| Title | Lease and release, and assignment of mortgage term in trust to attend the inheritance made between 1. John Hardinge of Kings Newton esquire son and heir of Robert Hardinge late of the same place esquire deceased, Rebecca Holden widow of Edward Holden late of Weston clerk, Robert Holden of Weston clerk son and heir of Edward 2. Robert Cooper of Aston yeoman, John Sleigh of Weston yeoman 3. Robert Brian of Weston yeoman, reciting mortgage dated 25 March 1709, by which Rebecca Holden, for the advance of £500 towards the discharge of Robert Holden's debts, and Robert Holden, mortgaged to Robert Hardinge, the Old Close, Dean Leas, the Gorstey Closes and the Middle Close in Weston, in occupations of John Rose, John Henshaw, Francis Henshaw, George Barker, George Domelow, Thomas Fewkes and Thomas Gilbert;
that John Hardinge is his father's executor, and witnessing that for £140 paid by Brian and 5s. by Cooper and Sleigh to Hardinge, Hardinge assigned, with the consent of Rebecca and Robert Holden, the residue of the mortgage term of 500 years in the Gorstey Closes containing 9 acres in Weston in occupation of Thomas Fewkes and George Barker, to Cooper and Sleigh in trust for Brian to attend the inheritance, and Rebecca Holden for 10s. paid her by Brian and Robert Holden for £130 paid him by Brian, conveyed the Gorstey Closes to him.
Dated 3, 4 April |