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Conveyance. Between: i) Henry Lord Morley and Lord Mounteagle; ii) Robert Bernard of Huntingdon. Chantry and Rood and late Guild of Corpus Christi and Trinity Guild in Godmanchester; several acres of pasture and meadow lands (16 Feb 1640).
Between: i) Robert Bernard of Huntingdon and Elizabeth his wife; ii) Sir Thomas Cotton of Conington. Five cottages in the parish of St Mary and St Benedict's in Huntingdon (10 Apr 1641).
Conveyance. Between: i) Tryce Hearn of Godmanchester, gent; William Hearn, the eldest son of Tryce Hearn, gent; ii) John Torkington of Godmanchester, yeoman; ii) Thomas Arnall of Godmanchester, yeoman. Tenement called Tagge, with the barns, malthouses, etc; several acres of arable, pasture and meadows incl a close called Normanton, all in Godmanchester (24 Oct 1646).
Lease. Between: i) Edward Earl of Manchester; ii) Henry Lord and John Archdeacon, both of Oldhurst, yeomen. Closes of pasture in Houghton cum Wyton (15 May 1650).
Letter of attorney by John Ireton, one of the Aldermen of the City of London, appointing John Davenport of Huntingdon to deliver the Manor of Brampton Fosters to Sir Robert Bernard (20 Jun 1653).
Feoffment. Between: i) Wheatehill Audeley of St Ives; John Williams of Buckden; William Hetley of Cambridge; ii) Nicholas Pedley of Abbotsley; Laurence Torkington of Huntingdon; Francis Bernard of Hemingford Abbots, clerk. Manor of Brampton Fosters (21 Dec 1653).
Final concord. Between Nicholas Pedley, Laurence Torkington, Francis Bernard and Robert Pepys. Land at Brampton - very faded (18 Jan 1654).
Conveyance. Between: i) Laurence Torkington of Huntingdon; ii) Nicholas Pedley of Abbotsley. Manor of Houghton cum Wyton (20 Apr 1654).
Between: i) John Williams of Brampton; Hugh Williams of Lincolns Inn; Griffith Bordurda of the same place; ii) Robert Williams of Lincolns Inn and Thomas Harper of Bednall Green [Bethnal Green? Middlesex]. Site of Huntingdon Priory [N.B. the site of Olivier Cromwell's old home] plus other sites in Hartford and Stukeley (13 May 1654).
Declaration signed by Stephen Anderson of Eyeworth [Beds] that he has received full payment from Sir Robert Bernard for the Manor of Grafham and other lands in Buckden, Perry and Ellington (12 Jul 1660).
Memorandum of agreement. Between: i) Sir John Cutler; ii) William Bernard, citizen and grocer of London. For a loan for carrying on and managing the business of grocer (6 Dec 1660).
Lease. Between: i) Robert Bernard of Huntingdon, Sergeant at Law; ii) Thomas Simpson of Grafham, yeoman. Farmhouse at Grafham with several acres of land including Priests Close (10 Apr 1661).
Indenture. Between: i) Sir Robert Bernard of Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street [London]; ii) Sir Richard Stydolph of Norbury nr. Mickleham [Surrey]. Manor of Wifford [Essex] with several other lands and tenements - damaged (16 Feb 1662).
Indenture. . Between: i) Sir Richard Stydolph of Norbury nr. Mickleham [Surrey]; ii) Sir Robert Bernard of ... Fleet Street, London. Manor of Widford [? Essex] with several other lands and tenements - damaged (27 Feb 1662).
Assignment of mortgage. Between: i) Henry Williams als. Cromwell of Ramsey, John Gore of Sacombe [Herts], Sir Philip Boteler of Woodhall, Watton at Stone [Herts], John Boteler his brother, Sir John Keeling, Ralph Gore of Pansanger [Herts]; ii) Peter Aylen, Citizen and Clothworker of London; Henry Bainbrigg of London. Manor of Bury cum Hepmangrove with several acres of land etc (30 Apr 1662).
Conveyance. Between: i) Sir Robert Bernard of Huntingdon, Sergeant at Law; ii) John Bernard of Brampton, his son and heir. Farm and several closes in Godmanchester - very faded (23 Nov 1664).
Indenture to lead the uses of a fine. Between: i) William Browne of Alconbury, yeoman, and Frances his wife; ii) Sir John Bernard of Brampton; iii) George Merritt of Brampton. 1a of arable land in Great Stukeley, abutting upon Stukeley Meadow (7 Mar 1666).
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