DC/NB/E2367/1/2

Release Parties: (i) Walter Clements of Wellingborough [Northamptonshire], tailor; Barnard Clements of Wellingborough, tinman (only children and devisees in fee under will of Robert Clements the younger, formerly of Drury Lane, St.Giles in the Fields [Middlesex], victualler, late of Bedford, broker); (ii) Richard Thomas How of Aspley Guise, gentleman (eldest son and heir at law of Selina, wife of Richard How, formerly of Aspley Guise, gentleman, deceased, Selina being only daughter and heir at law of Thomas Moor of Great Ilford, Barking [Essex], builder, deceased); (iii) Joseph Ireland of Bedford, labourer; (iv) John Gilham of Bedford, hatter Reciting: - will of Robert Clements of 9 Apr 1800 which, amongst other things, devised to Susannah, his wife all his real estate in Bedford, St.Paul in occupation of Widow Jones, Widow Whitfield, Thomas Birt and Serjeant Cooper for her life, remainder equally to his two sons Walter and Barnard, appointing his wife executrix and his father Robert executor; - Susannah Clements died in Jul 1802 - lease and release of 20 and 21 Dec 1775 (1) Sarah Moor of Woburn, widow of Thomas Moor, deceased; Richard and Selina How (both now dead); (2) John Mott of Bedford, coal merchant (now dead) in which (1) conveyed (a) to (2); covenant by Richard and Selina How to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo to John Mott was never enacted, meaning that (a) was now vested in (ii) Operative Part: - (iii) paid 110 to (i); - (iii) paid 10/- to (ii); - (i) and (ii), at request of (i), released (a) to (iii) Property: (a) messuage, garden and premises in Castle Lane, Bedford, St.Paul formerly in occupation of Serjeant Cooper, now William Flemming; the garden fenced off from other garden sold to Thomas Sweatman to N and contained in breadth N-S 13 feet 7 inches; bounded: N by messuage in occupation of Thomas Sweatman; Castle Lane E; messuage in occupation of Widow Brace S; Barley Mow Inn Yard W Habendum: - to (iii) to use of (iii) to use of (iv) in trust for (iii) to use of (iii) to bar dower Covenant: - by (i) to produce scheduled deeds to (iii) Schedule - lease and release of 13-14 Apr 1753 (1) William Hall and Agnes, his wife; (2) Thomas Moor; - lease and release (1) Sarah Moor, widow; Richard How and Selina, his wife; (2) John Mott; - feoffment of 14 Oct 1783 (1) John Lovell; (2) John Mott; - lease and release and assignment of 17-18 Dec 1787 (1) John Lovell; (2) William Okely and Simmons Trapp (executors of will of John Mott); (3) Robert Clements; (4) William Palmer; - mortgage of 4 Aug 1792 (1) Robert Clements deceased; William Leigh; - will of Robert Clements, deceased of 9 Apr 1802; - assignment of 25 Jun 1813 (1) Edward Sutton, Richard Bird and Thomas Street (executors of will of William Leigh); (2) Walter Clements and Barnard Clements; - assignment of 25 Jun 1813 (1) Mary Palmer (widow and executrix of will of William Palmer); (2) Walter Clements and Barnard Clements Witnesses: - Francis John Budd; - Theed Pearse junior; - John F.C.How

26 Jun 1813

From: 1753 To: 1813

sub-series

Clements, Walter,
Clements, Barnard,
Clements, Robert,
How, Richard Thomas,
How, Richard,
How, Selina,
Moor, Thomas,
Moor, Selina,
Ireland, Joseph,
Gilham, John,
Jones,
Whitfield,
Birt, Thomas,
Cooper, Serjeant,
Clements, Susannah,
Moor, Sarah,
Mott, John,
Flemming, William,
Sweatman, Thomas,
Brace,
Hall, William,
Hall, Agnes,
Lovell, John,
Okely, William,
Trapp, Simmons,
Palmer, William,
Leigh, William,
Sutton, Edward,
Bird, Richard,
Street, Thomas,
Palmer, Mary,
Budd, Francis John,
Pearse, Theed,
How, John F.C.

tailor, tinman, victualler, broker, builder, labourer, hatter, Robert will: Clements, deaths, widow, coal merchant, High Street Barley Mow, Bedford