BorBE7/1/8

Lease for 11 years: (1) Corporation of the Town of Bedford (2) Francis Walker of Bedford, tailor. Lease by (1) to (2) for 11 years from Michaelmas next, of all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford late in tenure of Katherine Hayward, widow, and now or late of (2): West - the fish market; East - messuage or tenement of Francis Walker; North - Corporation tenement, late in occupation of Thomas Wale, now of Thomas Smith; South - Corporation tenement now or late in tenure of Katherine Davy. Annual rent: 40 shillings. Witnesses: Thomas Chaplin, Richard Worth. Signature: George Wagstaffe, Mayor. Seal: one on tag.

28 September 1703 - 12 November 1708

From: 1703 To: 1708

Tenant to repair and maintain premises during tenancy. (2) bound in £40 to keep covenants. Endorsed: Minute of Common Council held at Guildhall Chamber on 12 November 1708 concerning surrender of lease by (2), and re-letting of premises by Corporation etc

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Walker, Francis,
Hayward, Katherine,
Wale, Thomas,
Smith, Thomas,
Davy, Katherine,
Chaplin, Thomas,
Worth, Richard,
Wagstaffe, George

tailor, Mayor