The Award to Thomas Griggs

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

THOMAS GRIGGS

In lieu of all his lands and Right of Common in and over the lands and including a deduction for discharging his old inclosures from Tithes which were added to the allotment of THOMAS LOWNDES a parcel of land and premises situate in MILL HILL FIELD and LYE FIELD containing 14 ACRES – 2 ROODS – 34 PERCHES including all roads and ways bounded on part on the EAST by an old inclosure belonging to ROBERT COWLEY on part of the SOUTH and other part of the EAST by lands awarded to MICHAEL NASH and other part of the EAST and part of the NORTH by an allotment to CHARLES CHESTER exchanged with MICHAEL NASH on other part of the EAST or SOUTH EAST by an allotment to RICHARD LOWNDES on part of the SOUTH by a PIGHTLE belonging to WILLIAM TARRY and several HOMESTEADS and GARDENS at NORTH CRAWLEY on part of the WEST and other part of the SOUTH by the HOME CLOSES or HOMESTEADS of THOMAS GRIGGS on other part of the WEST and other part of the SOUTH by an old inclosure at NORTH CRAWLEY belonging to JOHN BACCHUS on the NORTH WEST by lands awarded to JOHN NEAL on other part of the NORTH and WEST by old inclosures by BAKERS BUSHES belonging HENRY HIGGINS and on the remaining part of the WEST and NORTH by an allotment belonging to JOHN NEAL

The hedges, ditches and fences on the EAST next to the allotment to MICHAEL NASH on the EAST and NORTH next to the allotment to CHARLES CHESTER on the EAST or SOUTH EAST next to the allotment to RICHARD LOWNDES and on the WEST and NORTH in LYE FIELD next to the allotment of JOHN NEAL shall be maintained by THOMAS GRIGGS