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Maxstoke
Description
Assignment from Thomas Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, co. York, and his trustee (Sir John Conyers of Bramshill, co. Hants.) to John Conyers of the Middle Temple, London, esq., for £5000, of the manor of Maxstoke, with lands in Maxstoke, Shustoke, Bentley and Fillongley, and the manor of Nosterfield, co. Cambs., mortgaged by Edward Lord Leigh to Thomas Wentworth on 9 March 1708, to raise part of the marriage portion due to Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Lord Leigh, deceased, under a settlement of 5 September 1705.