BorBE2/70

Conveyance: William Fitzhugh of Bedford and William Lenton (executors of the will of Richard Lenton, brother of William Lenton, of Bedford) to Henry Rudyng, clerk. Two tenements in the parish of St John Baptist, Bedford. Witnesses: William Fitzhugh (Mayor), John Alwey and William Geffreyson (bailiffs), Philip Payn, John Goold, William Derlyng

6 Dec 1487

From: 1487 To: 1487

Whereof one is called Crosleysplace and lies between the tenement of the Prior of Cauldwell on East and that of the Master of the Hospital of St John Baptist on West, and abuts on the King's highway North; and the other tenement is called Shirwodys and lies nearly opposite the said tenement on the other side of the street, and extends from the tenement of St Leonard on West by ("per") the King's highway to a parcel of land of St Thomas on the Bridge ("parcellam terr' sancti Thome super pontem") on East, and abuts on the common ditch ("fossatum commune") (?the King's Ditch).

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Fitzhugh, William,
Lenton, William,
Lenton, Richard,
Rudyng, Henry,
Fitzhugh, William,
Alwey, John,
Geffreyson, William,
Payn, Philip,
Goold, John,
Derlyng, William

Mayor, Bailiff of Bedford, Richard will: Lenton, clerk, St. John Bedford, Bedford Cauldwell Priory, Bedford St John's Hospital, Bedford St.Leonard's Hospital, Bedford King's Ditch, Bedford Bridge