Mary Gammage

1653 - 1733  (80 years)

• Name	Mary Gammage
  Birth	1653	Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	M1L2-C8W
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  Land & Property-Witness	6 Mar 1712/13	Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
  	Transfer to Robert Ashby of Quinton
  	Role: Witness John Ashby thus had more opportunity than his father of adding to his property. He does not appear however to have done very much in that way. He purchased about four acres of land from Edward Blake at some time previous to 1713. I have not found the purchase deed of that property, but in a settlement made by John Ashby in 1713 it is thus described: "All that quarterne or fourth part of a yardland, (be it more or less) now also in the occupation of the said John Ashby lying in Bugbrooke aforesaid which was lately purchased by the said John Ashby of and from one Edward Blake." The settlement in which this land was included was made on the 6th march 1713 between John Ashby the elder of Bugbrooke Yeoman and Mary his wife late Mary Gammage Spinster of the one part and Robert Ashby of Quinton Yeoman son and heir apparent of the said John Ashby by the said Mary his wife of the other part. The deed recites that John Ashby was possessed of one farmhouse and two thirds of its homestead where he dwelt and of two yardlands and four acres of meadow called the West Meadow in fee simple and also was possessed of the other third of the homestead and one other yardland called Norton's land for his life with remainders to his wife Mary and their children. The deed then goes on to say that John Ashby to the intent to make provision for himself during his life and to raise fortunes for his younger children had agreed with his son Robert to sell him all his house and lands at Bugbrooke (reserving a certain portion to himself and his wife during their lives) for ?320 and an annuity of ?20. The terms of the settlement were these ? John Ashby retained for himself for life, "the east end of the said messuage, vizt the parlor end consisting of the parlor, the chamber over it called the Parlor Chamber and a buttery at the east end of the said parlor and the yard called the backyard also the garret over the said Parlour Chamber, and the mill house, and also free liberty to fetch water from the well belonging to the said messuage, and also half the lopp of all the hedges and hedgerows and half the bushes and breakes of and belonging to the aforesaid messuage land and premises, and one third part of the fruit of the orchard and common of pasture and keeping of one cow as well in winter as in summer in and upon the said premises. And also all those three lands parcel of the aforesaid premises, vizt one land on Allmead furlong Hugh Garlick West one land lying on Cross five acres Thomas Hipwell West one land at Smithway Corner Widow Upton North." After John Ashby's death this was to go to his son Robert. By the settlement of 1682 it will be remembered Nortons and a third of the homestead were settled on John Ashby for life and then on his wife Mary, and by this settlement of 1713 John Ashby gave up his life estate on these properties to his son Robert. After John Ashby's death they were to go to his wife for her life in lieu of her dower, and then again to return to her son Robert. All the rest of the family property John Ashby conveyed to his son Robert absolutely. The deed contains an agreement by Robert to plough and manure the land reserved for his father and to bring home his crops and his share of the coppings and bushes.
  Land & Property-Witness	12 Sep 1720	Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
  	Purchased of 16 acres of land
  	Role: Witness in 1720 he appears as the purchaser of sixteen acres of land in Bugbrooke. The mode of conveyance adopted was one in which two documents were necessary, a lease for a year and a release. I have not found the last of these two documents and consequently have not ascertained what purchase money Robert Ashby paid. The lease for a year however is amongst Morris Ashby's old deeds. It is dated 12th September 1720 and is made between Robert Mobbs of Bugbrooke Shoemaker and Henry Billingham of Bugbrooke Butcher of the one part and Robert Ashby of the other part. The following is a description of the property contained in the deed: "All that one yardland of arable ley meadow and pasture ground lying and being disposed on the ~~~ and common fields of Bugbrooke aforesaid lately conveyed to the said Robert Mobbs and Henry Billingham and to the heirs and assigns of the said Robert Mobbs (amongst other lands) by Nicholas Peake of Towcester in the said County Gentleman and Hatton Atkins of Kingsthorpe in the said County Gentleman which said yardland was lately in the possession of Abraham Clarke and is now in the tenure of the said Richard Mobbs or Richard Ashby or one of them." This property did not go to form part of the old Family Estate as by his will Robert Ashby left it to one of his younger sons Robert Ashby of Shillingford the ancestor of the present Ashby's of Staines.
  Land & Property-Witness	12 Sep 1720	Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
  	Purchased of 16 acres of land
  	Role: Witness in 1720 he appears as the purchaser of sixteen acres of land in Bugbrooke. The mode of conveyance adopted was one in which two documents were necessary, a lease for a year and a release. I have not found the last of these two documents and consequently have not ascertained what purchase money Robert Ashby paid. The lease for a year however is amongst Morris Ashby's old deeds. It is dated 12th September 1720 and is made between Robert Mobbs of Bugbrooke Shoemaker and Henry Billingham of Bugbrooke Butcher of the one part and Robert Ashby of the other part. The following is a description of the property contained in the deed: "All that one yardland of arable ley meadow and pasture ground lying and being disposed on the ~~~ and common fields of Bugbrooke aforesaid lately conveyed to the said Robert Mobbs and Henry Billingham and to the heirs and assigns of the said Robert Mobbs (amongst other lands) by Nicholas Peake of Towcester in the said County Gentleman and Hatton Atkins of Kingsthorpe in the said County Gentleman which said yardland was lately in the possession of Abraham Clarke and is now in the tenure of the said Richard Mobbs or Richard Ashby or one of them." This property did not go to form part of the old Family Estate as by his will Robert Ashby left it to one of his younger sons Robert Ashby of Shillingford the ancestor of the present Ashby's of Staines.
  _UID	55BAC5CB17F845559794587B98DBEA0CAFC2
  Death	1733	Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
  Person ID	I28209	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Living
  Family ID	F11074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Ashby,   b. Abt 1645, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England d. 1 Sep 1728, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	1671	Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living + 7. Robert Ashby, of Quinton,   b. 1673, Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England d. 1741, Quinton, Northamptonshire, England (Age 68 years) + 8. Joseph Ashby,   b. 1690   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1653 - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England Marriage - 1671 - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England Land & Property-Witness - Transfer to Robert Ashby of Quinton - 6 Mar 1712/13 - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England Land & Property-Witness - Purchased of 16 acres of land - 12 Sep 1720 - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England Land & Property-Witness - Purchased of 16 acres of land - 12 Sep 1720 - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England Death - 1733 - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth