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Volume containing the court rolls of Manor of Newnham with Bedford containing, amongst other things, the following: Court of 16 Apr 1769 Lord: John, Duke of Bedford; Steward: Samuel Davis; Jurors: Nathaniel Costin; Francis Mason; Richard Wagstaffe; John Whitworth; Robert Harris Hurst; William Walduck; John Wish; John Purser; Richard Farnell; John Barker; Joseph Barker; Henry Hurst; Thomas Leach; William Richards; Thomas Button Deaths of tenants - fines for heirs not appearing: - Ann Gadsden, widow; house in St.Peter's; son, William Gadsden did not appear; - Richard Lane; house in St.Cuthbert's; eldest son, Thomas Lane did not appear; - William Odell and Elizabeth his wife (nee Coome); St.Christopher hostelry, Bridge Foot, Bedford, St.Paul, formerly in occupations of Thomas Houghton, George Phipp and Richard Hewett; eldest son, Stephen Odell, did not appear; - Henry Horton, gentleman; Swan Inn, Bedford, St.Paul, in occupation of William Thomas; heir at law, William Staines, gentleman, did not appear; - Robert Clarke; messuage at Bridge Foot, Bedford, formerly in occupation of John Russell; grandson Robert Harris Hurst sold to Ann Cave, widow who died; her eldest son, Thomas Cave, did not appear; - Robert Battison; close formerly an orchard in Horne Lane, Bedford, formerly in occupation of Robert Battison, John Palmer senior, Thomas Alborough, Robert Brewer, Thomas Cook and Thomas Rabbitt; his widow Letitia Battison did not appear; - Frances Durham, widow; several messuages in Horne Lane, Bedford in occupations of John Page and John Scott; Letitia Battison, entitled under her marriage settlement, did not appear; - Anna Maria Brace, widow; capital messuage called Hassetts, late in occupation of Jordan Green; heir at law Captain Brace did not appear; - Thomas Hawes, esquire and Thomas Cave, gentleman; Ship inn, Bedford in occupation of Richard Wakefield; John Hawes and Elizabeth Cave aliened to Richard Cave who aliened to John Cawn, gentleman, who did not appear; - Mary Weaver; messuage opposite the library in Bedford, St.Paul in occupation of Widow Boon and John Mott; John Mott, entitled as his wife was her granddaughter did not appear; - John Towersey; messuage in Bedford, St.John, belonging to the Rectory; William Bedford entitled as Rector but also since dead; current rector William Hinde did not appear; - William Johnson; cottage at bottom of Well Street, Bedford in occupation of William Whitney and adjoining cottage in occupation of William Johnson; William Whitney, entitled through his wife did not appear; - William Reynolds; three messuages in St.John's Street, Bedford, St.Mary late in occupations of Mary Hawe, widow and Robert Allen, since John Squire; his daughters Jane Lavender and Elizabeth Phipp did not appear; - Anna Maria Brace, widow; Green Dragon inn, with garden in St.Loyes, Bedford late in occupation of Samuel Grover; her son Thurloe Brace, esquire did not appear; - John Lyon alias Smith; messuage at bottom of Well Street, Bedford late in several occupations of John Lyon and Thomas Barker and plot on which a cottage formerly stood, now converted to a pightle or orchard; his son John Lyon Smith did not appear; - Jane Watmough, widow; messuage in Bedford, St.Peter; her daughters Elizabeth Barker and Jane Day aliened to William Foster, deceased; his widow, Dorothy Foster did not appear; - Joseph How aliened to Humphrey Finch, then Humphrey Finch to Thomas Davidson, deceased; messuage in Bedford, St.Cuthbert formerly in occupation of John Serjeant; Skeventon Davidson, son of Thomas, did not appear; - Mary Field, widow; messuage at bottom of Mill Lane, Bedford; her son James Field aliened to John Howard of Cardington, esquire who did not appear; - Dr.Richard Newton; farmhouse in Bedford, St.Peter formerly in ocupation of John Sugares; wife of Mr.Adams entitled as his heir at law but did not appear; - Thomas Hawes, esquire; farmhouse in Well Street, Bedford, late in occupation of Thomas Field; his son John Hawes, esquire, did not appear; - Elizabeth Hunter; messuage lately divided into three in Bedford, St.Paul; her eldest son John Hunter did not appear; - Henry Southouse, esquire and [blank] Woodward, gentleman; capital messuage in Bedford, St.Paul, late in occupation of Thomas Walker; William Southouse did not appear; - John Newman; cottage in Well Street, Bedford; his heir Edward Couch did not appear; - Francis Whetstone; messuage in Well Street, Bedford lately divided into two tenements in occupation of John Marks and James Dockerill, then Richard Tilsworth and John Newnham; wife of Thomas Wilson entitled but did not appear; - Thomas Simpson aliened to Thomas Woodward deceased then his heir Mrs.Saunderson aliened to Alison Lyon alias Smith; cottage in Well Street, Bedford; - Henry Baskerfield devised to his wife, now dead; cottage in Hassetts Green, Bedford, St.Paul; heir Elizabeth Dycraft did not appear; - [blank] Gurney, widow; cottage in Hassetts Green, Bedford, St.Paul; her son, John Gurney also dead; Ann Gurney, daughter of John Gurney did not appear; - Samuel Massey; messuage in High Street, Bedford; heir aliened to Nathaniel Costin, who did not appear; - John Hill and Martha his wife; farmhouse called The Brickhills, Bedford; children of John Willis, Joseph Willis, and Richard William Richard Willis who did not appear; - John Seals; cottage at bottom of Well Street, Bedford, adjoining Hassetts; William Johnson his heir also dead; his heir Thomas Witney did not appear; - Henry Staines; Angel Inn, Bedford, St.Mary; his son William Staines aliened to Richard Chamberlin who did not appear Alienations: - John Whalley to William Stewardson; White Hart, Bedford, St.Peter late in occupation of Timothy Bunker; garden in Bedford, St.Peter in occupation of William Freelove; - John Truelove to Thomas Russell then Thomas Russell to William Harris, deceased; William Harris by his will to his grandson William Harris Jefferies; William Harris Jefferies to Richard Wagstaffe; messuage in Bedford, St.Paul in occupation of John Elliott; - Humphrey Finch to William Powell then William Powell to Joseph Foster Barham; cottage in Bedford, St.Peter in occupation of Thomas Muneskath[?]; - John Parslow, esquire to Lord of the Manor; farmhouse in Bedford, St.Peter formerly in occupation of Michael Arnold, clerk; - [blank] Kynaston esquire to Francis Jessop, deceased then Francis Jessop by his will to Charles Kettle, then Charles Kettle to Thomas Hornbuckle; messuage in Potters Street, Bedford late in occupation of Elizabeth Whitbread, widow; Thomas Hornbuckle did not appear; - Mary Bell, widow to Thomas Woodward then Thomas Woodward to Robert Castleman; several messuages in Bedford; Robert Castleman did not appear; - Mary Bamford, widow to William Odell, deceased; Crown Inn, Bedford, St.Paul late in occupation of William Stevens; Stephen Odell did not appear; - Mary Goodyer to Jane Day; cottage in Goal [Gaol] Lane, Bedford; Jane Day did not appear; - Elizabeth Munns, widow to Lord of the Manor; cottage in Hassetts Green, Bedford, late in occupation of John Munns, her son; - Thomas Wood, gentleman to Joseph Belcham; Red Lion, High Street, Bedford; Joseph Belcham did not appear; - Thomas Richardson to John Howard and Margaret, his wife; messuage in Bedford, St.Paul; John and Margaret Howard did not appear; - Hannah Watts to Thomas Howard; King George on Horseback in Well Street, Bedford; Thomas Howard did not appear; - Thomas Simpson to Thomas Woodward deceased then his heir Mrs.Saunderson to Alison Lyon alias Smith; cottage in Well Street, Bedford; Alison Lyon did not appear; - [blank] Seabrooke to Nathaniel Costin; First Close in Bedford, St.Paul formerly in occupation of John Bennett; Nathaniel Costin did not appear; - John Alderman to Thomas Hornbuckle, then Thomas Hornbuckle to William Powell then William Powell to "the Moravians in Bedford"; farmhouse in Bedford, St.Martin [Peter de Merton?]; Moravians did not appear; - John Jones, lease expired and now granted to Thomas Hornbuckle for 40 years from 2 Jan 1767; Unicorn, Bedford, St.Peter; - William Bowyer to Henry Flemming; two messuages at foot of south side of Bedford Bridge; Henry Flemming did not appear

16 Apr 1769

From: 1769 To: 1769

Part of a volume, for other courts in the volume see other R/6/1/12/1 references

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Davis, Samuel,
Costin, Nathaniel,
Mason, Francis,
Wagstaffe, Richard,
Whitworth, John,
Hurst, Robert Harris,
Walduck, William,
Wish, John,
Purser, John,
Farnell, Richard,
Barker, John,
Barker, Joseph,
Hurst, Henry,
Leach, Thomas,
Richards, William,
Button, Thomas,
Gadsden, Ann,
Gadsden, William,
Lane, Richard,
Lane, Thomas,
Odell, William,
Odell, Elizabeth,
Coome, Elizabeth,
Houghton, Thomas,
Phipp, George,
Hewett, Richard,
Odell, Stephen,
Horton, Henry,
Thomas, William,
Staines, William,
Clarke, Robert,
Russell, John (4th Duke of Bedford),
Duke of Bedford,
Cave, Ann,
Cave, Thomas,
Battison, Robert,
Palmer, John,
Alborough, Thomas,
Brewer, Robert,
Cook, Thomas,
Rabbitt, Thomas,
Battison, Letitia,
Durham, Frances,
Page, John,
Scott, John,
Brace, Anna Maria,
Green, Jordan,
Brace,
Hawes, Thomas,
Wakefield, Richard,
Hawes, John,
Cave, Elizabeth,
Cave, Richard,
Cawn, John,
Weaver, Mary,
Boon,
Mott, John,
Towersey, John,
Bedford, William,
Hinde, William,
Johnson, William,
Whitney, William,
Reynolds, William,
Hawes, Mary,
Allen, Robert,
Squire, John,
Lavender, Jane,
Phipop, Elizabeth,
Reynolds, Jane,
Reynolds, Elizabeth,
Grover, Samuel,
Brace, Thurloe,
Lyon, John,
Smith, John,
Barker, Thomas,
Smith, John Lyon,
Watmough, Jane,
Barker, Elizabeth,
Day, Jane,
Foster, William,
Foster, Dorothy,
How, Joseph,
Finch, Humphrey,
Davidson, Thomas,
Serjeant, John,
Davidson, Skeventon,
Field, Mary,
Field, James,
Howard, John,
Newton, Richard,
Sugares, John,
Adams,
Field, Thomas,
Hunter, Elizabeth,
Hunter, John,
Southouse, Henry,
Woodward,
Walker, Thomas,
Southouse, William,
Newman, John,
Couch, Edward,
Whetstone, Francis,
Marks, John,
Dockerill, James,
Tilsworth, Richard,
Newnham, John,
Wilson, Thomas,
Simpson, Thomas,
Woodward, Thomas,
Saunderson,
Lyon, Alison,
Smith, Alison,
Baskerfield, Henry,
Dycraft, Elizabeth,
Gurney,
Gurney, John,
Gurney, Ann,
Massey, Samuel,
Hill, John,
Hill, Martha,
Willis, John,
Willis, Joseph,
Willis, Richard William Richard,
Seals, John,
Johnson, William,
Witney, Thomas,
Staines, Henry,
Chamberlin, William,
Whalley, John,
Stewardson, William,
Bunker, Timothy,
Freelove, William,
Truelove, John,
Russell, Thomas,
Harris, William,
Jefferies, William Harris,
Elliott, John,
Powell, William,
Barham, Joseph Foster,
Muneskath, Thomas,
Parslow, John,
Arnold, Michael,
Kynaston,
Jessop, Francis,
Kettle, Charles,
Hornbuckle, Thomas,
Whitbread, Elizabeth,
Bell, Mary,
Woodward, Thomas,
Castleman, Robert,
Bamford, Mary,
Stevens, William,
Goodyer, Mary,
Day, Jane,
Munns, Elizabeth,
Munns, John,
Wood, Thomas,
Belcham, Joseph,
Richardson, Thomas,
Howard, Margaret,
Watts, Hannah,
Howard, Thomas,
Seabrooke,
Bennett, John,
Alderman, John,
Jones, John,
Bowyer, William,
Flemming, Henry

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