Twenty deeds and three abstracts of title relating to Littlecotes Farm, later called Redishes, in Broad Chalk, Wilts.

Description: Lease for 99 years or 3 lives (1) Christofer Reddishe of Maidenbradley, gent. (2) John Penny of Broadchalke, yeo. Littlecotes farm. 10 June 1599 Assignment of lease for life in reversion (1) John Penny of Broad Chalke, yeo., and Ralph Penny, one of his sons. (2) Thomas Penny, another of his sons. Dwelling house called Littlecotes Farm house, with outhouses, closes and pieces of land. 28 May 1630 Lease for 30 years. (1) Edward Warner of London, Doctor of Physic and Sarah his wife. (2) Bennett Swaine of Milford, gent. Littlecotes farm. 26 June 1662 Memorandum of agreement for payment for repairs, Jeremiah Cray of Ibsley, Hants. Esq. and John Combe of Broad Chalk, mercer. Dwelling-house belonging to Redishes Farm: Cray to pay £9 more for the reparations than was allowed when Combe took the house of him, and also £12 more for the wainscot and floor in the parlour and the floor over the shop and also a 'Lid-pump' - Combe having done all this himself at the cost of £21. Combe is to glaze the Windows and thatch the house. 20 Jan. 1701/2 Lease and counterpart for 99 years or 3 lives (1) Jeremiah Crey of Ibbesley, Hants., esq (2) John Combe of Broad-Chalke, mercer. Redishes Farm. 10 March 1705/6 Lease and counterpart for 3 lives (1) Jeremiah Crey of Ibbesley, Hants. esq (2)John Combe son of Mathew Combe of Tisbury, mercer. John Combe of B. Chalke & Jane his wife. Pieces of arable and meadow land lately accounted part of Redishes Farm. 20 March 1705/6 Lease for 99 years or 3 lives (1) John Cray of Ibbesley, Hants., gent. (2) John Combe of Broad Chalke, mercer. Redishes Farm. 10 July, 1718 Lease and counterpart (and copy) for years or 3 lives (1) Jeremiah Crey of Ibbesley, Hants., esq (2) Henry Good of Shaftesbury, Dorset, gent. Redishes Farm and lands in South, East, West and North Fields, 2 closes of pasture, a coppice in Cranborne Chace, Dorset and a 'gore' of land above Ferne Ditch Lodge. 17 Sept. 1760 Assignment of lease for 99 years or 3 lives (1) Henry Good of Shaftesbury, Dorset, gent. (2) Henry Good his son, of Wimborne, Minster, Dorset, clerk. Redishes Farm, with lands as above. (Lease assigned is that dated 17 Sept. 1760.) Enclosed is a Memorandum of agreement 24 May 1776, to assign Redishes, Henry Good, D.D., to James Lawes of Broad Chalke, yeo. 11 Nov 1765 Absolute assignment for term of 99 years or 3 lives (1) Henry Good, D.D., of Wimborne Minster, Dorset (2) James Lawes of Broad Chalk, yeo. Redishes Farm, with lands as above. (Lease assigned is dated 17 Sept. 1760.) 21 June, 1776 Lease and counterpart in reversion for 99 years or one life (1) Jeremiah Cray of Ibsley, Hants., esq. (2) John Galton of Ibsley, his servant. Redishes Farm, with lands as above. 23 Dec 1776 Mortgage under Enclosure Act (1) Enclosure Commissioners (2) James Lawes of Broadchalk, yeo. Lands alloted to Lawes in respect of his leasehold estate of Reddish Farm to be charged by Commissioners with repayment of sums paid by Lawes as his share of expenses under the Act. 2 May 1788 Assignment of residue of a term of 99 years or life (1) John Galton of Ibsley, Hants., servant. (2) Sarah Cray of Ibsley, wid. (3) Stephen Turner of Fordingbridge, gent. Redishes Farm and other lands in Broad Chalk and in Cranborne Chace, Dorset. 14 Aug. 1788 (Original lease dated 23 Dec. 1776.) Three abstracts of title to Reddishes Farm - in one, the deeds abstracted date from 1696-1803; a second is an abstract of the marriage settlement of Jeremiah Cray and Miss Colbrook, 3 and 4 Sept. 1746; the third is dated 1818 and deeds abstracted are all dated 1806. [1803?]-1818 Abstract of marriage settlement of Rev. Levett Edward Thornton and Miss Caroline Sarah Grant. No realty mentioned, only Miss Grant's share of money arising from sale of Reddishes Farm, being the property of her grandfather, Jeremiah Cray. [1816?]

Date: 01/01/1599 - 31/12/1818

Last import: July 5, 2019