R6/5/4/102

Release

8 Oct 1750

From: 1750 To: 1750

Release Parties: (i) Edward Woodcock of Lincolns Inn [Middlesex], gentleman; (ii) Thurston Blackman of Cliffords Inn, London, gentleman; (iii) John, Duke of Bedford; (iv) Robert Butcher of Saint George’s, Bloomsbury [Middlesex], esquire Operative Part: - (iii) agreed to pay £2,400 to (i) - (iv) paid 10/- to (i) and (ii); - (ii), by direction of (i), released (a)-(j) to (iv) Property: (a) farmhouse called Saint Leonard’s Farm, Bedford, Saint John’s in the occupation of Thomas Stratton; (b) 3 closes of adjoining pasture containing ten acres; (c) 7 acres of every years land called Pillcroffts; (d) 10 acres in Fenlake Mead; (e) 6 acres in Kempston East Mead; (f) 3 roods of meadow in Longholme, Goldington; (g) close of pasture called Jewells, Bedford; (h) 4 acres of arable in Muslefield near (a); (i) 132 acres or arable in the fields of Bedford, Cardington, Goldington and Elstow; (a)-(i) formerly in the occupation of Simon Beckett, then Henry Shepherd, then Edward Edwards, now Thomas Stratton (j) Saint Leonard’s Fair, held annually on 6th November Habendum: - to (iv) to the use of (i) for 1,000 years, to the use of (iii) for ever Provisos: - that if (iii) pay 4% interest on £2,400 to (i) for the lives of Hannah Davis and William Lightboun then the term of 1,000 became void; - if (i) neglected to pay the annuities of £12 to Hannah Davies and £70 to William Lightboun [see R6/5/4/36] (iii) could apply the interest on the £2,400 to pay them; - (iii) could lay the £2,400 out in government securities of 1747-1749 in the names of two trustees, one appointed by (i) and the other by (iii) Witnesses: - John Willoughby; - John Becuda (I) Endorsed deed poll of 9 November 1753 by Edward Woodcroft and John, Duke of Bedford in which they agreed a decrease in interest to 3.5% per annum, witnessed by Thomas Barnard of Lincolns Inn (II) Endorsed deed poll of Edward Woodcock, John, Duke of Bedford and Robert Butcher of 6 August reciting indentures of 16 February 1791 in which Hannah Davis and William Lightboun released Edward Woodcock and John, Duke of Bedford as well as (a)-(j) above of the payment of their respective annuities; then John, Duke of Bedford paid the £2,400 to Edward Woodcock and Edward Woodcock conveyed (a)-(j) to Robert Butcher in trust for John, Duke of Bedford Paper found inside R6/5/4/40 seeming to show fines for occupation of copyhold land held of the Manor of Cotes [Eastcotts]: - Roger Harding as tenant of Saint Leonard’s Hospital, Bedford, formerly in the occupation of Henry Albany for a fine of 8/10; - fines of 3/1 to the Master of the Hospital and 12d. to the Guardian of the Fraternity of Saint Paul for holdings in Bedford – total 19/9; - Richard Cooke for a farm in Harrowden formerly in the occupation of Nicholas Fitzhughe, late Henry Cowper – 8/5; - Henry Cowper for an acre of land called Styes land in Harrowden late in the occupation of Thomas and Robert Cowper – 3d.; - John Peck for messuages and land in Harrowden late in the occupation of George Burtman – 3/10; - John Peck for a cottage late of Thomas Parker in Harrowden 13d., for William Mee in the same place 3/4 and Thomas Wilson in the same place 12d.; - a parcel lately held by Sir Richard Lee 117/9 lately held of King Edward VI by indenture of 15 July 1537

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Woodcock, Edward,
Blackman, Thurston,
Russell, John (4th Duke of Bedford),
Butcher, Robert,
Stratton, Thomas,
Beckett, Simon,
Sheppard, Henry,
Edwards, Edward,
Davis, Hannah,
Lightboun, William,
Willoughby, John,
Becuda, John,
Barnard, Thomas,
Harding, Roger,
Albany, Henry,
Cooke, Richard,
Fitzhughe, Nicholas,
Cowper, Henry,
Cowper, Thomas,
Cowper, Robert,
Peck, John,
Burtman, George,
Parker, Thomas,
Mee, William,
Wilson, Thomas,
Lee, Richard,
Edward VI

BEDFORD, Bedford Saint Leonard's Farm, Edward Woodcock, Thurston Blackman, Bedford fields, Fenlake, KEMPSTON, Kempston fields, GOLDINGTON, Goldington fields, CARDINGTON, ELSTOW, trade & industry fairs, annuities, Thomas Barnard, Eastcotts Manor, Bedford Saint Leonard's Hospital, Bedford Fraternity of Saint Paul, Eastcotts Harrowden, Eastcotts fields