BorBE2/8

Grant: Geoffrey de Stowa to Robert le Kok of Bedford; in free marriage with Se(?nicul)a his (the grantor's) daughter. A tenement in the town of Bedford in Caldwewllestrate, opposite the burial ground of the Church of St Peter de Dunstable. Witnesses: Simon Barschot (then Mayor of Bedford), William de Polevilla, Philip Bouetun (then bailiffs), Thomas Wymund, Abel ... (slight tear in corner)

c1250 - c1260

From: 1250 To: 1260

Between the tenement of the Abbot of Wardon and the plots ("placiam") of Walter son of John Lorimar paying to the Hospital of Cruce Roys for the hall and solar, 2s, and for the other place, to the House (Hospital) of St Leonard (in Bedford) as long as Simon Lambert shall live, 12d., and for the other place, to Robert le Typere of Houghton, 2s. And 11 acres in the Field(?s) of Harrowden, namely, of the fee of Sopwell, - 5½ acres of land as noted in the charter granted in the chapter ["sicut notatur in carte capitali"] paying therefor annually to the Prioress of Sopwell 1d.; and 1 acre of land, of the fee of William Lok, paying therefor to the said William 1d, and to Laurence son of William ½d; and ½ acre of land, of the fee of William Boynun, paying to the same ½d; and 1 r., of the fee of John Arneb?orun), paying to the same ½d.; and 2 r., of the fee of the Master Henry (sic), paying to the same ½d; and 1 acre, of the fee of Richard son of William Carpenter, paying to the same 1d; and ½ acre, of the fee of Walter Champeneys - and 1 r. in Alde(?merch)s, paying to the same 2d; and 2r. above le Sele, paying to the King 1d; and lr, of the fee of Sopwell, abutting in Aldemerchs; and ½ acre, of the fee of the Abbess of Elstow, paying therefor to William Lune ½d; and lr., of the fee of Reginald Webster ("textricis"). Rendering service to the lords of the fee as is contained in the original charters and to the grantor a pair of gloves.

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de Stowa, Geoffrey,
le Kok, Robert,
de Stowa, Senicula,
Barschot, Simon,
de Polevilla, William,
Bouetun, Philip,
Wymund, Thomas,
Lorimar, John,
Lorimar, Walter,
Lambert, Simon,
le Typere, Robert,
Lok, William,
Boynun, William,
Arneborun, John,
Carpenter, William,
Carpenter, Richard,
Champeneys, Walter,
Lune, William,
Webster, Reginald

marriages, Bedford Cauldwell Street, religious hospitals, Bedford St.Leonard's Hospital, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Harrowden fields, Elstow Abbey, Mayor, Bailiff of Bedford, Warden Abbey