BorBE7/2/41

Counterpart lease for 33 years: (1) Mayor, Bailiffs, Burgesses and Commonalty of the Town of Bedford (2) John Cawne of Bedford, merchant. Lease by (1) to (2) for 33 years from Michaelmas next of part of the Spital House with orchard or yard belonging, late in occupation of Richard Lightwood, in St Loys in the parish of St Paul, Bedford, near a close belonging to the Corporation called Pest House Close. Annual rent: 13s. 4d. Lease renewable every eleven years. Endorsed: This Lease was renewed for the second eleven years 29th September 1781 [the lessee was probably Thomas Bedford, whose name has been added on the endorsement]. No signatures of witnesses. Signature: John Cawne

28 September 1770, and 29 September 1781

From: 1770 To: 1781

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Cawne, John,
Lightwood, Richard,
Bedford, Thomas

merchant, Bedford St Loyes Street