Reference
R6/5/2/4
Title
Conveyance by Bargain and Sale
Date free text
26 Jun 1572
Production date
From: 1546 To: 1572
Scope and Content
Conveyance by Bargain and Sale
Parties:
(i) John Russell of Bedford, gentleman;
(ii) Robert More, citizen and grocer of London and Elizabeth, his wife;
(iii) Johan Weste of Bedford, widow
Operative Part
- (i) "for a certeyne some of money" paid by (ii) conveyed (a)-(c) to (ii) and (iii)
Property:
(a) a messuage called the Towne Howse in Saint Paul's, Bedford in the occupation of Alyce Chrystye, widow enfeoffed to (i) by her late husband John by a deed poll of 25 Jul 1546 made to trustees William Sutton and Henrye Lawghton;
(b) a messuage called the Rose in Bedford High Street formerly in the occupation of John West and situated between a tenement of Richard Lawrance, formerly in the occupation of John West N and a tenement of the Master of Saint John's Hospital, Bedford S;
(c) a toft of ground in Saint Paul's, Bedford between the King's [sic] highway N and E and the castle S; in the occupation of Robert Paradyne
Habendum
- to (iii) for her life, remainder to (ii) and Robert More's heirs for ever
Witness
- Richard Rede
Seal of Robert More attached [bearing the initials RM]
The deed is annotated: "The Bargayne and sale from Russell unto mo[ther] Joane West of the Rose"
Elizabeth More was, presumably, Joan West's daughter [see R6/5/2/1 and R6/5/2/6]
Level of description
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