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Appointment & release (see 2/16 for release): 1,200 (recites 2/12-13) bet Sir Wm. Long, Rev. Jn. Brereton & Theed Pearse snr. of messuage in Bedford, St. Paul sq. formerly part of brewery storehouses; & piece of garden. 29,30 April 1832. Schedule of 8 deeds, 1718-1800. N.B. This is the house later occupied by Jas.Pearse fronting St. Paul's Sq. & abutting Sessions House. Never acquired by the county.

1832

From: 1832 To: 1832

(i) Sir Wm. Long of Bedford & of Kempston House (ii) Rev. Jn. Brereton of Bedford, clerk & dr of laws (iii) Theed Pearse sr. of Bedford, gent. -- a messuage on S. side of St. Paul's sq., successively occ. Thos. Woodward, wid. Eliz., Jas. Belsham, wid. Ann (dau. of T.Woodward), Wm. Belsham, Fra. Jn. Budd, Sir Wm. Long; with small yard S; outbuilding, formerly part of brewery storehouses; moiety of partition wall; piece of garden leading to Ouse; bounded E. by ground belonging to Sessions House; S. by river; S. & W. by brewery & messuage occupied herewith; witn. Theed Pearse jr; his clerk Geo.West. 29,30 April 1832. Schedule of 8 deeds, 1718-1800. N.B. This is the conveyance of the house later occupied by Jas.Pearse, fronting St. Paul's Sq. N., and abutting E. on Sessions House. It was never acquired by the county; only the piece of land behind on which Theed Pearse (who himself lived at Rye Close) built offices.

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Long, William,
Brereton, John,
Pearse, Theed,
Woodward, Thomas,
Woodward, Eliz.,
Belsham, James,
Belsham, Ann,
Belsham, William,
Budd, Francis John,
West, George,
Pearse, James

Quarter Sessions, Sessions House, clerk, Doctor of Law, breweries, BEDFORD, Bedford Shire Hall, Kempston House