Lease by John Barkstead, Ralph Cobett, Arthur Young, Richard Pooley, and Henry Downer, esquires, of London, and John Briscoe of Chesham, to William Peters and Edward Hall of the Great Barn and East Broomfield; 25 Jan. 1652. Signed and sealed.
Assignment by William Pretyman, executor of Christopher Browne, to John Evelyn of the letters patent and crown lease of Sayes Court; 21 Feb. 1653. Signed and sealed.
Deed leading the uses of a fine by John Evelyn to William Pretyman on lands in the manor of Sayes Court; [circa but after 21 Feb.] 1653. Draft. With attached ratification by Sir Richard Browne, Bart. See also Evelyn, Diary, III, p. 81. Two membranes.
Bargain and sale by William Pretyman, William Peters, gent., and Edward Hall, citizen and draper, to John Evelyn, Edward Thurland of the Inner Temple and William Glanville of the Middle Temple of the Great Barn and East Broomfield; 22 Feb. 1653. Signed and sealed.
Counterpart of Add Ch 77361. Signed and sealed by Thurland and Glanville. Docketed 'purchased of the Souldiers' (al. 'of the Rebells') 'By the Kings Consent'.
Bargain and sale by William Pretyman and William Somerfield to John Evelyn, John Barton and Philip Packer of the Middle Temple of Sayes Court; 8 March 1653. Signed and sealed.