Marriage Indenture 1796
This
Indenture
made the Sixth Day of May in the Thirty-Sixth year of the Reign of Our
Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France
and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord
One thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six
Between Thomas Collett of
Bourton-on-the-Water in the County of Gloucester Gentleman and only Child and
Heir at Law of Thomas Collett late of Bourton-on-the-Water aforesaid
Gentleman deceased by Mary his wife formerly Mary Humphries spinster of
the one part and William Ansell of the same place
Gentleman and William Hall of Arlington in the said County of Gloucester
Gentleman of the other part
Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Sum of Five Shillings of lawful
money of Great Britain to him the said Thomas
Collett in hand paid by the said William Ansell
and William Hall at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged he the said Thomas
Collett hath bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said William Ansell
and William Hall their Executors and Administrators all that messuage, cottage
or tenement garden and orchard with the appurtenances situate lying and being
in Bourton-on-the-Water aforesaid containing by estimation three roods and
thirty-two perches (be the same more or less) formerly ion the tenure or
occupation of one Thomas Hitchman afterwards of Henry Collett deceased and Elizabeth
his wife and Thomas Collett
deceased since then of Mary Collett his widow
also deceased and now of the said Thomas Collett party hereto
Also all those
closes or enclosures at Bourton-on-the-Water aforesaid belonging to the said messuage
or tenement and premises and hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) Cold Park
containing by estimation ten acres one rood and twenty-six perches (be the same
more or less) Green Ditch containing by estimation eleven acres and eight perches
(be the same more or less) Teasers Ground containing by estimation seven acres
and eight perches (be the same more or less) and Cornhill
Lake containing by estimation eleven acres and thirty-nine perches (be the same
more or less)
And also all
those several pieces or parcels of ground in Bourton-on-the-Water aforesaid
hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, one piece of land now in one ground
containing by estimation eighteen acres two roods and twenty-four perches (be
the same more or less) one other piece of land now divided into seven grounds
containing by estimation one hundred and fifty-six acres one rood and eight
perches (be the same more or less) one other piece of land called or known by
the name of the Crooks containing by estimation one acre and thirty seven perches
(be the same more or less) and one other small parcel of ground lying behind
the orchard to the said messuage or tenement belonging containing by estimation
sixteen perches (be the same more or less) all which said last mentioned four pieces
of land were by certain commissioners named in an Act of Parliament passed in
the Thirteenth Year of his present Majesty for dividing and enclosing the common
fields downs and commonable lands in the Manor and
Parish of Bourton-on-the-Water and Clapton on the Hill in the said County of
Gloucester allotted to the said Mary Collett since deceased in lieu of all her lands
rights of common and other rights whatsoever in over and upon the said fields
and premises by the said Act directed to be divided and enclosed
And also all
and every the tenths and tithes of what nature or kind soever
yearly arising coming growing renewing or increasing out of and from all and every the said messuage or tenement
lands hereditaments and premises hereinbefore
mentioned and described and of every part thereof
And also all other the lands tenements and hereditaments
whatsoever to him the said Thomas
Collett party hereto situate lying and being in Bourton-on-the-Water
aforesaid heretofore settled on the marriage of the said Thomas Collett deceased with the said Mary his wife also deceased or which were taken in lieu or exchange
for the same under or by virtue of the said Act of Parliament all which said premises
are now in the tenure of the said Thomas
Collett party hereto
Together with
all houses, outhouses, edifices, buildings, barns, stables, gardens, orchards, backsides,
cartilages, hedges, ditches, ways, waters, watercourses, trees, woods, underwoods, mounds, fences, profits, commodities, easements,
advantages hereditaments, rights, members privileges
and appurtenances whatsoever to the said messuage or tenement, lands, tithes, hereditaments and premises belonging or appertaining or
accepted reputed deemed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or as
belonging thereunto
And the reversion
and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and of
every part and parcel thereof
To have and to hold the said messuage or tenement, closes grounds, tithes and all and
singular other the premises hereinbefore bargained and sold or intended so to
be with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said William Ansell and William Hall their Executors and Administrators
from the day next before the day of the date hereof for and during and unto the
full end and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing and fully to be
complete and ended
Yielding and paying therefore on the last day of the said term unto the said Thomas Collett his Executors
Administrators and Assigns the rent of one pepper corn if the same shall be
lawfully demanded to the intent that by virtue of these presents and by force
of the statute made for transferring uses into possession the said William Ansell and William Hall may be in the actual possession of
all and singular the hereby bargained and sold premises with their and every of
their appurtenances and may be thereby enabled to accept and take a grant and release
of the reversion and inheritance thereof to them and their heirs
Upon trust nevertheless and to and for the several uses intents and purposes
mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same in and by a certain
Indenture of Release and Settlement intended to bear date the day next after
the day of the date hereof and to be made between Ann Tilling therein described of the first part, the said Thomas Collett of the second part, and
the said William Ansell and William Hall of the third
part
In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their
Hands and Seals the Day and year first above written
Thomas Collett sealed and delivered
(having been first duly stamped) in the Presence of us Joseph Knight and Thomas
S Raine
Thomas
Collett (Ref. 14L11) who married Ann Tilling was the only surviving child of
Thomas Collett (Ref. 14K9) and Mary Humphries.
Thomas
Hitchman may have been the son of