Reference
R6/5/12/11
Title
Mortgage
Date free text
19 October 1689
Production date
From: 1689 To: 1689
Scope and Content
Mortgage
Parties:
(i) William Beckett of Bedford, gentleman; Francis Brace of Bedford, gentleman; Henry Lowen of Bedford, vintner;
(ii) William Baker of Feckenham [Worcestershire], gentleman and Martha, his wife;
(iii) William Staines of Bromham, yeoman
Reciting:
- R6/5/12/9
Operative Part:
- Martha Baker borrowed £300 from (iii) by consent of William Baker at 10% interest secured on (a)-(w)
- (iii) gave 5/- each to (ii) and William Baker
Property:
(a) land on the backside of the Swan Inn with the houses built thereon in the occupation of William Parker and Elizabeth Walker, deceased;
(b) land on the backside of the Maidenhead with the houses built thereon in the occupation of Matthew Christie;
(c) the Glovers Pitts adjoining (b) in the occupation of Henry Bisby;
(d) houses on the backside of the Maidenhead in the occupation of Samuell Beckett;
(e) an “Inward yard” and a garden in the occupation of Henry Beckett;
(f) an inward yard with houses built thereon in the occupation of Oliver Boteler, esquire;
(g) an inward yard in the occupation of Henry Bisby;
(h) a garden in the occupation of Widow Simpson;
(i) a garden in the occupation of Widow Merrill;
(j) a garden in the occupation of George Tamberlaine;
(k) a garden in the occupation of John Medburne;
(l) a garden in the occupation of Samuell Burton;
(m) a barn formerly in the occupation of Widow Benson then of Henry Smith;
(n) a garden in the occupation of Henry Goodall;
(o) a garden in the occupation of Francis Banister, doctor in physick;
(p) a garden in the occupation of Henry Stevenson;
(q) a garden in the occupation of Edward Sheffeild with the houses built thereon;
(r) a yard on the backside of the Bell Inn formerly in the occupation of Widow Benson then Henry Smith;
(s) “fishing or rushpand and benefit of the river or water of Owze” in the occupation of Nicholas Plivy;
(t) White Swan Inn, Bedford, Saint Paul, formerly in the occupation of William Parker then Elizabeth Walker, now Henry Lowen;
(u) Castle Hill;
(v) Castle Close, where Bedford Castle formerly stood adjoining (v) and containing four acres and lying near (t) in the occupation of Henry Lowen and lying between the River Great Ouse and Castle Lane with a piece of ground called the Bowling Green;
(w) close of pasture called Naylor’s Close in Cardington in the occupation of Thomas Slade, formerly Edward and Thomas Naylor with a close of John Larkinson E and a close in the occupation of Widow Willimott W
Witnesses:
- Alexander Bolton;
- John West;
- F. Beecher;
- John Willsheire
Level of description
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