Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    CC202-203
  • Title
    Release in fee (lease and release), £150: (i) John Read of Maulden, husbandman, only surviving son of Daniel Burden Read, who was eldest son of Robert and Mary Read (Mary Read being only child of Daniel Burden), thus John is heir to father, grandfather, grandmother and great grandfather; and also to uncle and aunt (also Robert and Mary Read) (ii) Francis Read of Maulden, yeoman (another uncle). [Recites several documents]. Francis Read has been in occupation since his mother's death. To clarify succession John Read is selling right to uncle: cottage in Maulden formerly called Red Lion; 2 closes adjacent, 4 acres abutting north on Bedford - Luton road (adjacent owners or occupiers: Duke of Bedford, late Lord Bruce; John Morris (late William Linford)); 3 cottages at Clophill (one formerly a barn, one lately built by Francis Read), occupied by Thomas Evans, William Hall, Christopher Cox, James Millard and Alice Stevens, widow; and 1 acre adjacent first cottage, abutting west on street; also allotments to Francis Read under award. Witnesses: E. Eagles, George King, his clerk
  • Date free text
    1,2 May 1805
  • Production date
    From: 1805 To: 1805
  • Scope and Content
    [Recites several documents]: will of Daniel Burden of Maulden, yeoman, 18 November 1762: devised to sister Elizabeth for life lands in Clophill; but if she marries, cottage occupied by William Crouch, labourer, to daughter Mary (executrix), to whom residue. Will of Robert Read of Maulden, gardener, 20 April 1769: dev. to wife Mary income from land in Maulden in Stockland and Ampthill Fields, and meadow in Harlington meadow and Sunder mead, Maulden; to 3 sons £5 each and daughter Mary £7; lands to be sold when Francis is 21, and proceeds divided. Maulden enclosure award
  • Level of description
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