Reference
R6/5/9/3
Title
Mortgage by demise for 500 years
Date free text
26 December 1670
Production date
From: 1670 To: 1670
Scope and Content
Mortgage by demise for 500 years
Parties:
(i) Francis Becket of Bedford, gentleman and alderman;
(ii) Robert Crompton of Elstow, esquire
Operative Part:
- (i) borrowed £100 from (ii) secured on (a)-(c) at 6% interest
Property:
(a) six acres of arable in Newnham Field in Bedford, Saint Paul and Bedford, Saint Cuthbert in the occupation of William Laundye abutting: N on a windmill in the same field; S on Great Ouse; Millers Leys E; Burgess Land W and all tithes on it
(b) the Burgess Tithe on corn and grain on 36 acres of arable called the Burgess Land;
(c) all tithes of corn, grain and hay on ten acres of arable in Newnham Fields, Goldington and Bedford in the occupation of William Laundey, John Cleaton and several others, the land abutting: N and S on the Burgess Land
Witnesses:
- John Gardiner;
- William Scott junior
Endorsed with redemption of the mortgage on 27 June 1671
Level of description
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