Z1314/1/3

Mortgage

8 Oct 1729

From: 1729 To: 1729

Mortgage Parties: (i) William Wiffin of Biddenham, yeoman (brother of James Wiffin, late of Goldington, yeoman, deceased) and Elizabeth, his wife; (ii) Henry Fleming of Bedford, surgeon and apothecary Operative Part: (i) mortgaged (a)-(i) to (ii) for loan of £150 at 5% interest Property: (a) cottage lately divided into two tenements o the W side of High Street in Bedford, St.Paul formerly in occupation of William Simpson, draper, then Jane Bradles, widow and Joseph Wiffin, now John Grey, gentleman and William Wiffin; (b) barn of five bays near (a) formerly in possession of David Ovray, esquire, divided from dwellinghouse of David Ovray S and Ford Lane N; with use of pump in yard of house of David Ovray (a)-(b) purchased by James Wiffin deceased from William and Mary Simpson (c) cottage and yard in Bedford, St.Peter de Merton formerly in occupation of Simon Covington the elder, now Thomas West; house formerly of George Mennard W and house formerly of Thurgood Upwood E; purchased by James Wiffin deceased from John Thurlow Brace; (d) cottage with 3 rood orchard adjoining in Goldington formerly in occupation of Thomas Paine; ground of John Haselden of London E; cottage formerly in occupation of William Richardson W; common street N; common field S; (e) close of pasture of 1½ acres in Green Ditch Field, Goldington, formerly in occupation of James Wiffin the executor; (f) selion of arable of half an acre in Wood Close, Goldington, with land of Goldington Bury W and James Haselden E; (g) selion of arable of half an acre in Windmill Field, Goldington, behind Small Croft with Bury land one side and land of Mrs.Risely the other; (h) selion of arable of half an acre in River Field, Crosspiece, Goldington with land of James Haselden on one side (d)-(h) formerly in occupation of James Wiffin the executor and purchased by James Wiffin deceased from Francis Brace and George Beck (i) arable in Small Croft, North Field , Goldington in occupation of James Wiffin the executor and purchased by James Wiffin deceased from Thomas Ellis Witnesses: - Henry Horton; - Griffith Morgan - John Cheyne

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Wiffin, Thomas,
Wiffin, James,
Wiffin, Elizabeth,
Simpson, William,
Bradles, Jane,
Wiffin, Joseph,
Grey, John,
Ovray, David,
Simpson, Mary,
Covington, Simon,
Mennard, George,
West, Thomas,
Upwood, Thurgood,
Brace, John Thurlow,
Paine, Thomas,
Haselden, John,
Richardson, William,
Haselden, James,
Risely,
Brace, Francis,
Beck, George,
Ellis, Thomas,
Horton, Henry,
Morgan, Griffith,
Fleming, Henry,
Cheyne, John

tailor, wills, yeoman, maltster, surgeon, Bedford High Street, St. Paul Bedford, BEDFORD, Bedford Ford Lane, water provision, St. Peter de Merton Bedford, GOLDINGTON, Goldington fields, apothecary, literacy