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00791 - BOUGHTON-LEIGH FAMILY OF BROWNSOVER - 1600-1956

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2 - Documents of Title

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2 - County specific documents of title, ordered by family, then county and parish

1 - Grant by Letters Patent from Philip and Mary, to Robert Lane of Horton, Northants, and Anthony Throckmorton of Chesterton, Oxon., of the manor of Great Addington, formerly belonging to the monastery of Crowland, Lincs: - 4th Feb. 1558

2 - 2 deeds relating to the manor of Great Addington, Willywater mill in Woodford, and 15 selions of land in Woodford, with appurtenances, all lately belonging to the dissolved monastery of Crowland, Lincs., conveyed by Sir Robert Lane, of Horton, Northants., knight, and Anthony Throckmorton of Chesterton, Oxon., to Henry Clarke of Stanwick, Northants. - 10th May, 1562

3 - 7 deeds relating to the manor of Great Addington, 15 messuages, 15 tofts of land, a watermill, 40 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, with appurtenances, in Great Addington, Little Addington and Woodford, sold by Gabriel Clarke, son of Henry Clarke, of Great Addington, to Margery Curtis of the same, widow, and her son Christopher. - 1606-1607

4 - 14 deeds relating to a messuage, 1 cottage, 50 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, with appurtenances, originally the estate of Thomas Hewson, (brother-in-law of Christopher Curtis), of which one messuage and 2½ yardlands were acquired of Margery Curtis; sold by his heiresses to Thomas Woodruffe, and conveyed to Samuel Whitby in 1675. - 1608-1681

5 - Royal licence to alienate granted to Margery Curtis and Christopher, her son, of their manor of Great Addington, 8¾ yardlands, 4 messuages, 1 cottage, 3 water-mills, (Willycott mills) in Great Addington and Woodford, to William Myles the younger, to the use of Christopher and Dorothy his wife, and their legitimate heirs. - 8th Nov. 1608

6 - 5 deeds relating to 1 messuage and a ½ yardland purchased of Margery Curtis by George Smith of Great Addington, labourer; 4 acres and 1½ roods of land were settled on Rose Smith his daughter on her marriage with William Watts of Woodford, labourer; the messuage, 4 acres and 3 roods of land were settled on George and his wife Elizabeth with inheritance to William and Rose: all the land lies in Cranford Slade, Mill Field, Stainesborow Field, and Long Row Field. - 1608-1654

7 - Conveyance from Margery Curtis to John Bolney of Great Addington, labourer, of a messuage and a ½ yardland in Great Addington. - 28th Sep 1608

8 - 5 deeds relating to 3 acres of arable land a dole of meadow at the nether end of Long Meadow and 1 cow common, purchased of William Watts of Great Addington by John Bolney the younger, yeoman of the same. - 1609-1650

9 - 5 deeds relating to 3½ acres of arable land in Stainesborough Field, Long Row Field and Middle Field and 3½ poles of meadow called the Holme, in Great Addington, conveyed to John Bolney of the same to Blanche Bolney and by her to Elizabeth, Sarah and Margaret Bolney, Sarah married Thomas Freeman of Stanwick, Northants., and was granted the title to all the lands: in 1678 they were sold by her heir Christopher Freeman, labourer of Thingdon, Northants., to Laurence Sanderson the younger of Great Addington. - 1609-1678

10 - Conveyance by Christopher Curtis of Great Addington, Northants., yeoman, to Alexander Beebie of the same, shoemaker, and John Beebie, his son, of a messuage in Great Addington on the High Street, between the messuages of George Smith and John Bolney, and a ½ yardland. - 20th Mar. 1611

11 - Conveyance by John Beeby the elder of Great Addington, yeoman, to Christopher Curtis of the same, yeoman, and Alexander Beebie of the same, shoemaker: for £13. 0s. 4d., paid by James Morton, of 4 acres of arable land in Great Addington, in Long Row Field, Stainborough Field and Mill Field, to the use of James Morton and his wife for their lives, and then to the use of James Beebie, John's eldest son, and his heirs forever. - 15th July, 1614

12 - Creation of a use: John Bolney the elder of Great Addington conveyed to William Bolney and Alexander Beebye of the same, a messuage and appurtenances in Great Addington, and 1½ yardlands of meadow and pasture, which he bought of Margery Curtis, to the use of himself and his younger son. - 1st July, 1616

13 - Conveyance and counterpart from William Bolney of Great Addington to Richard Fearye of Grundon, Northants., husbandman, and John Beebye of Great Addington shoemaker, of 15½ acres of land in Great Addington, formerly purchased of Margery Curtis, forever, paying 2s. yearly to William Bolney. Terrier attached. - 20th July, 1616

14 - 7 deeds relating to a ½ yardland purchased of Christopher Curtis by Alexander Bolney and conveyed by him in equal parts to William Watts the elder and younger of Great Addington, and John Bolney of the same: the former conveyed their portion to William Woodruffe of Great Addington, and the latter to Thomas Wallis of Thingdon, Northants. - 1617-1636

15 - 5 deeds relating to the manor of Great Addington with 4½ yardlands in Great Addington, Little Addington and all appurtenances, excepting 3 watermills and 15 selions of land in Woodford, conveyed by Christopher and Dorothy Curtis, to William Bletsoe of Wyngyngton, Bedfordshire, gentleman, and in 1644 settled by Thomas Bletsoe the elder of Great Addington, on himself and his son Thomas, on the latter's marriage with Mary Busby of Barlythorp, Rutland. - 1618-1644

16 - 3 deeds relating to a messuage in Cobbes or Colby Lane, Great Addington, purchased of Josiah Hobson of Ashby Meares, yeoman, by John Bolney of Great Addington, yeoman. - 1624-1644

17 - Conveyance by John and Rebecca Bebye of Broughton, Northants., to James Bebye of Islipp, his elder brother, of 4 acres and 3 roods of arable land in Great Addington, part of a messuage late in the occupation of Thomas Bolney bounded by the property of the Earl of Peterborough. - 17th Dec. 1631

18 - Conveyance from Thomas Cox of Great Addington to Sara Bolney of the same, widow of Thomas Bolney, of a dwelling-house and enclosure, in Great Addington, next to the messuage of the Earl of Peterborough, once part of the land of Gabriel Clarke, deceased. - 4th June, 1631

19 - 9 deeds relating to a cottage and several pieces of land in Great Addington: - 1632-1710

20 - 6 deeds relating to a messuage in Great Addington, with 6 roods of arable land and meadow, mortgaged by John Lilleman, showemaker, deceased, in 1609 to James and John Beby of Great Addington, shoemakers, and assigned eventually to Robert Lambe in 1711. - 1633-1711

21 - 5 deeds relating to a messuage in Great Addington, formerly occupied by Alexander Bolney of Great Addington, husbandman, deceased and mortgaged by him to Thomas Percivall, yeoman, in 1618, and conveyed by the Percivalls to Thomas Bletsoe of Mill Cotton. - 1634-1647

22 - 25 deeds relating to the lands acquired by the Sanderson family. - 1646-1725

23 - 16 deeds relating to a messuage or farmhouse, with a cottage adjoining, and a close of pasture, and 4 yardlands, lying in Stainesborough Field, Long Row Field, Mill Field and South Field, with 10 acres meadow and 12 acres furze ground, called the Owld, in Great Addington, Little Addington and Woodford, conveyed by Henry, Earl of Peterborough to John Maydwell of Simpson, Bucks., and later of Kettering, Northants., and by Maydwell sold to Samuel Whitby of London. - 1647-1670

24 - 7 deeds relating to a farmhouse in Great Addington, late in possession of James Covington, and a close of pasture adjoining, sold by Richard Rainford of Northampton and Thomas Watts of Easton Maudit to Thomas Bosworth of Great Addington, yeoman. - 1647-1675

25 - Conveyance by Henry Hemington of Great Addington and Alice, his wife, to William Hudson of the same, miller, of 2 houses and all appurtenances in Great Addington. - 29th June, 1650

26 - Settlement made by William Bolney of Great Addington, husbandman, on his marriage with Sarah Peacock of Ringstead, of a messuage in Great Addington, in his occupation and a ½ yardland, with common of pasture for 2 cows and 10 sheep, for the use of himself and Sarah, and their heirs. - 14th May, 1662

27 - 16 deeds relating to the manor of Great Addington, the mansion house, 4¼ yardlands; Long Lane Close, Cooks Leyes Close, Widow Batson Close and Abbot's Tongue in Great Addington, Little Addington and Woodford; a messuage in Great Addington, 2 tenements, and a ¼ of a yardland in the same; conveyed by Thomas Bletso the younger of Coton alias Cotes, to Samuel Whitby of London, merchant. - 1663-1671

28 - Conveyance from Henry Hemington of Great Addington, yeoman, to Robert Smyth of the same, carpenter of 3 acres of arable land, in the three fields of Great Addington, part of the same lands which Sir William Andrews of Denton, Northants, Richard Rainsford of Northampton and Thomas Watts of Easton Maudit, conveyed to him. - 20th May, 1671

29 - 5 deeds relating to a messuage in Great Addington, on the High Street, and a close adjoining, a cottage late in the occupation of the widow Lamb, and 1 yardland conveyed to John Beeby and Susanna, his wife, to Samuel Whitby of Great Addington, gentleman. - 1672-1698

30 - 4 deeds relating to a cottage in Great Addington, conveyed by Thomas Woodruff of Great Addington, yeoman, to Robert Smythe of the same, carpenter, and by him to Samuel Whitby of the same. - 1674-1677

31 - 9 deeds relating to 2 messuages, 10 acres of land, 1 acre of meadow, 10 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Great Addington, Little Addington, and Woodford, conveyed by John and Jane Bolney, of Great Addington, Ralph Neale of Bulliwick, Northants, and Martha his wife (nee Bolney), to Samuel Whitby of Great Addington, gentleman. - 1681-1682

32 - Settlement made on the marriage of Robert Smythe of Great Addington and Eleanor Glover of Wellingborough, Northants, widow; - 16th Apr. 1682

33 - Gift by Matthew Rawlings of Great Addington, to Rose his wife, of 2 cottages in Great Addington and all his personal estate, on his death. - 19th Jan. 1684

34 - Lease of 2¼ yardlands in Great Addington from Samuel Whitby of Great Addington, gentleman, and John Selby of the same, yeoman. - 3rd June, 1689

35 - 11 deeds relating to a cottage and close of pasture with a quarter of a yardland, in Great Addington sold by James Beeby of the same to Elizabeth Lilleman, who sold the same to her nephew James Bolney of Great Addington, tailor; in 1712 James Bolney purchased a dole of meadow in Great Addington called Chamberlain's Dole of John Pell of Ringsted, Northants: in 1727 his widow Margaret and their son James sold the dole of meadow and the ¼ yardland to Robert Lambe of Great Addington, gentleman. - 1697-1728

36 - Lease from Samuel Whitby of Great Addington, gentleman, to George Gascoigne of Chelveston under Caldecott, Northants., of a farmhouse and 5 yardlands, Long Lane Close, Woodruff's Close, and Cokk's Leys Close in Great Addington. - 14th Aug. 1698

37 - 10 deeds relating to the estates sold by Samuel Whitby of Great Addington gentleman, to David King, citizen and mercer of London, to the use of Robert Lambe the younger of Newton Brumshold; - 1693-1705

38 - Conveyance from Henry Hudson of Great Addington and Anne, his wife, and Anne Hudson of Raunds, Northants., his mother to James Bolney of a tenement in Great Addington, formerly 2 tenements, 1 in the occupation of James Bolney and the other occupied by William Hurley. - 3rd Nov. 1701

39 - 6 deeds relating to a ½ yardland of arable lying at Freeland Mear and 2 roods of land in Long Row Field in Great Addington, Covington's ½ yardland and 2 cow commons and 3 sheep commons and a piece of meadow in Raunds Meadow in Great and Little Addington, late the estate of Elizabeth Hawkes, conveyed by Elizabeth Smith, of Little Addington (sister and heir of Richard Bales of Irthlingborough, nephew of the aforesaid Elizabeth Hawkes) to Robert Lambe of Great Addington. - 1718-1747

40 - 10 deeds relating to 2 farms with lands in Great and Little Addington, Raunds and Irthlingborough, mortgaged by Hather Fish of Shenfield, Essex, to Francis Richard in trust for Robert Lambe. - 1697-1730

41 - 2 deeds relating to a cottage with close adjoining, in Cobb's Lane in Great Addington, and 3 other cottages, adjoining the said cottage and a ½ yardland, all in Great Addington, part of the inheritance of John Bolney deceased, and mortgaged by James Bolney of Little Addington, yeoman, to Robert Lambe of Great Addington, gentleman. - 1728-1736

42 - Copies of 2 wills made by Laurence Beeby the elder of Great Addington, yeoman; the bequests in both are identical: to Mary his wife, their cottage and close of pasture in Great Addington with 3 acres of land, and after her death to John Beeby, his son. - 1746 & 1761

43 - 4 deeds relating to a messuage in Great Addington, a cartway to the north, and a close of Mr Lambe to the south, conveyed by Edward Virley of Great Addington to Robert Lambe, and a close adjoining conveyed by James Virley to Lambe. - 1771-1774

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