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Counterpart lease for 11 years: (1) Corporation of the Town of Bedford (2) Anne Okely of Bedford, widow and milliner. Lease of (1) to (2) for 11 years from Michaelmas next of messuage or tenement called the Pest House with the close of pasture wherein it standeth called the pest- house close, in St Loys in the parish of St Paul, Bedford, with a pigeon house and all other appurtenances. Annual rent: £2. 4s. Witnesses: Thomas Cawne, Matthew Priaulx (Town Clerk). Signature: Ann Okely

1 August 1739

From: 1739 To: 1739

Corporation to have right of entry and to "dig in and about the stone Pitt and quarry there, and from thence with horses, carts and carriages to take, digg and carry away stones for their necessary use.'' In event of "pest, plague, or any other Epidemical or Infectious Distemper", then at the direction of the Mayor, the messuage "to be used for placing and reasonable continuance of the sick and infected therein", and the lessee to leave the premises for the duration.

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Okely, Anne,
Cawne, Thomas,
Priaulx, Matthew

milliner, Bedford St Loyes Street, pest houses, stone, general disease, Town Clerk