| Content Description | Bundle of deeds relating to the manor of Bothamsall, purchased with the manors of Houghton Lound and West Drayton by Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare; purchase consists of pasture ground called Melton Carr in the tenure of Robert Walles; a water mill in the tenure of Alice Smith; several tenements held by John Heywood, Bryan Smith, William Holmes, John Hancock, Thomas Norfolk, and Richard Sharpe; cottages held by Henry Lambert and Robert Mylles; a watercourse and parcel of waste held by Cuthbert Bevercotes, esquire; and ground called Milnton Carr, meadow called the Rayles and Gringley Meadow; includes feoffments, leases, demise, bargain and sale, fines and a mortgage. |