GK106/25

Abstract of Title of Miss Franklyn's title to a House & shop adj St. Mary's Churchyard, Bedford for Mrs Dennis (formerly pt of Kings Arms Inn)

made c.1785

From: 1682 To: 1785

a) Grant of Feoffment with livery of seisin 1) Fra Lane of City of Rochester, Kent, gent (vendor) 2) Anth Rush of Bedford yeoman (purchaser) messuage or Inn called 'Kings Arms' Parish of St. Mary, Bedford next & adj Church yard encompasseth the N & E pts of sd chyd one gate opens into High St. & other into Potters Street then or late occ of Thos Spencely & Robt Whitmore Consideration £175 20 Dec 1682 b) Will of Ann Peck of St. Mary, Bedford, widow (only dau of Anth Rush deceased) to son Anthony Messuage or Inn called Kings Arms then or late occ of Wm Lake & Jn Franklyn, grocer made 22 Nov 1722 c) Lease & Release 1) Anthony Peck of London, Sword Cutter (vendor) 2) Wm Teedon of Bedford, Maltster (purchaser) property as above Consideration £247 6 & 7 Dec 1723 d) Lease & Release 19 & 20 Oct 1767 e) death intestate of Wm Franklyn Aug 1770 f) Lease & Release 11 & 12 Aug 1785

English

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Dennis, Hannah,
Lane, Francis,
Rush, Anthony,
Spencely, Thomas,
Whitmore, Robert,
Rush, Ann,
Peck, Ann,
Lake, William,
Franklyn, John,
Peck, Anthony,
Teedon, William

yeoman, churchyards, grocers, sword cutler, maltsters, deaths, Bedford Kings Arms, Bedford Potter Street, Bedford St Mary's Street, BEDFORD