Reference
R6/22/2/1
Title
Lease for 99 years
Parties:
(i) Mayor, Bailiffs, Burgesses and Communality of Bedford;
(ii) John Gostwick, esquire, Treasurer of First Fruits & Tenths
Operative Part:
- (i) leased (a) to (ii) for 99 years at peppercorn rent
Property:
(a) Kingsmead, Goldington, of 5 acres between mead of John Gostwick to E and Robert Hasyldun, gentleman, to W, abutting S on Great Ouse
Witnesses:
- William Borne, mayor;
- Thomas Smyth;
- Thomas Rewts;
- William Smyth, steward;
- William Forde, Bailiff of Bedford;
- George Flower;
- Gyllys Lanyeney;
- Peter Carr;
- Harry Pateman, esquire;
- John Wyllyams, Chamberlain of Bedford;
- Thomas Russell, a commoner
Seal of Bedford Borough [slightly damaged] attached
[NOTE: in records of Court of Augmentations 1536/7, lands formerly of Elstow Abbey, Sir John St.John is shown as paying 10/- for a meadow called Kyngsmede in Goldington; the farm with tithes of hay, of 3 acres, in the meadow called Kyngsmede was let to William Boure for 30 years on 10 Sep 1536; at inclosure in 1852 the field was divided in two with 2a 2r 19p belonging to Duke of Bedford and 16a 2r 37p to Borough of Bedford]
Date free text
1 Feb 1539
Production date
From: 1536 To: 1852
Level of description
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