The Award to William Foskett

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

WILLIAM FOSKETT

In lieu of all his lands and Right of Common and a deduction for discharging all his old inclosures from Tithes and added to and comprised in the allotment to THOMAS LOWNDES two parcels of land

One parcel of land situated in MATTHEWS FIELD containing 22 ACRES – 3 ROODS – 9 PERCHES including all roads and ways bounded on part of the EAST and NORTH EAST by old inclosures belonging to WILLIAM FOSKETT called THE NEW CLOSES on the remaining part of the NORTH EAST by old inclosures belonging to JOHN GOODMAN on part of the SOUTH and other part of the EAST by an allotment to EDWARD WALLIS on the remaining part of the SOUTH by old inclosures belonging to DAVID MORTIER called the NEW CLOSES on part of the SOUTH WEST part of the NORTH and other part of the SOUTH WEST by lands awarded to FRANCES RIGG on the WEST by the HOME CLOSES of FRANCES RIGG and WILLIAM FOSKETT and on the NORTH by lands awarded to WILLIAM COOKE

One other parcel of land situate in TINDERY FIELD containing 59 ACRES – 1 ROOD – 22 PERCHES including all roads and ways bounded on part of the EAST and NORTH by an old inclosure belonging to WILLIAM FOSKETT called LONG CLOSE on the remaining part of the EAST by lands awarded to FRANCES RIGG in MATTHEWS FIELD on part of the SOUTH by old inclosures in NORTH CRAWLEY and MOULSOE on part of the WEST and on other part of the SOUTH and part of the SOUTH WEST by an allotment to DAVID MORTIER on other part of the WEST and SOUTH by the first allotment to LORD EXETER on other part of the WEST and SOUTH by an old inclosure belonging to DAVID MORTIER call SCATCHNG HILLS on other part of the WEST by old inclosures called SCRATCHING HILLS belonging to JOSEPH PAGE on part of the NORTH and small part of the EAST and WEST by the second allotment to LORD EXETER on the remaining part of the NORTH by an old inclosure at HURST END belonging to DAVID MORTIER and on the remaining part of the EAST by a lane leading from HURST END into TINDERY FIELD

The hedges, ditches and fences of the first allotment to WILLIAM FOSKETT on the EAST next to the allotment of EDWARD WALLIS and on the NORTH next to the allotment to WILLIAM COOKE

The hedges ditches and fences of the second allotment to WILLIAM FOSKETT on the EAST next to the allotment of FRANCES RIGG on the WEST and SOUTH next to the allotment to DAVID MORTIER on the SOUTH and small part of the EAST at the bottom of BROCKWELL CLOSE next to the second allotment of LORD EXETER and on small part of the WEST where the second allotment to LORD EXETER adjoins to a PIGHTLE in TINDERY FIELD called KNOWLES PIGHTLE and on the EAST across the lane leading out of HURST END into TINDERY FIELD shall be maintained by WILLIAM FOSKETT