R6/5/12/19

Deed to lead to the uses of a fine

14 March 1708 [1709]

From: 1709 To: 1709

Deed to the Uses of a Fine Parties: (i) Margaret Lowen of Bedford, widow of Henry Lowen of Bedford, vintner; Henry Lowen of Bedford, gentleman, son of Henry Lowen, deceased; James Horton, citizen and grocer of London and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Henry Lowen, deceased (ii) Thomas Perrin of Bedford, woollen draper; William Staines of Bromham, yeoman Reciting: - James Horton owed Henry Lowen, deceased £440 at 6% interest on a mortgage of 10 April 1707; - R6/5/12/18; - the powers of Margaret Lowen as executrix were doubtful regarding the division of the estate between her son and daughter who were in disagreement; - to end all future disputes friends had moderated between the parties to agree that Margaret Lowen should hold all real estate until her death when it should devise to Henry her son who would then pay (ii) £40 per annum in trust for the use of Elizabeth Horton as well as cancelling James Horton’s debt of £440 Operative Part: - (ii) paid 5/- each to Margaret Lowen, Henry Lowen and James Horton; - (i) covenanted to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc to (ii) of (a)-(i) to the use of Margaret Lowen for her life, remainder to the use of Henry Lowen with (ii) taking a £40 rent charge for Elizabeth Horton Property: (a) messuage in Bedford, Saint Paul formerly in the occupation of John Hancock, deceased, now John Goodall and Richard Freeborne abutting on: the Castle Ground E; the High Street W; messuage formerly in the occupation of Thomas now Mary Pancost, widow N; messuage formerly in the occupation of William Bayley deceased, now Richard Yarnton S; (b) White Swan Inn in Bedford, Saint Paul, formerly in the occupation of Henry Lowen, deceased now Margaret Lowen; (c) Castle Hill or Bowling Green; (d) close of pasture where Bedford Castle once stood called Castle Close adjoining (c) and containing four acres formerly in the occupation of Henry Lowen, now Margaret Lowen lying between the River Great Ouse and Castle Lane and the Bowling Green (e) messuage in Kempston and Bromham formerly in the occupation of Thomas Freeman, now William Staines and John Fowler; (f) orchard adjoining (e); (g) two closes of pasture called Bushey Closes in Kempston containing together fourteen acres; (h) five roods and one swath of meadow in Box Meadow, Kempston anciently used with (e); (i) sixty acres of arable “in three severall Seasons” near The Box, Kempston and Bridge End, Kempston Witnesses: - Francis Brace; - John Penington; - William Houlker; - J. Goodhall

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Lowen, Margaret,
Lowen, Henry,
Horton, James,
Horton, Elizabeth,
Lowen, Elizabeth,
Perrin, Thomas,
Staines, William,
Goodall, John,
Freeborne, Richard,
Pancost, Mary,
Pancost, Thomas,
Bayley, William,
Yarnton, Richard,
Freeman, Thomas,
Fowler, John,
Brace, Francis,
Penington, John,
Houlker, William,
Goodhall, J.,
Hancock, John

BEDFORD, Bedford Swan Hotel, Bedford Castle, Bedford fields, bowling, widow, vintner, grocer, woollen draper, debt, family disputes, Bedford High Street, Great Ouse, Bedford Castle Lane, BROMHAM, KEMPSTON, KEMPSTON RURAL, Kempston Box End, Kempston fields, Kempston Bridge End