Carpenter of Leominster, Herefordshire, gent. 2 Sir Michael Newton of Barrescourt, Gloucestershire, Knight of the Order of the Bath, and Margaret, countess of Coningesby, his wife. 3 Matthew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gent. Assignment Of A Term of 500 years, reciting a lease and release, dated 19 and 20 July 1717, relating to a capital m. and man. called Hampton Court, otherwise Hampton Richards, otherwise Hampton Mappener in p. Hope Under Dinmore, Herefordshire. Incomplete, recital only.

1 Sir Ralph Millbank of Halnaby, Yorkshire, bart, and Cuthbert Routh, late of Moulton and now of Snape, esq. 2 Henry Darcy of Cobourne and Richard Shuttleworth of Forcett, esq's. 3 James Darcy, lord Darcy of Navan, and Margaret, lady Darcy, widow of James, lord Darcy of Navan, dec. 4 William Jessop of Broomhall, Yorkshire, esq., and Peniston Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Mortgage (Bargain And Sale) for £5,000 (4%) of a farm and tmt in Hamsterley, co. Durham, late in the tenure of Mr Read Hodshon, and a farm called Castell in p. Sodbury, Yorkshire, and farms and tmt's in the tenures of Francis Clark, James Laud, Widow Jackson, William Jest and Thomas Stapylton, Christopher Hodshon, Samuel Binsley, William Iveson, William Jest and Widow Ingerham, and small rents, all in p. Newton-le-willows, Yorkshire, and 21 a. of meadow in p. Richmond in the tenure of James Darcy, lord Darcy, and several parcels of land in p. Sodbury aforesaid (399 a.) (annual values given). Counterpart.

Declaration Of Trust by Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., that £4,000, part of a sum of £15,000, is the money of Margaret Doring Pulteney of Cleveland Court, p. St James Westminster, widow. Recites a mortgage of even date for £15,000 (4%) of the man. and advowson of Boxworth, and divers farms and lands in Boxworth, the manors and demesne lands of Swavesey, Hobbledodds and Bennets, m's and lands in Swavesey and Over, the capital m. of Denny Abbey, man. Waterbeach with Denny, m's and farms in Waterbeach, parcels of arable and fen land in p's St Mary and St Andrew in Whittlesey in the Isle of Ely, all Cambridgeshire, the manors of Southoe Lovetoft, Southoe Ferrers and Little Paxton, man. Magrey with appurtenances in Little Paxton and Southoe, m's and farms in Southoe, Little Paxton and Great Gransdon, all Huntingdonshire, and man. Shifford otherwise Chifford, Oxfordshire. Endorsed: receipt of M. Pulteney for £4,228.18.4 in full for her principal and interest, 31 May 1753. Seal cut off.

See also no. 126. Worn.

See also no. 125.

1 Sir Mathew Lamb of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, the surviving trustee of a trust for the use of Sarah Strangeways, daughter of Sarah Ridley of Saffron Waldon, Essex, widow, dec. 2 George Baker of Stamford, Lincolnshire, Doctor in Physick, Christopher Hand, clerk, Bridgett his wife, and Sarah Harris, spinster, all of Aller, Somerset, the said George, Bridgett and Sarah being the executors of the will of Sarah Strangeways, dec. Bargain And Sale, in pursuance of a decree in Chancery, of the rectory of Greenham, a purrock or small parcel of land held with the rectory, and the tithes of t. Greenham, p. Thacham, Berkshire, a m. and burgage with backside garden and orchard in Church Street, Whitchurch, and 2 a. of land thereunto belonging lying in several fields called Winterdean Bottom and Burgage Field, in p. Whitchurch, Hampshire, a m. or tmt with malt-house, out-houses, etc., called The Red Lyon in Castle Street, p. Saffron Waldon, Essex, and a m. or tmt in Waldon, Essex, bounded by Gold Street on the east and a lane leading into Ducking Stool End on the south (further boundaries described). Recites a mortgage by demise for 500 years for £1,000, dated 27 June 1732, of the premises in Thacham, and an assignment of the same, dated 12 Jan. 1738, a mortgage by demise for 500 years of the premises in p. Whitchurch 29 Nov. 1736, a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years for £100, dated 8 April 1735, of premises in p. Saffron Walden, and a mortgage by demise for 500 years for £70, dated 25 Nov. 1700, of premises in p. Waldon, and an assignment of the premises dated 6 Dec. 1726.

1 Edward Le Grand, esq., Sir John Eust, bart, and Sir Edmund Thomas, bart (quer's). 2 Thomas Williams and Catherine his wife (deforc's). Final Concord of 10 a. of land, 10 a. of meadow, etc., (30 a.) in p. Spaxton, Somerset. Consideration: £60. RH Indenture.

1 William Winbolt of p. St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, weaver, and Amy his wife. 2 John Snowdon of p. St Ann Soho, cordwainer, a trustee for Joanna Harper, only daughter and heir of Thomas Harper by Anne his wife. 3 William Jackson of Port Royal, Jamaica, esq., husband of Ann, the widow of Thomas Harper of Port Royal, Jamaica, merchant, who died intestate. Bargain And Sale by 1 to 3 of their reversionary interest in the real estate of the said Thomas Harper, dec., that is, in lands and tmt's in the t. and p. of Port Royal, Jamaica, a parcel of pen land (300 a.) at Cow Pen, and another parcel of pen land (345 a.), both in p. Port Royal, a plantation called Cavaliers or New River Plantation (549 a.), a mountain settlement called Dry Hill (40 a.), a moiety of five parcels of land (600 a.) at Above Rocks, and a parcel of pen land (157 a.), all in p. St Andrews, a parcel of pen land (40 a.), a m. or tmt in Orange Street, a parcel of land on Water Lane and a parcel of shoal water land, all in p. Kingston, a moiety of three parcels of land, the first lying near Port Antoine and called Terra Nova (470 a.), and the second and third adjoining each other and recently turned into a sugar works called Norwich (224 a.), all in p. Portland, a parcel of pen land (96 a.) in p. St Catherines, and 150 negroes or slaves and their present and future progeny. Consideration: £100 paid to William Winbolt by 2, and a further sum of £100 paid to William Winbolt by 3. Schedule of slaves appended.

Marriage Licence granted to John Browning of Edworth, Bedfordshire, bachelor, aged 26, and Mary Simbrey of Biggleswade, spinster, aged 23, to be married at Edworth without the publication of banns of matrimony.

1 Samuel Elsdale of the city of London, merchant. 2 Thomas Elliot of the ... [Willia]m Elliot of Bermondsey Street, in bor. Southwark, woolstapler, son of the said Thomas. Deed Of Partnership between 1 and William Elliot as joint traders in the trade of woolstapler. Not executed. Mutilated.

Memorial to be registered at Wakefield, Yorkshire, of a lease and release by Mary Booth and Elizabeth Prowse, widows, the surviving daughters and heirs of John Sharpe of Grafton Park, Northamptonshire, esq., dec., the eldest son and heir of John Sharpe, archbishop of York, dec., to John Ta[ ] of Gildersome, p. Batley, Yorkshire, gent., concerning the capital m. in Gildersome called [...] together with a new barn, [...]of arable and pasture land, [ ] Nipshaws, Dixon Nipshaw, Upper and M[ ] Nipshaw, [ ]. Not executed. Fragments.

Special Probate Of Will And Codicil of Dame Leonora Rush of p. St James Westminster, widow (will dated 19 June 1780, codicil dated 22 Feb. 1785).

Appointment by Elisha Blayney of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, surgeon, and Sinah his wife, late Sinah Hudson, spinster, discharging the trustees of their pre-nuptial settlement. Recites the sale of part of the freehold and copyhold estates of Thomas Hudson late of Hemel Hempstead, dec., father of the said Sinah, to John Tomlin of Berkhamsted St Peter, draper, and that £325, a third of the purchase money, the share of Elisha Blayney and Sinah his wife, was laid out by George Hudson, the surviving trustee, and the said John Tomlin in the purchase of £410.14.10 3% consolidated bank annuities.

1 John Johnson, junior, of Berners Street, Middlesex, architect. 2 Mrs Jane Medley of Clapham, Surrey, widow. Draft Heads Of Agreement for a lease of a m. or dwelling house adjoining Peartrees Livery Stables in Piccadilly, Middlesex, and for the eventual purchase of the leasehold. See also nos 136-7.

Letter from Mrs Medley at Clapham to Mr Williams at Grays Inn Square, thanking him for finding her a house in Piccadilly, which she has this morning agreed to take for three years, and asking him to draw up a lease. See also nos 135 and 138.

1 Rev. Verney Peter Littlehales of Burton, Lincolnshire, clerk. 2 Thomas Williams of Leadenhall Street, city of London, bookseller. Lease To Vest Possession of a m. near the west end of the north side of Leadenhall Street, p. St Peter Cornhill, London (previous tenants named). Not executed. Damaged.