Reference
X16/24
Title
Marriage settlement
Date free text
22 Nov 1726
Production date
From: 1726 To: 1726
Scope and Content
Marriage Settlement (attested copy)
1a) Wm. Willis, Wilden, gent
1b) Mary Willis, spinster, dau of (1a)
2a) Jn. Willis, Gt.Barford, gent.
2b) Wm. Turner, London, gent.
3) Jn. Turner, Bedford, apothecary
Settlement prev. to marriage of (1b) and (3) being CONVEYANCE (R of L & R) by (1a) to (2) to uses of
…mess. cottage or tent. in Potters St., Bedford St. Mary, late in occ. Thos. Field, now in occ. one Mehew, which was pur. by Wm Willis of Robt Crofts and others
…cottage or tent. with appurts. in Bedford St.Mary in Potter St. next to a yard belonging to a mess. now or late in occ. Mary Barnes, wid., a cottage now or late belonging to Henry Spencer on the other side, abtg N on the street late in occ. Hen.Scarborow, now in occ one Higham, and pur. by Wm Willis of John Bulstrode of Shefford, grocer
endorsed
“The issue of this Marriage was only a Daughter who dying a Minor the Estate after the Death of Mary who survived her Daughter and her Husband John Turner reverted to John Willis as only Son and Heir of the within named William Willis”