• Reference
    R6/5/8/16
  • Title
    Lease
  • Date free text
    20 August 1656
  • Production date
    From: 1656 To: 1656
  • Scope and Content
    Lease Parties: (i) Barbara Auncell of Bedford, widow; (ii) Robert Crompton of Elstow, esquire Operative Part: - (i) leased (a)-(b) to (ii) for ten years from 29 September 1656 at a rent of £13 per annum Property: (a) messuage with yard, orchard, barns and stables in Elstow in occupation of (i); (b) half part of Rye Close, Bedford, Saint Mary divided from the other half by a "quicksett hedge" and containing 12 acres in occupation of (i) Witnesses: - Ann White [by mark] - Arthur Claver
  • Level of description
    item