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Two of the tenements, Mills (copyhold) and the messuage and 20 acres (freehold), were merged from before 1687. The free tenement is also described as a messuage (dwelling) and 20 acres which suggests that there were two dwellings on this land. The present house must be the messuage associated with the principal tenement 'Handley messuage, barn, garden and orchard, 30 acres'. The other, associated with 'Handley Common 20 acres' cannot be certainly identified, but since all the tenements had been merged by 1825 when the land at Pound Corner was sold it is possible that the cottage on that land was the missing messuage (see TA 1104-1107). These tenements were all created when Handlye Common was enclosed by agreement in 1574 (23). The entire holding associated with Handlye farm is referred to as Wellshutts in 1734 and an early 19th century map of the land describes it as Mills and Wellshutts. Handlye Farmhouse was built in the 17th century possibly by John Earle or his predecessor. It was extensively extended about 1650. |
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