• Reference
    R6/1/12/1d
  • Title
    Volume containing court rolls of manor of Newnham with Bedford, including: (I) Court of 27 May 1817 Lord: John, Duke of Bedford; Steward: Samuel Davis; Jurors: Joseph Barnard, foreman; John Cook Deaths of tenants: - George Livius, esquire; messuage in Bedford, St.Peter, formerly of William Powell; his widow was his heir; - John Dickons, messuage in Bedford; John Dickons, his son, was heir; - Samuel Whitbread, esquire; Bury Farm, Bedford, St.Peter, lat in occupation of Widow Odell; William Whitbread, his eldest son, was heir; - Edward Allison; tenement in Well Street, Bedford; his widow was his heir; - Edward Chapman; messuages in Goal [Gaol] Lane, Bedford, in occupation of George Burnham, William White and Thomas Rawlins; his widow was his heir Alienations: - Sir William Long (late Henry Whittingstall and William Long) to William Brown of Bedford, auctioneer; Red Lion, Bedford, in occupation of Widow Blackshaw; - John Cook, esquire to James Woodroffe; cottage in Gaol Lane, Bedford, late in occupation of Michael Joseph and John Moore, now of James Woodroffe and [blank] King; - William Smith to Rev.Thomas Gadsby; messuage in Bedford, St.Paul, late in occupation of John Whitehouse; - Thomas Hawes (since Leonard Hampson) to William Danes; Hawes Farm, Well Street, Bedford; - Thomas Ray alias Bithray to Richard Leach, gentleman; messuage in Bedford, St.Paul, late in occupation of Mrs.Mason, now Richard Leach, late property of [blank] Wardon; - John Costin to [blank] Maitland; two closes of meadow or sweard in Bedford, St.Paul [note that an entry in which Maitland aliened to Samuel Gifford was not correct]; - John Costin to [blank] Maitland who then aliened to Samuel Gifford; messuage in High Street, Bedford; - Richard Lane to R.W.Robinson; cottage in Bedford, St.Cuthbert; - Dorothy Foster to Peregrine Nash, esquire; messuage in Bedford; - Skevington Davison to John Parker; messuage in Bedford, St.Cuthbert; - John Langley to Commissioners of Bedford Bridge; messuage at Bridge Foot, Bedford (II) Court of 11 Nov 1831 Lord: John, Duke of Bedford; Steward: Samuel Davis; Jurors: George Peter Livius, esquire; James Woodroffe Alienations: - Samuel Gifford to John Rawlins, wine merchant; dwelling house, malting and granaries in High Street, Bedford, St.Paul, part now converted to a dwelling house, shop and premises, in occupation of C.B.Merry, stationer and part a malting and corn chambers in occupation of Edward Rawlins; - Rev.John Parker to Rev.Dr.Hunt, current incumbent; messuage in Bedford, St.John, part of Rectory of St.John, late in occupation of Thomas Nash, now Joseph Tween; - John Dickons to Samuel Lovell of Bedford, merchant; former King George on Horseback, Well Street, Bedford now comprising three dwellinghouses in occupations of William Day, [blank] Haydon and [blank] Graham Death of tenants - James Woodroffe to; cottage in Goal [Gaol] Lane, Bedford, now divided into two tenements in occupation of Benjamin Pool and [blank] Smith; James Woodroffe, builder, his son was heir
  • Date free text
    27 May 1817 - 11 Nov 1831
  • Production date
    From: 1817 To: 1831
  • Scope and Content
    Part of a volume, for other courts in the volume see the other R/6/1/12/1 references
  • Level of description
    item