BorBE7/1/13

Counterpart lease for 11 years: (1) Corporation of the Town of Bedford (2) Robert Clare of Bedford, barber. Lease by (1) to (2) for 11 years from Annunciation last past, of all that messuage or tenement with appurtenances, formerly inhabited by Augustine Welford deceased and now by Gilbert Negus, in the parish of St Paul, Bedford, in or near Girdler's Lane: South - the lane; West - tenement heretofore of Richard Marks and late of widow Marshall and John Coe deceased, and since of John Munns; East - tenement late of John Deare and Mary Smithey, widow, deceased, and now or late of (2). Annual rent: 13s.4d. payable by equal portions at Lady Day and Michaelmas. (2) bound in £26 to keep covenants. Witnesses: Thomas Chaplin, Gilbert Negus. Seal: one with insignia, applied on paper, on tag. Signature: Robert Clare

29 April 1709

From: 1709 To: 1709

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Clare, Robert,
Welford, Augustine,
Negus, Gilbert,
Marks, Richard,
Marshall,
Coe, John,
Munns, John,
Deare, John,
Smithey, Mary,
Chaplin, Thomas

Bedford Girdlers Lane, barber