Z953/2/8

Attested copy Deed of Covenant in respect of judgement between (i) John Lawrence of Cambridge, esquire, (ii) Thomas Abbott Green of Felmersham, esquire, (iii) Alexander Sharman and Thomas Wesley Turnley both of Bedford, gentlemen

27 Apr 1849

From: 1849 To: 1849

Reciting (I) Recent sale agreements by (ii) as follows: - to Walter Anderson of Oakley, farmer: (a) cottage or tenement with garden, formerly orchard ground and barn in Church End, Stevington, formerly occupied by John Perkins, since by James Ruffhead and now partly by Ebenezer Eaton and partly by Stevington Sunday School, bounded: to N by (c) in Z953/2/6; to S and E by property of George Peregrine Nash in occupation of Isaac Keech senior; to W by Stevington town street [to which (ii) was admitted tenant on 23 Jul 1841 – see (XIV) in Z953/2/5]; (b) cottage or tenement in Park End, Stevington formerly in occupation of Ann Gregory, afterwards of Francis Hulatt, now converted into two cottages and formerly occupied by William Bowyer and George Cox, now by Thomas Rowney and Ann Swaine; (c) piece of land, formerly an orchard and pasture, now arable and small plantation containing 3 acres late in occupation of Francis Hulatt and partly laid to (d) as garden, partly plantation and partly the site of (d) the residue being formerly occupied by John Skinner and Isaac Keech and, with (e) attached now occupied by Isaac Keech, Alexander Field and William Barton; (d) two cottages and gardens forming part of (c) and formerly occupied by Widow Sheffield and Thomas Keech, now John Sheffield and William Aspley; (e) piece of land in Almshouse Leys, Stevington, containing 3 roods 28 poles formerly in occupation of Francis Hulatt, since of John Skinner and Isaac Keech, now laid out with (c) occupied by Isaac Keech, Alexander Field and William Barton, bounded: to N by high road and property belonging to the almshouses; to S by property of Frederick Alston, esquire; to E by the windmill private road; to W by property of Frederick Alston and a lane belonging to it and by property of William Talbot Wallis [T.A.Green having been admitted tenant on 22 Jul 1841 on surrender of John Skinner]; (f) messuage and blacksmith’s shop with stables, barns, piggeries, hovels, brewhouse, yard and garden in Church Street, Stevington late in occupation of Richard Eaton, since in several occupations of Richard Lilley and William Eaton, now of James Ruffhead and William Ruffhead bounded: to N by part of premises of Mr.Cocks occupied by John Johnson; to S by premises of Thomas Abbott Green occupied by William Sharp; to E by common highway; to W by premises late of William Robert Jefferies, now of his representatives and occupied by Alexander Field and William Barton [to which T.A.Green was admitted tenant on 3 Mar 1849 on surrender of Sophia Eaton and William Eaton; (g) two cottages in West End, Stevington erected on site of a cottage formerly in occupation of Mary Foxen, afterwards of Thomas White, then of Thomas Cox with gardens and premises now in occupations of Thomas Cox and Thomas Simpson bounded: to N by land of Thomas Abbott Green in occupation of Richard Pool; to S by public highway; to E by garden ground of Thomas Abbott Green in occupation of Richard Pool; to W partly by property of Walter Anderson and partly by property of Thomas Abbott Green in occupation of Richard Pool [to which T.A.Green was admitted tenant on 23 Jul 1841 as devisee of Francis Green, esquire who had been admitted on the surrender of Thomas Bunting on 9 Aug 1838 – see Z 953/4/1; - to William Saunders of Stevington, labourer: (h) (a) in Z953/2/6; (i) (b) in Z953/2/6; (j) (c) in Z953/2/6; - to Edmund Favell of Stevington, miller: (k) allotment of land being part of Budd’s Close, Stevington containing 2/1/31 formerly in occupation of William Pool, now of Edmund Favell, bounded: to NE in part by (l) in part by Park Street; to NW in part by (l) in part by property formerly of William Pratt; to SE by private road leading to Duck End Farm; to SW by property formerly of George Pain, now of Thomas Abbott Green; (l) stone built messuage and yard and building near Stevington Cross formerly in occupation of William Eaton afterwards converted into two tenements in occupation of Richard Eaton and Elizabeth Rose, afterwards by Mary Hilton and Rebecca Saunders, since occupied as one messuage by Francis Hulatt, now by Edmund Favell, bounded: to NE by Park Street; to NW by property of William Pratt; to SE and SW by (k) [T.A.Green being admitted to (k) and (l) on 23 Jul 1841 as devisee of Francis Green who purchased them from William Pool]; (m) allotment of land in Great field, Stevington called Mill Close containing 7/2/37; (n) windmill situated in (m) formerly in occupation of William Pool, now of Edmund Favell bounded by Windmill Lane, ancient enclosures in Stevington formerly of Thomas Alston and James Walker, now of [blank] Alston and William Talbot Wallis and by other allotments of Thomas Alston, now property of[blank] Alston; - to Thomas E[a]stwick of Wootton, labourer: (o) piece of ground in Hall End, Wootton containing 45 poles with two cottages occupied by William Corby and Thomas Miller, bounded: to N by property of Rev.John Jenkyn; to S and SW by property of Colonel Buckworth; to SE by property of Thomas Estwick; to E or NE by public road; to W by property of Colonel Buckworth; - to Charles Beldam Lilley of Kempston, yeoman: (p) messuage or tenement, orchard and arable close containing 4/1/0 in occupation of John Whitehead in Kempston; - to Francis Hulatt of Stevington, carpenter: (q) messuage or tenement and garden in Stevington in occupation of Francis Hulatt; (r) four messuages or tenements and gardens in Stevington adjoining (q); grass close containing (r) in occupation of Isaac Keech; - to Walter Anderson of Oakley, farmer: (s) two messuages or tenements and orchard in occupation of William Jones and Diana Such in Stevington; - to John Fobee of Stevington, farmer: (t) three messuages or tenements and garden in Stevington in occupation of Thomas Bowyer, Thomas Sammerton and Widow White; (u) close of arable called Frost’s Field containing 12 acres in Stevington, partly in occupation of Isaac Keech and partly by various tenants as garden ground (II) Judgement in Queen’s Bench of 20 May 1847 against (ii) at the suit of (i) for £10,000 and costs as collateral security for payment to (i) of £5,000 and interest secured by way of mortgage on estates of (i) at Pitshill, Felmersham and Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire] (III) (i) agreed that the sales detailed in (I) should not be charged with the mortgage debt of £5,000, sufficient security for the debt remaining with property in Felmersham, Pitshill and Newport Pagnell Operative Part (i) at the request of (ii) and with (iii) agreed not to charge any of the mortgage debt of £5,000 to the land detailed in (I) above. Witnesses: John Foster Clerk, Rector of Foxearth [Essex], John Henley Webster MD, Kings Parade, Cambridge, Henry Ward of 51 Lincolns Inn Fields [Middlesex], solicitor, Thomas Cornish and Mark Sharman, clerks to Sharman & Turnley of Bedford, solicitors

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Lawrence, John,
Green, Thomas Abbott,
Sharman, Alexander,
Turnley, Thomas Wesley,
Anderson, Walter,
Perkins, John,
Ruffhead, James,
Ruffhead, William,
Eaton, Ebenezer,
Eaton, Sophia,
Nash, George Peregrine,
Keech, Isaac,
Keech, Thomas,
Gregory, Ann,
Hulatt, Francis,
Bowyer, William,
Cox, George,
Rowney, Thomas,
Swaine, Ann,
Skinner, John,
Field, Alexander,
Barton, William,
Sheffield,
Sheffield, John,
Aspley, William,
Alston, Frederick,
Alston, Thomas,
Wallis, William Talbot,
Eaton, Richard,
Eaton, William,
Lilley, Richard,
Cocks,
Johnson, John,
Sharp, William,
Jefferies, William Robert,
Foxen, Mary,
White, Thomas,
Cox, Thomas,
Simpson, Thomas,
Pool, Richard,
Pool, William,
Anderson, Walter,
Green, Francis,
Bunting, Thomas,
Saunders, William,
Favell, Edmund,
Pratt, William,
Pain, George,
Rose, Elizabeth,
Hilton, Mary,
Saunders, Rebecca,
Eastwick, Thomas,
Corby, William,
Miller, Thomas,
Jenkyn, John,
Buckworth,
Lilley, Charles Beldam,
Whitehead,
Jones, William,
Such, Diana,
Fobee, John,
Bowyer, Thomas,
Sammerton, Thomas,
White,
Webster, John Henley,
Ward, Henry,
Cornish, Thomas,
Sharman, Mark,
Sharman & Turnley,
Foster, John

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