Settlement by lease & release

Scope and Content

Parties: 1) Joseph Butcher of Ledwell, Sandford, yeoman & Elizabeth his wife 2) Walter Somerton of Ledwell, Sandford, blacksmith, and Richard Ash of Ledwell, victualler

Property: Messuage, tenement or dwelling house, courtyard, orchard and garden in Sandford.

Consideration: marriage portion of Elizabeth Butcher