Scope and Content
1) Lease & Release
i) William Thomas of South Mills, Blunham, Yeoman (only son & heir of William Thomas, then late of the same place, Yeoman, deceased) & Alice, his wife (Vendor)
ii) Simon Page of Beeston, Cordwainer (Purchaser)
Messuage, cottage or tenement in Beeston, Parish of Sandy
AND Close of Arable Land & Pasture Ground (2A)
formerly in the occupation of John Tompion, sometime of William Savile and then of Simon Page
(all above premises conveyed by Thomas Tompion of Great Barford, Yeoman and Ann his wife to William Thomas, father of 1) above by Lease & release of 12 & 13 April 1753)
Consideration £168 paid by 2) to 1)
30 April & 1 May 1779
2) Fine
i) Simon Page (Plaintiff)
ii) William Thomas & Alice, his wife (Deforciants)
One Messuage, 1 cottage, 1 barn, 1 stable, 1 curtilage, 1 orchard, 2 acres of land, 2 acres of pasture & common of pasture & common of pasture for all Cattle at Beeston in the parish of Sandy
Trinity 19 Geo 111 (1779)
3) Death of Simon Page intestate, leaving his son , also Simon as his heir at law.
4) Will of Simon Page (the Son) (died 2 March 1823)
to Trustees until son, William Wells Page should be 21
piece of garden ground (1R) in the occupation of William Skilleter (part of and on the nortrh side of Testator's Close) at Beeston
abuttments: N Estate of Mr Ilsley
S rest of his Close
E Great North Road
W Ground, then lately sold to George Osborn Cooper
NB Fence should be erected on the south side of the site
to wife Mary Terry Page & William Usher of Blunham, Carpenter as Executors and Trustees to mortgage the property below to raise legacy of £75 for above son when 21. Residue of his rents to maintain his wife and support, clothe and educate his children and binding out his children to some trade or calling; until children all 21
BUT on the death of his wife William Usher to sell Real Estate
made 24 January 1823. Will proved at Bedford 2 September 1823
5) Death of Mary Terry Page
17 August 1854
6) Marriage of William Bennett Usher at Blunham
25 December 1810
7) William Wells Page aged 21
18 March 1830
8) Will of William Bennett Usher (died 3 June 1856)
appoints wife Sarah, son John and John Usher Taylor of St Ives, Hunts, Chemist and Druggist as Trustees & Executors : all estate vested in Testator as Trustee
made 10 February 1854
Will proved by John Usher 11 October 1856
9) Conveyance
i) Williiam Wells Page of Newcastle under Lyne of Inland Revenue
ii) John Usher of Bedford, Auctioneer (eldest son & heir at law of W.B.Usher, the surviving trustee under the Will of Simon Page
iii) Sarah Usher of Blunham, Widow, John Usher (as above), John Usher Taylor (as above) (Trustees under the Will of W.B.Usher)
iv) George Osborn Cooper of Beeston, Corn Factor (Purchaser)
recites Simon Page's Will proved at the Archdeaconry of Bedford 2 September 1823
recites Legacy of _75 not paid to W.W.Page
recites Auction by Page and John Usher
recites Declaration by Cooper of his Marriage in 1850 and that his wife is not entitled to Dower
a) piece of freehold land formerly used as garden ground (1R), formerly in the occupation of Jeremy and William Skilleter and then & now or late in the occupation of William Skilleter or his undertenants formerly part of premises b) below
abuttments: N lands of William Ilsley & now of Hogge & Lindsell
E Great North Road
S land b) below
W ground belonging to Cooper
b) piece of freehold land or garden ground (1A,0R,3P) occupied for some time past by William Skilleter & his undertenant Richard Dean.
abuttments: N land a) above
E Great North Road
S & part of W land late of Stephen Weyman, deceased
W (other part) land of Cooper
Consideration £255 paid to Page & Usher by Cooper
6 March 1858
10) Memorandum by G.Cooper of deposit of Tite Deeds with Messrs Sharples & Co to secure advances not exceeding £100
30 March 1858
11) Similar Memorandum extending credit to £300 29 May 1859
12) Assignment in Trust for the benefit of Creditors
i) G.O. Cooper (Debtor)
ii) David Fuller of Thorncote, Northill, Farmer, Charles Pope of Sandy, miller; Charles Powers of Biggleswade, miller (Trustees for the Creditors)
iii) The Creditors
i) indebted to parties ii) and iii) above, unable to pay and therefore assigned all his real & personal effects to 2) on trust.
a)Two Messuages or tenements formerly one tenement on Beeston Green
Messuage or tenement, formerly a Blacksmith's Shop
Messuage adjoining
Orchard (1A) adjoining the said tenements (one of which was then lately burnt down and another Cottage built on the site
these properties were formerly in the occupation of W.Grant & Stephen Hill, then or then late in the occupation of G.O.Cooper, Thomas Fisher, William Garner and James Richardson
b) Two brick or tiled Cottages on part of Balls' Close, near Beeston Green with the Barns, gardens, outbuildings & premises, formerly in the occupation of Edward Hill & Thomas Layton BUT now or late of Stephen Hill & Joseph Dean
c) Four Cottages on another part of Balls' Close with the Barns, gardens, outbuildings & premises, formerly in the occupation of Thomas Layton, Jabez Dean, Charles Ilsley & Joseph Wilshire
d) Piece of land (with the Cornshop lately erected on it) at Beeston (2A,2R,22P), occupied by Samuel Fuller
abuttments: N part on the land of William Sutton
N part on land of Benjamin Jefferies
S land of Thomas.E.Pawlett
W Great North Road
e) Piece of land (1A) part of property described afterwards (other part of property sold to Richard Dean by Cooper) formerly described as piece of freehold land formerly used as garden ground (1R), formerly in the occupation of Jeremy and William Skilleter and then & now or late in the occupation of William Skilleter or his undertenants formerly part of premises b) below
abuttments: N lands of William Ilsley & now of Hogge & Lindsell
E Great North Road
S land b) below
W ground belonging to Cooper
f)piece of freehold land or garden ground (1A,0R,3P) occupied for some time past by William Skilleter & his undertenant Richard Dean.
abuttments: N land a) above
E Great North Road
S & part of W land late of Stephen Weyman, deceased
W (other part) land of Cooper. 19 February 1861
NB Abstract being used for Requisitions on Title
Abstract prepared by Barker of Biggleswade 1861