R6/5/9/13

Mortgage

24 June 1688

From: 1688 To: 1688

Parties: (i) Mary Beckett of Bedford, widow, relict of Francis Beckett; Symon Beckett, son and heir of Francis Beckett (ii) Edward Sculthorpe of Puttenham [Hertfordshire], clerk Operative Part: - (i) borrowed £300 from (ii) at 5% interest secured on (a)-(c) Property: (a) The Angel Inn, Bedford, in the occupation of Thomas Rose; (b) The Star Inn, Bedford, in the occupation of Richard Skelton; (c) parcel of garden ground in the occupation of Lewis Smyth (d) the Burgess Tithe on corn and grain on 36 acres of arable called the Burgess Land; (e) all tithes of corn, grain and hay on ten acres of arable in Newnham Fields, Goldington and Bedford, the land abutting: N and S on the Burgess Land Witnesses: - Nathaniel Stoniell - Elizabeth Stoniell; - William Emrey; - Daniel Clerke Indorsed: “New writings belonging to ye estate at Bedford”

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Beckett, Mary,
Beckett, Francis,
Beckett, Symon,
Sculthorpe, Edward,
Rose, Thomas,
Skelton, Richard,
Smyth, Lewis,
Stoniell, Nathaniel,
Stoniell, Elizabeth,
Emrey, William,
Clerke, Daniel

Bedford fields, tithes, GOLDINGTON, Saint Cuthbert Bedford, Saint Paul Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton Bedford, widow, clerk, Bedford Angel, Bedford Star, burgess