R6/63/31/4

Copy Articles of Agreement

21 Dec 1744

From: 1744 To: 1744

Articles of Agreement Parties: (i) Joseph Spinage of Saint Paul, Covent Garden [Middlesex], mercer and Mary, his wife; (ii) John, Duke of Bedford Reciting: - lease and release by way of marriage settlement of 9-10 Jun 1737 (1) Mary Spinage (then Mary Elphick of Woburn, widow of Edward Elphick); (2) Joseph Spinage; (3) Francis Cook of Milton Bryan, gentleman and Virtue Savage of Woburn, spinster of a moiety of (a)-(b); - Rebecca Lamb was entitled to the other moiety of (a)-(b) and conveyed it to (ii) in R6/63/31/1-2 - (ii) had contracted with (i) to buy Mary Spinage's moiety of (a)-(b) Operative Part: - (i) agreed to convey (a)-(b) to (ii) within six months of Lamb Elphick becoming 21 or dying, for £170 Property: (a) corner house in Woburn "fronting E onto the road by the George Inn there" and N to Market Place or Market House in occupation of Thomas Darling and let at £7 per annum; (b) house fronting N towards Market House and adjoining E on (a) in occupation of Thomas Burbidge, let at £10 per annum and known as Coach & Horses (a)-(b) were copyhold of the Manor of Woburn Abbotts until enfranchised on 8 Apr 1734 to Mary Spinage Witnesses: - Samuel Davis; - John Sheffard; - Ambrose Reddall; - Richard Ward

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Lamb, Rebecca,
Russell, John (4th Duke of Bedford),
Darling, Thomas,
Burbidge, Thomas,
Elphick, Mary,
Lamb, Mary,
Spinage, Mary,
Reddall, Ambrose,
Ward, Richard,
Spinage, Joseph,
Elphick, Lamb,
Davis, Samuel,
Ward, Richard,
Cook, Francis,
Savage, Virtue

WOBURN, Woburn Leighton Street, Woburn George Street, Woburn Coach & Horses, Woburn Market House, enfranchisement, Woburn Abbotts Manor, widow, mercer, non-agricultural leases