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Court Roll of the Manor of Ramsey |
The Manor of Ramsey}
with the members in the} to wit the Thirtieth day of October
County of Huntingdon} in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and twenty
Be it remembered that on the day and year above written Stafford
Clark or Warboys in the County of Huntingdon Farmer a Customary Tenant of
the said Manor in Consideration of the Sum of One hundred Pounds to him in hand
paid by William Henry Fellowes hereinafter named at the time of passing this
Surrender the Receipt whereof is thereby acknowledged Did out of Court by the rod
According to the Custom of the said Manor surrender out of his hands into the hands
of the Lord of the said Manor by the hands and acceptance of William Flowers
Gentleman Steward of the said Manor All that Messuage or Tenement situate
near a certain place called the Green in Ramsey aforesaid and within and held of the
Manor aforesaid late the estate of William Clark deceased and heretofore the estate
of Ann the wife of William Toseland theretofore called Ann Staffurth Spinster and
is now in the Occupation of William Hicks and to which said Premises the said
Stafford Clark was admitted as the eldest Son and heir at Law of William Clark his
late Father deceased at a Court held for the said Manor the twelfth day of August
One thousand eight hundred and nineteen Together with All and Singular the
House Outhouses Edifices Barns Stables Buildings Yards Gardens Orchards
Hedges Ditches Fences Trees Ways Waters Watercourses Rights Members
Privileges and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Messuage or Tenement
Hereby Surrendered or intended so to be belonging or in any wise appertaining and
the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Yearly and other Rents
Issues and Profits thereof And all the Estate Right Title Use Trust Benefit
Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of him the said Stafford Clark in to or out
of the same and every part and parcel thereof To the Use of such Person or
Persons and for such Estate or Estates Interest or Interests either absolutely
or Conditionally and charged and chargeable in such way and manner and for such
intents and purposes and in such parts shares and proportions manner and
form as William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey in the County of Huntingdon
and of Haverland in the County of Norfolk Esquire at an time or times and from time
to time during his life by any Deed or Deeds Writing or Writings with or without power of
Revocation to be by him Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of and attested by two or
more Credible Witnesses or by his last Will and Testament in Writing or any Writing
purporting or in the nature of his Will or any Codicil thereto to be by him Signed
and Published in the Presence of and attested by at three or more such Witnesses shall
direct limit or appoint of or concerning the same Premises or any of them or any part
thereof and in default of and until such direction limitation or appointment shall
be made and take effect and in any case such shall be made then subject thereto
And when and as the Estates or Interests to be so directted limited or appointed
Shall respectively end and determine and as to so much and such part or parts of
the said Hereditaments and Premises whereof no such direction limitation or
appointment shall be made To the Use of Owsley Rowsley of Saint Neots
in the said County of Huntingdon Esquire his Heirs and Assigns But In
trust nevertheless for the said William Henry Fellowes his heirs and
Assigns for ever according to the Custom of the said Manor
Surrendered and taken the day and }
Year first above written by the hands } Stafford Clark
and acceptance of me }
W Flowers
Steward
The document suggests that , though n will has been found, Ann Toseland left property to her nephew William Clark, son of John Clark and Jane Staffurth