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AD3974/1
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Abstract and opinions on title of Mr. Samuel Harrison to premises at Bedford
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1728-1827
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From: 1728 To: 1827
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Reciting: Marriage Settlement (Lease & Release) £2,000 Thomas Hawes & Judith Wilkes (i) Thomas Hawes, Bedford, gent. (ii) Thomas Wilkes, merchant & alderman & Judith Wilkes spinster (youngest daughter of Thomas) (iii) Francis Jessop, Bedford, gent; Thomas Cave, Bedford, woollen draper (i) to (iii) to uses: -- Farm house called the Porch House, & rick yard, St. Pauls -- Porches close, Square close, Hill close, (30 acres) -- close (1ac 1r 0p) near the Pest House -- pightle (3r) abutting Hill close. -- pightle (1 1/2 acres) abutting house called the Green Dragon and small tithes arising -- 182 acres in Bedford fields occupied by Isaac Smith, then Thomas Randall, & small tithes -- New Close, St. Peters, near Putnoe Gate, & small tithes all late occupied by Thomas Randall -- Gravel Leys (4acres) St. Pauls, late occupied by John Riseley -- garden near the Porch House occupied by ( ? ) Groves (excepting Prebend Close & St. Cuthbert's Close) 25/26 Nov. 1728 Mortgage (Lease & Release) £200 (i) Thomas Hawes (ii) John Woodham, Stanford, Southill, gent -- Messuage, yards, gardens, St. Pauls, at end of Angel Street alias Sheeps cheaping, abutting late Alexander Leith, clerk, south & west, Thomas Woodward north, fronting east on the street; late occupied by John Goodhall, then ( ? ) Bithrey, then (i) -- garden (1 acre) abutting east on the messuage above, occupied by William Freelove -- farmyard, barns, stables, adjoining the garden south, extending north to Well Street, late occupied by John Risely, then Thomas Simpson. -- cottage, Well Street, late occupied by William Linford, since John Palmer then William Freelove; great gates of the yard west, street north, farmyard south. -- cottage, Well Street, adjoining above cottage on east, late occupied by John Newman. formerly the hereditament of Elizabeth Carter, widow of William Carter esq., deceased, Thomas Skevington, gent & wife Elizabeth, John Peers, gent & wife Ann, Mary Carter spinster, Thomas Wade gent & wife Temperance, in trust for them, formerly the estate of Robert Courtman gent, late purchased by (i) of Elizabeth Carter et al. 17/18 Oct. 1737 (see WG 2086 1711 conveyance Hawes to Leith; 1768 to William Theed) Will of Thomas Hawes & codicil. all lands & real estate to son John Hawes (after decease of testator’s wife Judith) subject to legacies to daughters Mary & Judith, remainder to sister Letitia, wife of Richard Luke, gent & brother John Hawes, gent. Will dated 7 May 1738; codicil 30 Dec 1740 died 24 March 1740/1; probate 26 Oct. 1741 Assignment of Mortgage (Lease & Release) (i) John Woodham (ii) Francis Jessop; Thomas Cave; Humphrey Dell, Flitwick, Dr. of physic; guardians & trustees of John Hawes, infant, only son & heir of Thomas Hawes (iii) Edward Cobden, Acton 24/25 Sep 1742 Further charge £600 (i) John Hawes, Baliol College, Oxford (ii) Edward Cobden (reciting Thomas Hawes died considerably indebted; (i) now of age, wants to pay off debts) -- Property as in recital of marriage settlement 25/26 Nov. 1728 (see above) -- Prebend Close (11 acres) St. Pauls St. Cuthberts Close (4 acres) -- moiety of messuage, granaries, warehouses, wharfs etc. St. Pauls, formerly occupied by Thomas Cave deceased. -- messuage, Sun, late occupied by James Chamberlain & wharf at bottom of yard then occupied by Elizabeth Cave. 29/30 Jan.1752 Assignment of mortgage £1000 (i) Edward Cobden, Portsmouth, gent, Kinsman & heir of Edward Cobden deceased. (ii) John Caryer, Bedford, draper; Rev. William Lucas, Uxbridge; Rev. William Croucher, Grendon; executors of Edward Cobden deceased. (iii) John Hawes; Rev. William Smith, Barton & wife Mary; Rev. Megison Newton, Wilstead & wife Judith (daughters of Thomas Hawes deceased.) (iv) William Webb, Bedford, draper (v) John Simpson, Covington, Hunts., gent (i) at direction of (ii) & (iii) to (v) Property -- as before: see recital of mortgage 17/18 Oct. 1737; and recital of further charge 29/30 Jan. 1752 (above) covenant to levy a fine 27/28 Feb1765 Final concord Plt. William Webb Def. John Hawes; William Smith & wife Mary; Megison Newton & wife Judith -- 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 3 orchards, 200 acres land, 20 acres meadow, 70 acres pasture, St. Pauls, St. Peters, St. Cuthberts, Bedford, & small tithes arising. Easter 1765 Reconveyance & discharge of mortgage (i) John Simpson (ii) John Hawes (reciting sale subsequant to mortgage of the messuage, yard & garden at south end of Angel St.) Property -- as in recital of further charge 29/30 Jan. 1752 (above) 1/2 Feb. 1781 Mortgage £500 (i) John Hawes (ii) John Bradshawe, Nether Crawley Farm, Luton, yeoman. Property-- as in recital of marriage settlement 25/26 Nov. 1728 & recital of further charge 29/30 Jan. 1752 (see above) 11/12 March 1781 Release of legacies (i) William Smith & wife Mary; Frances Smith, Barton, daughter & only child of William Smith & wife Mary (ii) John Hawes 6 April 1782 Release of legacies (i) John Newton, Oxford, coachmaker son & administrator of goods of Megison Newton deceased. 6 April 1782 Letters of Administration of Megison Newton, granted to John Newton. 30 April 1782 Marriage Settlement (Leonard Hampson & Frances Smith) (i) John Hawes, Cardington, Gent. (ii) Mary Smith widow & only surviving sister of (i); Frances Smith (iii) Leonard Hampson, Luton, gent (iv) Rev. John Smith, Mattinshal, Norfolk; Edw. Hampson, Westwood, Herts (i) to (iv) in trust to uses. Property -- as in recital of marriage settlement 25/26 Nov. 1728 & recital of further charge 29/30 Jan. 1752 (see above) subject to mortgage above. 28/29 June 1786 reciting that the issue of this marriage was two daughters: Frances, who became the wife of Thomas Anderson Rudd Mary, who became the wife of John Gibbard, Esq. reciting: that St. Cuthberts Close was sold to George Livius for £341 18s, 1791 (? no. 326 on award map) part of Hill Close was sold to the trustees of the Bedford charity for £160 17s 6d in1796, reserving a road or cartway leading out of Bromham Road Transfer of mortgage (i) John Bradshaw (ii) Leonard Hampson Property -- as before 11/12 March 1789 Conveyance (i) Edward Hampson (surviving trustee of 1786 settlement.) (ii) Leonard Hampson (who survived Frances late wife); Frances & Mary Hampson (iii) Rev. Sir John Filmer, Bt., East Sutton, Richard Gilpin, The Grange, Hockliffe, Esq. (reciting Bedford enclosure award) (i) at direction of (ii) to (iii) in trust to uses -- Gravel pit close (13a 2r 25p), Anseys close (9a 3r 27p), Prebend close, (10a 2r 30p) the Meadow (7a 2r 5p), Saddlers close (9a 19p), Further part of Great Hill close (3a 2r) Hither part of same (4a 4p) 15/16 July 1811 Articles of agreement (i) Leonard Hampson ; Frances Hampson (ii) Sir. John Filmer & Richard Gilpin (reciting that a marriage is intended between Frances Hampson & Thomas Anderson Rudd) -- moiety, for term of 99 yrs in trust to uses 18 July 1811 Articles of agreement (i) Leonard Hampson; Mary Hampson spinster. (ii) John Gibbard, Sharnbrook, Esq. (iii) Sir John Filmer & Richard Gilpin (reciting marriage intended between Mary Hampson & (ii)) Property -- as above 16 Dec 1812 Covenant to levy a fine (i) T. A. Rudd & wife Frances. (ii) John Gibbard & wife Mary (iii) Sir. John Filmer & Richard Gilpin (reciting. Frances, wife of Leonard Hampson died Jan. 1811; Leonard Hampson died 5 March 1824) -- Provender Meadow close (18a 35p), Ansey, Gravel Close, Saddlers Corner, Hither Great Hill (3a lr 8p), part of Hill close (2r 36p), Further Great Hill. 24 Jan. 1825 Final concord Plt. Sir. John Filmer & Richard Gilpin Def. Thomas Anderson Rudd & wife Frances; John Gibbard & wife Mary -- 100 ac land, 100 ac meadow, 100 ac pasture & tithes arising, St. Pauls, Bedford. Hilary, 1825 Conveyance £1600 + £210 (i) Sir. John Filmer & Richard Gilpin (ii) Thomas Anderson Rudd & wife Frances (iii) John Gibbard & wife Mary (iv) Robert Elliott, Goldington, Esq. (v) Thomas Elger, Bedford, builder (vi) Theed Pearse snr. (reciting: (i) sold (among other property) lot 4 to (iv) by public auction at the Swan, Bedford, for 1600, and subsequent agreement by (iv) to sell to (v) for £1810) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) to (v) -- two moieties of Saddlers Corner (9ac 19p), part (4ac 9p) of the allotment of 53a 3p to John Hawes deceased, in St. Pauls, and part (5ac 10p) in the allotment to same of 15ac 36p in St. Peters. J.T. Dawson north, John Parker east, Bedford-Clapham turnpike south & south west 25/26 April 1825 Covenant to produce title deeds (i) Thomas Anderson Rudd, John Gibbard (ii) Robert Elliott (iii) Thomas Elger (i) & (ii) to (iii) (schedule) 1825 Title abstracted 1827
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