Mortgage (Lease, and Release to raise a tenant to the praecipe). Consideration £1,036...

Richard Curteis of Tenterden, Kent, gent. Chiswell Slade of Rye, esq Daniel Slade of Southwark, Surrey, hopfactor and Robert Noakes of Wadhurst gent (surviving executors of the will of John Newington of Wadhurst, dec'd) with Thomas Redford of Hawkhurst, Kent, gent and Samuel Thompsett of Mayfield, gent, (surviving assignees of the estate and effects of Peter Cliften the elder of Lamberhurst, dealer and chapman, bankrupt, devisee for life in the will of John Noakes late of Ticehurst dec'd, himself a devisee in the will of Thomas Robbins late of Ticehurst, butcher dec'd), Peter Cliften the Younger, eldest son of Peter Cliften by Martha his wife to Thomas Abree Pickering of Pudding Lane, London, gent William Durrant of Rye, gent, Samuel Boys and William Jenkin, both of Hawkhurst Kent, esqs

Land in Goudhurst

1 Messuage, buildings, gardens and eight parcels of land arable meadow pasture and wood (44a) in the Denns of Lillesden and Turisden, abutting E: on the Highway; S W: on lands late of Robert Austen; N W: on lands late of William Beswick and late of William Austen, N: on lands late of John Austen, and W: on lands late of William Austen and John Horsmonden

2 One parcel in the Denn of Lillesden, formerly in two parcels called Crouch Croft and Pountett (6a) abutting S W: on the highway from Bedgebury Cross and Hosilford, N W: on Lillesden Down and N E: on the highway at Bedgebury Cross

3 Two parcels called the Five Acres and the Seven Acres (12a) on the den of Turisden abutting S E: on Lillesden Down and the High Street there leading to Hosilford, N W: on lands late of William Austen, and E: on lands late of [blank] Poyle, called Gutters

4 One toft on which a messuage formerly stood, garden and parcel (4a) upon the den of Lillesden, abutting E: upon the highway from Bedgebury Cross to Goudhurst Town, S: upon Lillesden Cross, W. upon lands late of Henry Pattenden, and N: on lands late of Robert Austen

5 Two tofts on which a messuage once stood, and one parcel called Lower Gutters, formerly Upper and Nether Gutters, abutting S: on Poyle's Green and on a tenement of Thomas Harding, E: on a lane called the Forestall leading from the Common to a tenement called Burr's, N: on lands late of William Austen, and W: on lands late of Thomas Ballard, then of Thomas Austen, and other lands, late of Laurence Poyle

All these above lands were late in the occupation of William Morris

Land in Lomberhurst

6 Toft on which a messuage once stood called Cock's, with garden, orchard and land

7 Two tofts on which messuages once stood, with land late two gardens, and a hopgarden and orchard, one late called Angel's (1r)

8 Two parcels formerly one, called Gatehousefield otherwise Gatewardsfield, and orchard (5a)

9 All of these are in the occupation of Peter Cliften the elder and called Kent Land, abutting E: on the highway leading through Lamberhurst town, S: on Warefield Lane, and N: and W: on lands late of John Porter

10 Messuage, barn, stables and outbuildings and 12 parcels of land arable, meadow and pasture called Tutsham, formerly thought to be 60a but upon a Survey, 53a, late in the occupation of William and Thomas Collin, and then of Peter Cliften the elder

11 Messuage now in two dwellings and 5 parcels, called Walter's (15a) late in the occupation of John Walter and since of Peter Cliften the elder, abutting E: on lands formerly of Alexander Thomas; S: on the highway from Lamberhurst Down to Peppermill; and N: and W: on lands late of Lady Hamby

Land in Westfield

12 Property as PAB/134, 135/2 and PAB/135/3, the former once thought to be 59a but upon a survey 87a 3r 16p, the latter once thought to be 60a but upon survey 92a 27p, and now in the occupation of Mary Thomas

All of which property was devised to Peter Cliften by the will of John Noakes, [PAB/163]

Recitals, 30, 31 May 1780 Lease and Release, Peter Cliften conveys to RC all his real estate in trust to sell it and raise money to pay his creditors

15 June 1780 Commission of Bankruptcy v Peter Cliften whereby his real estate was vested in Rodford + Thompsett and Samuel Munn by a Bargain and Sale Enrolled, the Lease and Release of 30, 31, May 1780 now being void because of the Bankruptcy

The land is thereupon sold to Peter Cliften for younger who then borrows £1,786 from SB and WJ with proviso for repayment by 24 October 1780

Witnesses: H Waterman, Richard Turner, Thomas Harris endorsements

26 April 1783 Receipts for £740

10 December 1783 Receipts for £1,250 15

Witnesses: James Merriott, Thomas Martin, John Frewen, Sarah Ransley, John Paine, John Chauner, Francis Bellingham