The purpose of a marriage settlement is to provide financial security for a woman. That security could be by retaining property she brought to the marriage (which would usually be sorted out at the same time as she married) or as an afterthought, which would imply that it was by the generosity of the husband.
It was just wishful thinking on my part that if you could find out who had the land previously, there might be an Eas(t)on amongst the names.
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