R6/5/8/29

Release

12 August 1714

From: 1714 To: 1714

Release Parties: (i) John Crompton, citizen and leatherseller of London; Barbara Gilbert of Saint Anne, Westminster [Middlesex], widow; Elizabeth Gilbert and Rebecca Gilbert of Saint Anne, Westminster, spinsters, daughters of Barbara Gilbert; (ii) William Sale of London, linen draper Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £500 divided as £200 to John Crompton and £300 to Barbara, Elizabeth and Rebecca Gilbert Property: (a) Rye Close, Bedford, Saint Mary of 13 acres; (b) meadow called Row Mead in Bedford, Saint Mary, containing 12 acres; (c) several pieces of arable in Bedford, Saint Mary containing 47 acres, 3 roods in the occupation of Edward Edwards, previously Robert Thomas Covenants - (i) covenanted to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc.; - against dower rights of Mary, wife of John Crompton; - covenants exclude lease of (a)-(c) of 10 October 1713 from John Crompton to Edward Edwards for fifteen years at £25 per annum rent Witnesses: - William Besley; - John Buckle; - George Wellington

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Crompton, John,
Gilbert, Barbara,
Crompton, Barbara,
Gilbert, Elizabeth,
Gilbert, Rebecca,
Sale, William,
Edwards, Edward,
Thomas, Robert,
Crompton, Mary,
Besley, William,
Buckle, John,
Wellington, George

Bedford fields, Saint Mary Bedford, linen draper, leather seller, widow, dower, agricultural leases