Dobbins Croft near Amersham

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* Was this the brewery which was onwards sold in 1775?

Which brewery? Afraid am not from the area so don't know much about the locale.

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* "Richard's tankard" in other posts of yours would/could then make a little bit of sense?

Yes I do have a hunch they may be linked. Normally plates and cups are just dealt with in the term "household stuff" unless they have special quality. Seeing as Timothy LOVETT obviously wasn't exactly starving it is strange that he would mention Pewter items, which were not that expensive normally. Perhaps they were very finely decorated with something or were part of a large set that got split up between the family and handed down the generations?

I have only looked at half of the LOVETT wills but it looks like their fortune fluctuated; I think Timothy's father was Richard LOVETT WP.1615 who had much more land and divided it between his large family but his (possible) father Robert LOVETT WP.1559 either didn't have as much land or fewer details were written in his will???

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* Bury Farm / Orchards around "bottom" of Gore Hill [with gatehouse?]

Yes, that fits the bill, I think? According to http://amershamhistory.info/houses/london-road/bury-farm-2/

From that date the manor house called the Bury, and all the land that went with it, was owned by the Drake family (subsequently the Tyrwhitt-Drake family) and was let to tenant farmers.

I didn't note down that it was a lease though so it is up in the air still.

[[Ray]]

Hi

There is a website quoting "Julian Hunt" and "Amersham history"
(Don't remember the name, but it will not take you long to g@@gle it)

There is also his book currently for sale on Amazon (for one).

. . . . . and the museum   

Ray
ps Apologies, for some reason I thought that you were "local" and knew the area.

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The Weller family bought the brewery in Church St in 1775 but that is a diffferent place than Bury Farm presumably?

[[Ray]]

Church St vs Bury Farm ?
(Worth checking, although I am "out of action" until Tuesday)
Brewery could have moved/expanded between that will date and 1775.


However, thinking about "Dobbins Croft" . . . . .
Not "Croft" but "Cross"? As in "Crofs". . . . . .
Then, Dobbs Cross comes back into the frame.


Ray

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However, thinking about "Dobbins Croft" . . . . .
Not "Croft" but "Cross"? As in "Crofs". . . . . .
Then, Dobbs Cross comes back into the frame.

Haven't got a copy of the original will to double-check unfortunately. Where's Dobbs Cross?