Richard Lowndes

1 ACRE equals A FURLONG (220 yards) x A CHAIN (22 yards) equals 4840 square yards equals 1 strip of a ridge and furrow field

 

1 ACRE equals 4 ROODS

1 ACRE equals 160 PERCHES

1 ROOD equals ¼ of an ACRE or 1210 square yards

1 ROOD equals 40 PERCHES

1 PERCH equals 30.25 square yards

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

RICHARD LOWNDES

In lieu of his lands and Right of Common and discharging his old inclosures from Tithes one parcel of land situate in EDENSEA FIELD containing 20 ACRES – 14 PERCHES including all roads and ways bounded on the NORTH EAST by lands allotted to CATHERINE LOWNDES STONE on the SOUTH EAST by an old inclosure in HARDMEAD belonging to ALEXANDER SMALL called SMITHS MEAD and on the SOUTH WEST by an inclosure belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES called SURRY CLOSE on part of the WEST and a small part of the NORTH by the third allotment to WILLIAM LOWNDES on the remaining part of the NORTH and on the SOUTH WEST by an old inclosure belonging to ROBERT COWLEY on part of the SOUTH by a lane and on the remaining part of the WEST or NORTH WEST by an old inclosure belonging to WILLIAM LOWNDES known as STOCKING CLOSE

One other parcel of land situate in the several fields called FIELDS END FIELD, MILL HILL FIELD and MOORS FIELD containing 72 ACRES – 2 PERCHES including all roads and ways bounded on several parts of the EAST, SOUTH and NORTH by old inclosures belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES and the REVEREND DOCTOR ATTERBURY called SURRY CLOSES on other part of the EAST and NORTH by an old inclosure called the HOPYARD belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES and on the other small part of the NORTH by a lane leading out of HARDMEAD PARISH on other parts of the EAST or SOUTH EAST by an old inclosure belonging to THOMAS SMITH a small part of the first allotment to the said THOMAS LOWNDES an old inclosure belonging to MICHAEL NASH and by other part of the said first allotment to said THOMAS LOWNDES on an old part of the SOUTH by an old inclosure called OXENHILL belonging to the said RICHARD LOWNDES on part of the WEST by other inclosures belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES called RICHARDS PIGHTLE and LAWS GARDEN on other small part of the WEST by a lane leading from NORTH CRAWLEY towards ASTWOOD and on several other parts of the WEST, SOUTH EAST and NORTH by old inclosures and HOME CLOSES belonging to the said RICHARD LOWNDES in the possession  of JOHN WYCHE on the remaining part of the EAST by the lane from NORTH CRAWLEY to ASTWOOD an old inclosure belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES called the NEW PASTURE on other part of the SOUTH by the second allotment to THOMAS LOWNDES on a small part of the SOUTH WEST by other lands allotted to RICHARD LOWNDES on other part of the SOUTH WEST by a foot lane leading into NORTH CRAWLEY and on part of the NORTH WEST by the TOWN STREET of NORTH CRAWLEY by a HOMESTEAD belonging to JOHN CAVE on the other part of the WEST and SOUTH by the HOMESTEAD and HOME CLOSE belonging to JOHN STANTON on other small part of  the SOUTH by a lane called POUND LANE leading into NORTH CRAWLEY on other small part of the WEST by old inclosures belonging to WILLIAM TARRY and lands allotted to THOMAS GRIGGS by an allotment to CHARLES CHESTER and exchanged and an allotment to MICHAEL NASH on other parts of the NORTH and WEST by old inclosures belonging to ROBERT COWLEY on other small part of the NORTH by lands allotted to ROBERT COWLEY on several other small parts of the NORTH, EAST and WEST by an old inclosure belonging to WILLIAM LOWNDES and by a cottage and garden belonging to ROBERT COWLEY and on the remaining parts of the NORTH by an old inclosure belonging to RICHARD LOWNDES

A third allotment to WILLIAM LOWNDES one other piece of land situate in MOORS FIELD containing 118 ACRES – 16 PERCHES as now set out including all roads and ways through surrounding an allotment to THOMAS LOWNDES exchanged with the said RICHARD LOWNDES and bounded on part of the EAST or NORTH EAST by the second allotment to THOMAS LOWNDES on a small part of the NORTH EAST by other lands allotted to RICHARD LOWNDES on part of the SOUTH and part of the EAST by the fourth allotment to the said THOMAS LOWNDES on other part of