WB/Fordham4/1/Bigg/BS1

Copy Conditional Surrender by way of Mortgage - Manor of Biggleswade by William Thomas Chapman and William Farrington, two customary tenants; - from Sophia Forrester of Biggleswade, widow for 100 at 5% interest [mortgagor]; - to Sarah Smith of Sandy, spinster [mortgagee]; -of (a) two messuages in Stratton Street, Biggleswade, formerly in occupation of Jonathan Horsley and Edward Apthorpe, since John Rootham and George, then Robert Crouch and James Forrester, now Sophia Forrester and Joseph Brown; (b) three cottages in back side of Stratton Street, Biggleswade formerly in occupation of Joseph Ily and Richard and John Garner, then William Huckle, Joseph Brown and Stephen Minks, then Thomas May, George Hawley, Ann Huckel, Robert Huckle, James Huckle and Ann Page, now Shearman, George Larman, Ann Huckle, John Simms, Peter Dear and John Wilshire; - Sophia Forrester admitted to (a)-(b) 11-12 Apr 1828 as heir of her father John Rootham; - memorandum that Sarah Smith became of unsound mind "incapable of managing her affairs but not found so by Inquisition"; paper shown to William Thomas Chapman when swearing an affidavit on 3 Feb 1851

29 Apr 1842

From: 1828 To: 1851

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Chapman, William Thomas,
Farrington, William,
Forrester, Sophia,
Smith, Sarah,
Horsley, Jonathan,
Apthorpe, Edward,
Rootham, John,
Crouch, George,
Crouch, Robert,
Forrester, James,
Brown, Joseph,
Ily, Joseph,
Garner, Richard,
Garner, John,
Huckle, William,
Minks, Stephen,
May, Thomas,
Hawley, George,
Huckle, Ann,
Huckle, Robert,
Huckle, James,
Page, Ann,
Shearman,
Larman, George,
Simms, John,
Dear, Peter,
Wilshire, John,
Rootham, Sophia

Biggleswade Manor, widow, mental illness, BIGGLESWADE, Biggleswade Stratton Street