A SELECTION OF 19  DEEDS RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF
LINCOLNSHIRE

PARISH OF BELCHFORD                                                             1821

BOSTON                                                                                     1746

DYDDE ST MARY and SUTTON                                                   1529

GARTHORPE                                                                               1883

GOSBERTON                                                                               1804,
1843, 1857

MOULTON and SPALDING                                                         1753

SOUTHORPE and NORTHORPE                                                  1574

SPALDING                                                                                   1735,
1735, 1751, 1769, 1771        1776,
1776, 1778,  1811

SURFLEET                                                                                   1847

PARISH OF BELCHFORD                                                             1821

LEASE FOR A YEAR

INDENTURE dated 5th
April 2 George IV (1821).... BETWEEN John
Parkinson the younger of Bolingbroke, in the county of Lincoln, Gentleman,
and Abraham Dunlin of the parish of
Horncastle, in the said county, Gentleman, of the first part, and the Reverend Edward Creswell, vicar of the vicarage of Laiton
in the county of Nottingham and diocese of York of the other part....
WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of 5/-....
they the said John
Parkinson and Abraham Dunlin HAVE bargained ad sold unto the said Edward Creswell.... ALL that plot or
piece of land lying and being in the parish of Belchford,
in the said county of Lincoln, sometimes called or known by the name of windales,
containing by estimation 18 acres and 2 roods and 8 perches or thereabouts,
heretofore allotted by the Commissioners... appointed by an Act of
Parliament...  41 George III entitled
‘ An Act for dividing allotting... the open fields... and waste lands in
the parish of Belchford’.... and marked NO XIII
in the plan E annexed to the award...to Woodthorpe Johnson
and bounded by the Ings Ocupation Road
set out by the Commissioners on or towards the west, by an allotment made by
the Commissioners .. to Robert Vyner Esquire on or towards the north.... by an
allotment made to Richard Grant on
the south, by the parts of two old inclosures
hereinafter mentioned AND ALSO all that other plot parcel or piece of land
lying in the parish of Belchford sometimes called Ash Holt, by admeasurement
32 perches, being a piece or parcel of the old inclosure
allotted... unto the said Woodthorpe Johnson...
in exchange for lands of the said Woodthorpe Johnson
allotted to John Padley
and Robert Padley...
which is No 68 in the said plan E.... and is bounded
to the east by the plot.... next herein mentioned....on or towards the west by
the said allotment made to the said Robert  Vyner to
the north by the plot containing 18 acres 2 rods and 8 perches, on the south by
the land of Joseph Gale  AND ALSO all that other plot.... of land
lying in the parish of Belchord aforesaid, containing
by estimation 1 rod and 4 perches of land being of old inclosure....
allotted unto the said Woodthorpe Johnson in exchange for lands
heretofore awarded to Richard Grant....
which is now No 69 in the said Plan E.... and is
bounded to the east by the said Ings occupation road,
to the west by a plot containing 32 perches herein before described, to the
north by the said plot..... which said plots are now
in the occupation of Robert Clifton
his undertenants or assigns.... TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD.... unto the said Edward Creswell
for the term of 1 year.... yielding and paying 1 pepper corn....

Signed:  John
Parkinson   and Abraham Dunlin

The witnesses whose names are
given on the dorse are: Robert Clitherow at Horncastle and Vall Banchard,
his clerk.

BOSTON                                                                                     1746

LEASE FOR A YEAR

Indenture dated 16th
September 20 George II (1746)  BETWEEN Stephen Hawdin of Boston, in the county
of Lincolnshire, bricklayer, only son and heir at law of Thomas Hawdin, late of North Collingham, in the county of Nottingham, bricklayer,
deceased, and Elizabeth Hawdin of North Collingham,
widow and relict of the said Thomas Hawdin, of the first part, and John Parkin of Boston aforesaid, cooper,
of the other part  WITNESSETH that
the said Stephen and Elizabeth Hawdin
for an in consideration of 5/- have granted bargained and sold ALL that one
cottage or tenement with the yard and garden thereto belonging and adjoining,
situated in Boston, on the west side of the water or haven there, between the
river or haven on the east, and the common street called goat street on the west, the lands of the said John Parkin on the norh,
and the lands now or late of John Clark
in the right of his wife on the south, and now in the tenure or occupation of
the said Stephen Hawdin
and Joseph Parkin...
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD... for the term of one whole year...

Signed:  Stephen
Hawdin and Elizabeth
Hawdin.

The seal, which is attached to the
seal fold, in red wax, bears the impression of a crest, being a horse’s
head facing the left, on a wreath, ca 1 ½ “ dia.

The witnesses, who are named on
the dorse, are Samuel
Utting, Robert
Rollinson, Charles
West and Francis Righton.

DYDDE ST MARY AND SUTTON                                              1529

FEOFMENT

Feofment
by Nicholas Marshall of Walsingham parva, son and heir of
Robert Marshall and Agnes his wife, his late parents, of Dydd St Marie to John
Dogoode of Dydde
aforesaid of 6 acres land lying in the fields of Dydd
and Sutton, of which 4 acres lie in Didd St Mary in a
field called Saltfelde,
next to the lands of the heirs of Philip
Tylney, esquire, on the west part, and the lands
of Thomas de Launde
on the east part, and the headland south abutting above the lands of Robert Fairerher
and above a common road of Tydd St Mary to the north,
and 2 acres land with a building erected upon it, are in Sutton, between the
lands late of Thomas Rethircoy
on the north part, and lands late of William
Bell on the south part, and the headland east butting above ----- of
Sutton, and west abutting le Crossgate, which 6 acres lying in two parcels in the
fields of Dydd St Mary and Sutton descended to him
after the death of the said Robert
and Agnes his parents, and which he
held together with John Orsby of Stelton, Nicholas
Man of Tydde and Nicholas Himston of the same place
jointly, by gift and grant of John,
son and heir of Nicholas Nunne of Sutton, as may appear by charter dated at Dydde St Mary 4th July 4 Henry VII (1489).... TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD... unto the said John Dogoode his heirs and assigns of the chief lords of the
fee forever.... Richard King was
appointed attorney to deliver seisin....

Dated at Dydde St Mary 24th June 21 Henry VIII (1529).

Signed: Nicholas Marshall.

The witnesses, who are named on
the dorse, are: Owen
Masse, Sare Edmond of Sutton in Holland, John Hunston
of Dydd, William
Allen and John  Wade of Wesbech
and others.

GARTHORPE                                                                               1883

MORTGAGE

Indenture made 18th
June 1883  BETWEEN
George Hayton
Fowler, of Garthorpe, in the county of
Lincolnshire, Potato Merchant, of the first part and Cornelius Maw of Crowle in the same
county.... WHEREAS in consideration of £600 paid to George Hayton Fowler he covenants to
repay the sum with interest at the rate of £4/10/0 per £100 per
annum on the expiration of 6 calendar months.... THIS INDENTURE also witnesseth that in consideration of the aforesaid he grants  ALL those
2 pieces or parcels of land containing 7 areas and 16 perches of land, situated
in Garthorpe called Cow Gate, adjoining the High Road leading to Garthorpe
Shore, bounded by land of the said George
Hayton Fowler and Mr Kirkpatrick to the east, land of Mr Pinder and others, and Hargrave Lane to the west, the town street to
the north, the land of Mr Amos Kelsey
to the south.... AND
also that and those the cottage on the said land.... AND ALSO the
land at Carthorpe containing by estimation 2 roods,
bounded by land of Mr Hardey on the east, land of the said George Hayton
Fowler on the west and south and the town street to the north....

Signed: George Hayton Fowler and Cornelius Maw

On the dorse:

THIS INDENTURE made 13th
November 1885 BETWEEN Edward Crane Poppleton of Crowle, in the
county of Lincolnshire, commercial traveller, James Hemingborough of Crowle, corn factor, and Thomas Crewe Horobin of Crowle, draper, of the first part and George Hayton Fowler, draper, of the second part, showing that
£100 had been repaid...

GOSBERTON                                                                               1804

RELEASE

Indenture dated 9th
October 1804  BETWEEN  Elmit Ashwell of Gosberton,
butcher, and John Pacey
of Gosberton, victualler, devisees in trust named in
the last will and testament of William
Wiseman, late of Gosberton, grazier, deceased,
which said William purchased one
undivided moiety of the tenement and premises hereinafter enfeoffed
and conveyed of and from Penelope Gill,
widow, formerly Penelope Wiseman,
spinster, one of the two daughters and co-heiresses at law of William Wiseman, late of Gosberton, baker, and Penelope
his wife, both deceased, and William
Wiseman Froyster of Lin, sawingman,
only son and heir at law of Ann Froyster, wife of John
Froyster, late of Gosberton,
both deceased, and which said Ann Froyster was the other daughter and coheir of the said William Wiseman.... of the one part,
and Elizabeth Reade of Gosberton, widow, of the other part.... for and in
consideration of £84  THEY
HAVE BARGAINED and sold etc... ALL that dwelling house, tenement and a small
piece of garden situated in Gosberton, abutting upon
another dwelling house, lately sold by the said Elmitt Ash, John Pacey and William
Wiseman Froyster
to Margaret Wiseman, widow, on the
east part, lands of the poor of Gosberton on the west,
lands of John George Calthorp,
esquire, on the north, the common highway leading from Gosberton
church to Spalding, lands late in the occupation of Mr Richard Reede, now belonging to Elizabeth Reade, (the remainder lacking)

James Nicholson of Gosberton, grocer and William Aashby,
victualler of the same place are constituted attornies
to deliver seisin....

The witnesses are:  William
Ward, Richard Mason, William Gessop
and Thomas Smith.

GOSBERTON                                                                               1843

RELEASE

Indenture made 1st May 1843  BETWEEN Thomas Smith of Spalding, gentleman,
and Jane his wife, and Charles Newbold
of Kingston-upon-Hull in the county of York, gentleman, of the first part, John Green of Gosberton,
wheelwright, of the second part, Robert
Cooper of Whaplode Drove, in the parish of Whaplode, wheelwright, of the third part, William Proctor of Spalding, gentleman,
of the fourth part , and John Carter
of Spalding, gentleman, of the fifth part... WHEREAS by indenture of Lease and
Release of 12th and 13th May 1819 between Elizabeth Gals of the first part, John Green of the second part, Thomas Footer of the third part, for
the consideration therein mentioned the messuage etc
hereinafter described was conveyed to the use of John Green.... AND WHEREAS
John Green hath contracted
and agreed  with the said Robert Cooper for the absolute sale to
him for £250 in fee simple..... NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that the
said John Green doth acquit release
and discharge the said Robert Cooper... ALL that messuage,
cottage or tenement with the workshops, buildings and appurtenances, and one
rood of land in Gosberton, between the lands late of Mrs Hannah Robinson, and now of Mrs Jane Smith on the east, lands late
of James Nicholson, and now or late
of Robert Cheesewright
on the west, a public highway leading to the church on the north and lands late
of the heirs of William Ashby, and
now of ------ (sic) on the south, as the same are now or were late in the
occupation of John Green.....

Signed:  Thomas
Smith, J E Smith, Charles Newbalde,
John Green and Robert Cooper

GOSBERTON                                                                               1857

MORTGAGE

Indenture made 3rd
April 1857
BETWEEN  William Cooper of Gosberton
in the county of Lincolnshire, wheelwright, of the first part, and William Newton of East Retford in the county of Nottingham, gentleman, of the
other part.... WHEREAS   by indenture dated 22nd April
made between Robert Cooper of the
first part, and the said William Cooper
of the second part, and Samuel Jones
of the third part... the hereditaments hereinafter
described were assured to such uses and trusts and for such ends etc.... as the
said William Cooper appoints....
AND  whereas the said William Cooper has  requested the said William Newton to advance £300 on security of the said hereditaments.... doth guarantee ALL that messuage (now in two tenements) with workshop, buildings
and appurtenances and 1 rood of land in Gosberton,
between the lands now or late of Mrs Jane
Smith on the east, lands now or late of Robert Cheesewright on the west, a public
highway leading to the church on the north, and lands of ---- ----- on the
south.... and also ALL that messuage or tenement,
barn, stable and other buildings recently erected, and now in the occupation of
William Cooper and his tenants....

Signed:  William
Cooper

The witness is Samuel Jones

Endorsed: Mortgage
of premises at Gosberton to Mr William Newton.

MOULTON and SPALDING                                                         1753

DEED TO LEAD TO THE USES OF A FINE

Indenture made 15th
March 1753  BETWEEN  William
Ellingworth, some time since of Thalamas Drove in the parish of Wisbech
St Mary’s, in the Isle of Ely, in the county of Cambridge, but now of
Spalding, schoolmaster, and Rebecca
his wife of the one part, and William
Corby of Moulton in the said county of Lincolnshire, gentleman, and Simon Billington of Spalding,
shoemaker, of the other part
WITNESSETH that for the cutting off all intails,
barring all remainders etc it is hereby covenanted between all parties present
that they the said William Ellingworth and Rebecca his wife shall and will on or
before  the end of Easter Term next
acknowledge and levy a fine unto the said William
Corby and Simon Billington....
for all those 11 acres, 2 roods and 14 perches of land, arable and pasture,
lying and being severally in Moulton aforesaid, whereof 4 acres lie between the
lands late of James Boulton,
esquire on the south, and the lands of the heirs of William Arkins, deceased, on the north,
and abutting woodgate
to the west, and Martindyke
to the east, and now or late in the tenure of John Drewry  AND
4 acres, 2 roods and 2 ½ perches (being the moiety of 9 acres and
5 perches) lying between the demesne lands of the Harrington Manor on the
south, the lands of Everard Buckworth,
esquire, on the north, and abutting upon Westgate
west and Martindyke
east.... AND 3 acres and 12 perches residue of the said 11 acres, 2 roods and
14 perches in Moulton lie between lands belonging to Moulton school north, and the demesne
lands of the Harrington manor south, Woodgate west and
Martindyke
east.... AND  also
a messuage or tenement situated in Spalding, lying
between the house and yard of Mrs
Bateman in part, and a certain Drain.... and a land of the heirs of Everard Buckworth on
the east, abutting on the house and yard now or late of Mathew Leighton on the
north, and fronting a certain street or lane called Crackpool Lane to the south, now or late of the said Mr William Ellingworth....

Signed:  William
Ellingworth   Rebecca his wife  William Corby  Simon
Billington

The witnesses are:  John
Richards and Jonas Pratt.

SOUTHORP and NORTHORP                                                      1574

EXEMPLIFICATION OF RECOVERY

Elizabeth, by the Grace of God
Queen of England etc... to whom these present letters
may come.... Greetings.... INSPEXIMUS
of a certain record of court to wit a plea at our court in Westminster
held TrinityTerm 16 Elizabeth, when it was shown that
Robert Smette
gentleman, and Martin Brighouse are
in their own person in court and produced a certain indenture which read as
follows: This indenture made 12th June 16 Elizabeth (1574) between Christopher Wraye,
one of the Queen’s Majesty’s justices of the pleas of the one part,
and Robert Smelt, gentleman, and Martin Brighouse, servant to the said Christopher Wraye of the other part...
WITNESSETH that the said Robert and Martin for and in consideration of a
certain sum of money to them beforehand paid by the said Christopher Wray....
HAVE bargained and sold unto the said Christopher
Wray  ALL  that one messuage,
one garden, one orchard and 100 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 100 acres of
pasture and 100 acres of heath and furse in Southorpp als Southorp
and Northorp in the county of Lincolnshire, and  ALL  that the third part of three messuages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 100 acres of land, 200
acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 10 acres of wood, 100 acres of heath and
furses and 100 acre of more in Sowthorpp
and Northorp aforesaid... which the
said Robert Smette
and Martin Brighouse late had by the
conveyance of Katherine Conyers, one
of the daughters of John Conyers,
knight, deceased.... which record our court has exemplified.

Attached is the major part of the
royal chancery seal.

Signed: Payne

SPALDING                                                                                   1735

LEASE FOR A YEAR

Indenture made 7th day 1735  BETWEEN  John
Parkinson of Spalding, yeoman, and William
Burton of Spalding, yeoman, of the
other part  WITNESSETH for and in
consideration of 5/-  the said John Parkinson has bargained and sold
unto William Burton  ALL that one cottage or tenement
situated in Splading, heretofore in the tenure of
widow Ravensdale, and now in the tenure of Robert Hammer....

Signed:  John
Parkinson

Witnessed by H Everard and J Smith

SPALDING                                                                                   1735

CONVEYANCE

Indenture tripartite made 18th
August 1735  BETWEEN  John
Parkinson of Spalding, yeoman, of the one part, William Perkins the younger, of Spalding, gardener and Elizabeth his wife, one of the
daughters and coheirs of Robert Harwood
of Spalding, yeoman, deceased, and Ann
Harwood of Spalding, spinster, the other daughter and coheir of the said Robert Harwood of the second part, and William Burton of Spalding, yeoman, of the third part    WHEREAS the said Robert Harwood in and by his last will
and testament dated about 13th April 1724 gave to the said John Parkinson and Isaac Wilkinson, then of Spalding, grocer, one cottage or tenement,
in Spalding, then in the tenure of Widow Raverndale in trust to be by
them sold for payment of his debts and funeral charges, if not enough ready
money to discharge debts, then the said cottage
residue to his wife. If not necessary then the cottage to remain
to his daughter Elizabeth....
NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in consideration of £27 paid by William Burton and a further 5/- paid
to William Perkins and Elizabeth his wife and the said Ann Harwood... the tenement was granted
to John Parkinson, it now being in the tenure or occupation of Robert Hammers....

Signed: John Parkinson, William Perkins, El, Perkins
and Ann Harwood.

Witnesses:  H Everard
and  G Smith

SPALDING                                                                                   1751

LEASE FOR A YEAR

Indenture dated 30th
September 25 George II (1751)  BETWEEN
Sampson Gideon of Lincoln’s
Inn Fields, in the county of Middlesex, esquire, of the one parT,
and Ralph Clarke of Spalding, in the
county of Lincolnshire, grocer, of the other part.. WITNEsSETH
that for and in consideration of 5/- ....Sampson
Gideon has bargained and sold all those 4 messuages
or tenements, contiguous and adjoining to each other, situated in Spalding in the
28th boundary, between a messuage and yard
late of Mr Henry Everard,
in the tenure of Mr John Gibbons on the north part, and the
church lane on the south part, and abutting upon lands belonging to the poor of
Spalding towards the west, and upon the river well and towards the west, now in
the several occupations of the said Ralph
Clarke and of John Mitchell, John  Pitts and Thomas Wright, or their assigns, and
are part of the lands leased to Mr Hugh Mapelsden, and also one cottage in Spalding, in the 40th
boundary, between a yard in the tenure of John
Knighton, sold by the said James Gideon to Mr Richard
Carter on the south part, and lands sold by the said Gideon to Mr Charles Collings on the north part, and abutting upon the said
yard in the tenure of John Knighton towards the west, and upon Pinchbeck Lane towards the east, now in
the tenure or occupation of Thomas
Burton, and in part of Mr Theophilus Buckworth east....
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD.... for the term of one whole year....

Signed:
Sampson Gideon.

The witnesses are named on the dorse. They are: John
Richards and Jonas Oratt.

SPALDING                                                                                   1769

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

Memorandum of agreement made 30th
August 1769  BETWEEN
John Billington
of Spalding, in the county of Lincolnshire, yeoman, of the one part, and Joseph Sleightholme
of Spalding, watchmaker, of the other part.... that the said John Billington
shall and will in consideration of the sum of £105 convey and assure by
good and sufficient conveyances and assurances in the law unto the Joseph Sleightholme....
ALL  those
two messuages or tenements lying and being in
Spalding, now in the several tenures of Robert
Cunningham, James Sleightholme or their undertenants,
free from incumbrances (except the quit rents), as
also a bond to indemnify from dower of the wife of John Billington to be made, prepared by Mr John Richards at the charge of the said Joseph Sleightholme and to be tendered at
or before the 10th October next.

The agreement is witnessed by Prior Quincey
and Thomas Knowles.

SPALDING                                                                                   1771

FINAL CONCORD

FInal
Concord made at Westminster on the morrow of all souls 11 George III
Between John Massey the elder, gentleman, plaintiff and Joseph Sleightholme and Esther his wife deforceants...
of one messuage, two cottages, one brewhouse, two gardens, two orchards and common of pasture
for all manner of cattle in the parish of Spalding

Consideration: £60

SPALDING                                                                                   1776

LEASE FOR A YEAR

Indenture made 7th
February 1776  BETWEEN  Joseph
Sleighholme of Spalding, in the county of
Lincolnshire and Esther his wife, of
the one part, and Thomas Brewster of
Spalding, bricklayer, of the other part
WITNESSETH  that the said Joseph Sleighholme
in consideration of 10/-  HATH  bargained and sold one messuage (now divided into two tenements), with the orchards
gardens etc. in Spalding, between lands heretofore of Mrs Bateman, and now of Reverend Doctor Buckworth
in part, and a certain drain called westload in part on the west, abutting lands of the said Doctor Buckworth
on the east, part of a messuage or tenement and yard
of the heirs of Mathew Leighton on
the north, and a certain street or lane there called Crack Lane to the south, and late in the several tenures of Bartholemew Barlow and Thomas Parker, and now of John
Armstrong and ----- Sink.... TO HAVE AND TO HOLD....
for the term of one whole year....

Signed: Joseph Sleightholme and Esther his wife

The witnesses are:  Fu----
Sanderson and Thomas Knowles.

SPALDING                                                                                   1776

DEED TO LEVY A FINE

Indenture of four parts made 8th
February 1776  BETWEEN Joseph Sleightholme
of Spalding, watchmaker, and Esther
his wife, of the first part, Mary Heeld of Spalding, widow, executrix of the last will
and testament of John Heeld, of the second part, Thomas Brewster of Spalding, bricklayer, of the third part, and Thomas Joes (?) of Spalding, gentleman,
of the fourth part   WHEREAS by
indenture of three parts dated on or about 6th October 1770 made
between Joseph Sleightholme
and Esther his wife, of the first
part, and John Heeld,
bricklayer, of the second part, and John
Massey, the elder, of the third part, the said Joseph Sleightholme
and Esther his wife in consideration
of £120 demised and granted to John
Heeld  ALL
that one messuage, then divided into two
tenements, with the gardens, yards etc. in Spalding, between the lands
heretofore of Mrs Bateman, and then
of the Reverend Doctor Buckworth in part, and a certain
drain called the Westloaden
on the west side, abutting the lands of the said Reverend Doctor Buckworth on the east, a messuage or tenement and yard of the heirs of Mathew Leighton on the north, and on a
certain street or lane there called Crackpost Lane to
the south, formerly in the occupation of William
Ellingworth,
and then in the several tenures, possessions and occupations of Bartholemew Barlow and Thomas Parker, and were then lately purchased by James Sleightholme
and Esther his wife of and from one John Billington,
and also all that building or turret called the Abby Oven (then converted into a brewhouse),
situated in Spalding, near to a certain place there called the Beast Market, late in the tenure or
occupation of Mr John Parkinson, and
then of Charles Stephenson.... did
covenant to the said John Heelds that the said Joseph and Esther would
levy one or more fine or fines.....

Signed: Mary Heeld, Joseph Sleightholme
and the mark of Esther Sleightholme.

Attached to the document are four
seals bearing the indistinct impression of a coat-of-arms.

The witnesses are: Charles Gardiner, Thomas Knowles and William
Sanderson.

SPALDING                                                                                   1778

Indenture of three parts dated 2nd
February 1778
BETWEEN  Alice Sharp of Gosberton,
in the county of Lincolnshire, widow, of the first part, Thomas Brewster of Spalding, bricklayer, of the second part, and Charles Gardiner of Spalding, gentleman,
of the third part
WHEREAS  by indenture dated
on or about 18th March 1777 made between Thomas Brewster of the
first part and the said Alice Sharp
of the other part, Thomas Brewster,
in consideration of £350.... DID GRANT all those ten new erected messuages or tenements with yards, gardens etc.... in
Spalding, between the lands theretofore of Mrs
Bateman and then of the Reverend
Doctor Buckworth in part, and a certain drain
called Westload
in part on the west part, abutting on the lands of the said Doctor Buckworth
in part on  the east, a messuage or tenement and yard of the heirs of Mathew Leighton on the north, and a
certain Street or lane called Crackpole Lane south, and then in the several tenures or
occupations of Mrs Alice Cox, widow,
John Armstone,
Francis Gates, John Upton, Walter Clarke, William Goodana, William Rippon, John Elsom, John Sharwin and James Wilson, with the yards or gardens, containing by estimation
10 perches, abutting on the lands of William
Ellingworth, sometime since of Simon Billington,
afterwards of John Sleightholme
and Esther his wife, and now of the
said Thomas Brewster, as well
towards the east and south upon a yard or garden sometime since of Mary Batemanm,
widow, afterwards of Mary Smith,
widow, lately of Thomas Parker and
now of John Atkinson towards the
west, and a certain drain called the Westload to the north and northwest, which said last
mentioned messuage etc... were last in the tenure or
occupation of Samuel Marr, and then
of John Clarke   AND ALSO  all that one new erected messuage or tenement, built upon the last mentioned lands
and premises, then in the tenure or occupation of John Lamb for 1000 years... unto Alice Sharp... at the rent of one pepper corn....

The deed is endorsed on 18th
March: A fine was acknowledged by the said Thomas
Brewster and Jane his wife to
the said Reverend Richard Fox for
£200 mortgage taken up by Thomas
Brewster.

Signed: Alice Sharp and Thomas
Brewster

The witnesses are:  Alice
Calthorp, Thomas
Knowles and Full V (?) Sanderson

SPALDING                                                                                   1811

RELEASE

Indenture made 6th
April 1811  BETWEEN  Thomas
Thorpe of Spalding, merchant, and Stephen
Markillie of the same place, grazier, of the
first part, Robert Sutton, late of
Spalding, grazier, but now of Bourn, and Mary
Hall his wife (lately called Mary
Hall Gask, spinster) of the second part, and William Thorpe of Bourn, gentleman, of
the third part....WHEREAS  by
indenture of Lease and Release and Settlement dated 24th and 25th
September 1806, the release made between Robert
Sutton of the first part, Mary Hall
Gaske of
the second part, and Thomas Thorpe
and Stephen Markillie
of the third part, the premises following were to stand for the use of Robert Sutton for his life, with
remainder to the use of Thomas Thorpe
and Stephen Markillie
during the life of Robert Sutton. For
a consideration of £150 a messuage in Spalding
was conveyed, abutting upon a tenement of Mr
Thomas Thorpe, deceased, but now of William
Harvey, esquire, to the north, upon the river Welland to the west, upon a way
and passage leading from the high street to the estate late of Mrs Ann Tatam,
and now of the said Thomas Thorpe to
the south, and upon an estate late of the said Ann Tatam and now of the said Thomas Thorpe to the east, lately in
the tenure of the said Robert Sutton,
and now of John Clement.....

Signed:  Mary
Hall Sutton, Stephen Markillie, Robert
Sutton and Thomas Thorpe

The witnesses are:  John
Jacob Smith, William Hopkinson, Charles Bonner and Francis Jise(?)

SURFLEET                                                                                   1847

RELEASE

Indenture of Release made 7th
April 1847
BETWEEN  Maria Gatling of Gosberton,
spinster, of the first part, and Benjamin
Smith, of Norbling, gentleman, of the other
part  WITNESSETH  that in consideration of £65....
and in respect of the Power of attorney given to Maria by an indenture dated 6th April 1847 BETWEEN Ann Gray of the first part, and the
said Mary Gatling of the second part, Richard
Thompson of the third part, and Kilham Gaunt of
the fourth part, enabling her to appoint that the below mentioned lands shall
be to the use of the said Benjamin Smith....
a parcel of land containing 1 acre, 2 roods and 30 perches in Surfleet in the said county of Lincolnshire, abutting upon
the lands of Richard Thompson east,
lands of Henry Robinson Smith west,
lands of Bourn Baptists trustees north, and lands of Thoephilis Russell Buckworth south, now in the occupation
of James Ludlow.

The witnesses are: George Wiles, James Ludlow and John Bobling.