BorBE7/1/9

Counterpart lease for 11 years: (1) Corporation of the Town of Bedford (2) Richard Clarke of Bedford, cordwainer. Lease by (1) to (2) for 11 years from Michaelmas next, of all that messuage or tenement and shop with appurtenances in the fish market, in occupation of Daniel Fowler: East - shop belonging to the premises; West - churchyard; North - passage into the churchyard; South - Corporation tenement late in occupation of John Lovering and now of Elizabeth Lovering. Annual rent: 30 shillings by equal portions at Lady Day and Michaelmas. Witnesses: Thomas Chaplin, William Lovett. Seal: one applied on paper, on tag. Signature: Richard Clarke

26 September 1704

From: 1704 To: 1704

Tenant to keep premises in repair and pay all taxes.

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Clarke, Richard,
Fowler, Daniel,
Lovering, John,
Lovering, Elizabeth,
Chaplin, Thomas,
Lovett, William

cordwainer, shops