D2/740 JOHN LEVATON
updated:13 Jan
2003
Son of HUGHE (D2/875) according to a lease (Document X268/26 at the
Cornwall Record Office. See below for transcript)
Born about
1608
FROM THE
ST.MERRYN PARISH REGISTER:
23 JUL 1631
JOHN LEVATON of St.Merryn married ELIZABETH TREVETHAN of St.Merryn by licence 1
Jul 1631
C1632 1st
child born: MARTIN (D2/741)
FROM THE
CORNWALL PROTESTATION RETURNS 1641:
Males over 18
years old. Feb/Mar 1641/2
St.Merryn: JOHN LEVERTON
1654
Beneficiary of will of brother HUGH (D2/545)
FROM THE
CORNWALL HEARTH TAX 1662 ST.MERRYN:
JOHN
LEVERTON.............2 hearths, stopt up 1
JOHN MARTIN of
Carnaves.. 3 hearths now JOHN LEVERTON and stopt up one
FROM ST.EVAL,
TREVETHAN DEEDS. X268/23 AT THE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, TRURO, CORNWALL:
Prenuptial
settlement 27 December 1662
Articles of Covenants p~mises grantes
conditiones and Agreemts had made Concluded and Agreed upon the seaven and
Twentyeth daye
of December in the yeare of our Lord god 1662; Betweene John Liverton of the
p~ish of St Merryn in the
County of
Cornewall yeoman of the first p~te, Henry Maye of the p~ish of St Evall in the
said County of the second
p~te, Martin
Liverton sone of the sayd John Liverton of the third p~te, and William Trevehan
of St Merryn aforesayd
gent of the
fowrth p~te, in Manner & forme followeing;
Impr; The sayd John Liverton for and in
Consideration of a Marriage shortly heereafter by gods p~mission to bee had
and solempnized
by and betweene the sayd Martin Liverton and Jane Maye the daughter of the sayd
Henry Maye; the sayd
John Liverton
doeth Covenant and p~mise for himselfe his executors & Adminstrs to and
with the sayd Martin Liverton
that hee the
sayd John within the space of six weekes after the date heereof, will devise
grante assigne & sett over,
unto the sayd
Martin his executors Administrs & Assigns, All the right Tytle and Interest
wch hee hath of and in a
certayne
Tenemt with the appurtents called Trevethan wthin the p~ish of St Evall
aforesayd, To have and to hould from
the 29th daye
of September next, to him the sayd Martin his executors Administrs &
Assigns in as large and ampell
Manner as the
sayd John doeth or maye hould the same;
2ly The sayd John doeth farther Covenant to
and wth the abovesayd Henry Maye yt by good and sufficient Convayance
and assurance
in the Lawe, hee will uppon reasonable notice & warneing to him given,
Convaye and assure unto the sayd
Martin
Liverton & his heires forever, all yt his Messuage or Tenemt with the Mills
thereunto belonging, comonly called
or knowne by
the name of Porthcothan in St.Merryn aforesayd, To have & to hould to him
the sayd Martin & his heires
ymediately
after the death of him the said John Liverton and Elizabeth his wife for ever;
and farther yt if in case the
sayd Jane Maye
shall Survive and after live the sayd John Liverton Elizabeth his wife and the
sayd Martin (her Intended
husband) and
shall have noe Issue of her body lawefully begotten by the sayd Martin, yt then
the sayd Tenemt & Mill
called
Porthcothan aforesayd shalbee chargeable wth one Anuelye or yearely rent to the
sayd Jane for and Dureing the
terme of her
natureall life of ffive Powndes;
3ly The sayd Henry Maye for the
Consideration aforesayd for p~misesse his executors and Administrs to paye the
some
of Towe
hundred & ffortey powndes of good & Lawfull money of England in Manner
and forme followeing (vidzt) to paye
unto the sayd
John Liverton ffiftey Powndes att or on the five & Twentyeth Daye of
December next and other ffiftye
Powndes att or
on the fower and Twentyeth daye of June the next followeing; And likewise doeth
farther Covenant with
the sayd
Martin to paye unto him in full of the sayd seavenscore Powndes ffortey Powndes
being the risidewe att and on
the marriage
daye of the sayd Martin with the sayd Jane.
4ly And lastly the sayd Martin &
William Trevethan doe Joyntly and severally Covenant for themselves theire
exors &
Administrs and
every and either of them that within the space of one Yeare after the date
heereof, there shalbee a
Joynture made
to and for the sayd Jane in the sayd Tenemt called Trevethan, or in some other
place of the like value,
In witnesse
whereof the p~tyes aforesayd to these p~sent Articles of Agreemt theire handes
and Seales Interchangeably
have putt the
daye & yeare above written.
John Leverton The signe of H.Maye
Martyn Leverton William
Trevythvan
FROM ST.EVAL,
TREVETHAN LEASES. X268/26 AT THE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, TRURO, CORNWALL:
99 year lease
1 January 1662/3
This indenture made the first daye of
Januarye in the fouerteenth yeare of the raigne of most gratiouse Sovereigne
Lord Charles
the second by the grace of god of England Scotland Ffrance and Ireland King
defendor of the Ffayeth
Betweene John
Leverton of the p~ish of St.Merryn in the Countye of Cornewall yeoman of the
one p~te and Martyn Leverton
sone of the
sayde John Leverton of the same p~ish and Countye of the other p~te witnesseth
these p~sente that whereas
Ralph Bartley
late of the p~ish of St.Evall in the Countye aforesayde husbandman beeing
Lawefully possessed of an
Tenement with
appurtanence thereunto belonging sett lyeing and beeing in the villiady and
feilds of Trevethan within
the p~ish of
St.Evall aforesayd, for and dureing the naturall life of one John Rilston the
son of James Rilston late of
St.Breord
deceased contayneing by estimation two farthings of Land or thereabouts bee itt
more or less which was then
in the tenure
and occupation of one John Evelyn, And the sayd Ralph being soe thereof
possessed the Twentye sixth daye
of September
in the sixth yeare of the raign of our late Soveraigne lord King Charles (1631)
by his deed Indented for
the
Consideration therein expressed, Did grante Devise Assign and sett over unto
William Williams of the p~ish of
St.Merryn in
the County aforesayd yeoman his Executors Administraters assignes, all the
aforesayd tenement with the
appurtences
there unto belonging togeather with all his deeds and convayances for the
houlding the same To have and to
hould all and
singuler the aforesayd p~misses with the appurtences unto the sayd William
Williams his executors
Administators
and Assignes from and ymediately after the ffeast of St.Michaell the archangell
then next after the date
thereof for
and dureing the full tyme and Terme of Three score yearse from thencefoarth
next ensueing and fully to be
compleate and
ended, if the sayd John Rilston should soe longe happen to live, amongest
divers Articles Covenants and
Conditions in
the said deed exprest whereunto relation beeing had doth and maye more playnely
and att large appeard and
....... whereas Sir Arthur Georges of Kewe in the
county of Surrey Knight by his deed indented beareing date the
thirteenth
daye of October in the sixteenth yeare of the raigne of our late Soveraigne
Lord Charles (1641) by the grace
of god of
England Scotland Ffrance and Ireland Kinge defender of the fayther for the
consideration therein exprest did
grante devise
Draft sett and .. ..... Lett, all and singuler the p~misses aforesayd with the
appurtences togeather with
all houses
Orchards Gardens Lands Meadows pastures Leases fordings moores heathes Comons
Comons of pastures wayes
waters watering
places easents p~fitts Comodityes and apputences to the sayd belonging being
p~cell of the Mannor of
Pawton. To Have And To Hould unto the sayd William
Williames his executors administrators and assignes ymediatly from
and after the
death surrender of forfyture or other determynation of the estate of the said
Ralph Bartley of and in the
p~misses for
and dureing the terme of ffower scoore and Nyneteen yeares from thence forth
next ensueing and fully to
bee compleate
and ended, if the sayd John Leverton, and Alexander Leverton sones of Hughe
Leverton late of St.Evall or
either of them
shall soe longe happen to live Yeilding and agreing therefore yearely after the
Comencemt of the sayd
terme unto the
sayd Sir Arthur George his heires and assignes the Anuall or yearely rent of
Eight shillings of good and
lawfull money
of England att the ffower most usuall ffeasts or termes of payment in the yeare
(vidz) the ffeast of the
Birth of our
Lord god the Anunciation of our blessed Lady Mary the virgin the Nativity of St
John the Baptist and St
Michaell the
Archangell, by even and equall portions to bee devided and payd, And after then
yeilding and payeing
ffortey
Shillings of Lawefull money of England for and in the name of a .... .....
....... or ....... uppon and after
the deathes of
or any of them the sayd John and Alexander, Provided allwayes that liveing the
sayd John noe such sume
of money shall
bee dewe or payd uppon the death of the sayd Alexander amongest divers other
Articles Covenants
Conditions and
Agreemts in the said deed exprest mentioned and contayned whereunto relation
being likewise had doth and
maye more
fully and att large appeare And whereas the sayd William Williames by his deed
Indented beareing date the
fower and
Twentyeth daye of June in the Nyneteenth year of the raigne of our said
Soveraigne lord Kinge Charles (1643)
for the
Consideration therein exprest did devise grante assign and sett over unto tha
sayd John Leverton his executors
Administrators
and assignes the aforesayd p~misses with the appurtenances in Trevethan
aforesayd to have and to hould
unto him the
sayd John Leverton his executors Administrators and assigns in as large and
ampell manner as the sayd
William
Williames his executors Administrators or Assignes might or ought to hould the
same togeather with all deeds
and there
Covenants and Assurances in the same as was unto the sayd William Williames
granted or made As in and by the
sayd deed of
Assignemt .. mentioned exprest and contayned amongest divers Articles Covenants
and Agrements whereunto
relation
beeing had will farther att large appeard nowe these presente witnesseth that
the sayd John Leverton for and
in
Consideration of a marriag allready agreed on and by gods p~mission shortly
heereafter to bee had and solemnized
between the
sayd Martyn Leverton and Jane Maye the daughter of Henry Maye of the p~ish of
St.Evall aforesayd yeoman and
for theire
better Libety and maynetaynanc and to the Intent there maye be a Joynture had
and made for the said Jane
heereafter in
the p~misses afore sayd, And in p~suance of Articles of Agreemt made bearinge
date the seaven and
Twentyeth Daye
of December Last touching and concerneing the sayd marriage, As alsoe for and
in Consideration of the
naturall love
and affection which the sayd John Leverton hath and beareth towards his sayd
sone and for divers other
good causes
and valluable Considerations him thereunto moveing Hath devised granted
Assigned and Sett over and in and
by these
p~sente, doeth fully clearely and absolutly devise grante assigne and sett over
unto the sayd Martyn Leverton
his Executors
Administs & Assignes, All and singular the aforementioned p~misses with the
appurtenances, and every p~te
and p~cell
thereof and all the right Tytle and Interest which hee the sayd John Leverton
nowe hath or heereafter maye
have of in or
unto the same by any way or meanes what soever To have and to hould all and
singuler the p~misses
aforesayd with
the appurtents in Trevethan aforesayd togeather with the sayd two severall
originall Leases soe made by
the sayd Ralph
Bartly and Sir Arthur Georges and the Assignemt Lease soe made by the sayd
William Williames and all
other
writeings, Charters, Scripts and mynuits which touch or concerne the sayd
p~misses unto the sayd Martyn Leverton
his executors
Administrs and Assignes from the Nine and Twentieth daye of September next for
and dureing all the number
of yeares of
the sayd severall Termes of yeares that are yett to count and expire of and in
the p~misses if the sayd
Lives thereon,
before mentioned or any or either of them shall soe longe happen to live And
the sayd Martyn Leverton
doeth Covenant
and p~mise for himself his executors & Administrs to yeild paye doe p~forme
observe full fill and keepe,
all such
Articles clauses Covenants Conditions and agreemts as the sayd John Leverton
his executors Administrs or
assignes is or
ought to doe for the p~misses aforesaid, by vertue of any of the afore
mentioned deed or deeds or either
of them or by
any other ways or meanes whatsoever, And the sayd John Leverton doeth Covenant
and p~mise for himself his
executors
Administrs and Assignes to and with the sayd Martyn Leverton his executors
Administrs and Assignes, that the
p~misses are
and soe shall continue from thence and disscharged of and from all manner of former
or other bargaines
Sales Leases
gifts grants charges and Incombrances whatsoever had made done suffered or
comitted by him the sayd John
Leverton, And
that the sayd Martyn shall and maye peaceably and quietly have hould occupy
possesse and enioye the same
without the
Lawefull lett molestation, Inturruption or denyall of him the sayd John
Leverton or any other p~son or
p~sons
whatsoever claymeing right Tytle or Interest in by from or under him. In
witness whereof the p~tyes aforesayd to
these p~sent Indentures
theire hands and seals Interchangably have putt them the daye & yeare first
above written Anno
Dom 1662
Child: MARTIN
(D2/741) (born before 1633)
Child: JOHN (D2/807)
Child: REBECCA
(D2/887)
No further
record
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