Copy of indenture of Joseph Knibb's purchase of Green End in Hanslope in 1691.

The following entries are from Northampton records

1-2. Lease and Release 28/29 May 1691

( I ) Charles Lane of Green End, Hanslope, gent., son and heir of Henry Lane of Hanslope, gent., deceased who was son and heir of Richard Lane of Hanslope, gent., Katherine Lane, widow of Henry Lane.

( II ) Joseph Knibb, citizen and clockmaker of London. Farm with Home (10a.), Neather, Lea Field, Norman Croft, Dry, Willow, and Long Close, Dorchester Leas (meadow), cottage with 4 pightles, Two Hell Parkes (pasture and meadow ground), Starch Peice Close, Amberland Close, Highway Close, Atkyn's Close, Pond Close (pasture), Grove Pightle (pasture), 59a. land and 5.5a. 4r. meadow in Little Holmes Meadow, Dole Ash Meadow and Broade Meade, 2a. 6r. meadow in Long Meade and Summer Pasture in Hansloe. Consideration: £1500.

3. Receipt from Katherine Lane, widow and relict of Henry Lane of Hanslope, gent., to Joseph Knibb, citizen and clockmaker of London, for sum of £200 being part of consideration money in D/NO/1-2 above. 29 May 1691.

4. Receipt from Charles Lane of Green End, Hanslope, gent., to Joseph Knibb, citizen and clockmaker of London for sum of £479 being part of cosideration money in D/NO/1-2 above. 29 May 1691.

5. Receipt from Fleetwood Dormer of Lincolns Inn, esquire, to Joseph Knibb, citizen and clockmaker of London, for sum of £121 being part of consideration money in D/NO/1-2 above. 29 May 1691.

6. Fine Joseph Knibb, gent, plaintiff. Charles Lane, gent., and Elizabeth his wife, Katherine Lane, widow, deforciants. 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 80a. land, 10a. meadow, 60a. pasture, 20a. furze and heath and common pasture in Hanslope. Trinity Term 1691.