HT1/12/14

Certificate of Contract for the redemption of Land Tax

22 May 1799; registered 19 Aug 1799

From: 1798 To: 1799

i) William Belsham and William Long Esquires, Commissioners for the Town of Bedford ii) Thomas Barringer of Goldington, farmer Certificate that i) have contracted with ii) for the redemption of 12s. Land Tax charged on property: - Three tenements with appurtenances in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, assessed for the year 1798 as follows, viz: Barringer, Thomas, proprietor, Godhard and others occupiers. Redemption consideration to be sufficient to purchase £22 Capital stock in the 3% Consolidated Bank Annuities on 21 May 1799, [i.e. £12..4..2 1/2] signatures: i)

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Belsham, William,
Long, William,
Barringer, Thomas,
Goddard, Robert

legal papers, certificate, Land Tax, Commissioner for Redemption of Land Tax, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, BEDFORD, GOLDINGTON, farmers, HOUSING, cottages, Bedford Well Street, Bedford St Paul's, private finance, stocks