HF18/1/2/1a&b

Attested Copies of Lease & Release

1778-1832

From: 1778 To: 1832

(pencil alterations for use in Abstract of Title) 1) Joseph Coleman of Ampthill, Cordwainer (Vendor) 2) Ebenezer Handscomb of Ampthill, Watchmaker (Purchaser) Cottage or Tenement in Mill Street alias Sluts End, Ampthill, formerly in the occupation of John Simons, late of -, with the end wall & partition in the west side. (The Cottage divided into two tenements are now in the occupation of - Stone & Ebenezer Handscomb, together with all houses etc, including the necessary house to remain in the place it now stands & the drain of the yard & the necessary house to run & empty themselves into that part of the yard of Thomas Cart now used for his dunghill or muck hole) abuttments: W Cottage or Tenement of the Widow Dix E Messuage or Inn , late in the occupation of Richard Leach but now of Thomas Cart S Common Street Consideration £195 16s paid by 2) to 1) 3 & 4 April 1778 Attested by George Austin of Shefford. 17 December 1832

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Coleman, Joseph,
Handscomb, Ebenezer,
Simons, John,
Stone,
Cart, Thomas,
Dix,
Leach, Richard,
Austin, George

Ampthill Mill Street, Ampthill Sluts End, DEEDS, legal papers, cordwainer, watchmaker, SHEFFORD