BorBE7/1/14

Counterpart lease for 11 years: (1) Corporation of the Town of Bedford (2) William Steynes, innholder, and Thomas Randall, husbandman, overseers of the Poor of the parish of St Paul, Bedford [Names of Jordan Green, dyer, and Richard Crofts, cordwainer, over written throughout deed] Lease by (1) to (2) for 11 years from Michaelmas next, in trust for the inhabitants of St Paul's, Bedford, for the poor there to inhabit, of all that upper room with appurtenances on the west side of the fish market, late let to and inhabited by Elizabeth Gale, spinster, and since of (Peter Linford and Margaret Deal - names inserted later). Annual rent: 10s. to be paid half yearly by (2) or successors. Endorsed: "Now lett to Stephen Coomes for 11 years to commence from Michaelmas 1723". Witnesses: Thomas Chaplin, John Pearle. Seal: residual, applied on paper, on tag. Signature: William Stains, Thomas Randall

29 August 1712 - Michaelmas 1723

From: 1712 To: 1723

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Steynes, William,
Randall, Thomas,
Green, Jordan,
Crofts, Richard,
Gale, Elizabeth,
Linford, Peter,
Deal, Margaret,
Coomes, Stephen,
Chaplin, Thomas,
Pearle, John,
Stains, William

innholder, husbandman, Overseers, dyer, cordwainer