R6/5/12/22

Settlement by lease and release

16 October 1717

From: 1717 To: 1717

Settlement by lease and release (“lease wanting”) Parties: (i) Robert Bell of Bedford, esquire; William Staines of Bedford, vintner, devisees in the will of Henry Lowen of Bedford, gentleman, deceased; (ii) Elizabeth Lowen of Bedford, widow of Henry Lowen; (iii) Elizabeth Horton of Bedford, widow; (iv) John Horton of Kettering [Northamptonshire], gentleman; Francis Brace of Bedford, gentleman Reciting: - Lease and Release by way of marriage settlement of 26-27 April 1716, the release between (1)Robert Bell and Mary, his wife; Elizabeth Bell, spinster (2) Henry Lowen; (3) William Aspin and William Edwards in which Elizabeth Bell and Henry Lowen were to be married and (1) and (2) released (a)-(u) to (3) in trust – (a)-(p) to the use of Robert Bell before the wedding then to the use of Henry and Elizabeth Lowen for the life of the longest lived, then to the use of their heirs and in default to the use of the heirs of Henry Lowen; (q)-(u) to the use of Henry Lowen before the wedding then to the use of Henry and Elizabeth Lowen for the life of the longest lived, then the use of the heirs of Henry Lowen; - the marriage took place and Henry Lowen is since dead without issue; - R6/5/12/21; - Elizabeth Lowen was not pregnant so Elizabeth Horton became entitled to (a)-(u) subject to payment of the annuity of £25 per annum to Elizabeth Lowen, her jointure and life interest in the Rose Inn, Bedford; - “diverse disputes have arisen” between Elizabeth Lowen and Elizabeth Horton concerning payment of the debts of Henry Lowen and their respective rights to his real estate and an agreement of 15 October 1717 between the two women stated that Elizabeth Lowen was to have (a)-(p) in fee along with the half year’s rent due at Michaelmas last as her jointure in return she would release her right to all other real estate of Henry Lowen and (i) would join her in conveying the Bromham, Kempston and Bedford land to Elizabeth Horton Operative Part: - (iv) gave 5/- each to (i), (ii) and (iii); - (i), by direction of (ii) and (iii) released and (ii) and (iii) released (a)-(u) to (iv) Property: (a) capital messuage formerly in the occupation of Thomas Palmer in Keysoe; (b) 36½ acres of land in Keysoe; (c) pightle of pasture of one acre called Hollowayes Grove in Bolnhurst; (d) 11½ acres of arable in Keysoe as described in a terrier affixed to an indenture of 23 March 1641 [1642] between (1) Walter Richards and Thomas Kent and Elizabeth, his wife and (2) Thomas Palmer; (e) two closes of pasture called South Batemans containing 12 acres in Pertenhall, Wood End Field E, Batemans Groves W, Batemans Close N; (f) close of pasture called West Batemans in Pertenhall of three acres; (g) Batemans Groves in Pertenhall of six acres; (h) North Batemans in Pertenhall containing twelve acres lying next to Batemans; (a)-(h) purchased by Robert Bell, father of Robert Bell from Edward Palmer, citizen and skinner of London; (i) four acres of arable in Wood End, Bolnhurst purchased by Robert Bell senior from Samuel Pryor of Keysoe and described in an indenture of 23 July 1678; (j) cottage in Keysoe Row with King’s Highway N and between tenements of John Sheard and Peter Alcock; (k) close of pasture adjoining (j) containing one acre; (l) seven acres of arable in Keysoe; (m) one acre of meadow in Hardwick Meadow, Keysoe (j)-(m) purchased by Robert Bell senior from Stephen Wagstaffe; (n) pightle of pasture called Lawn Pightle in Keysoe containing two acres formerly in the occupation of Richard Hall and purchased by Mary Bell, mother of Robert Bell from Richard Hall and Joan, his wife; (o) one acre of arable in Keysoe in Lawn Field abutting on Little Field W, land late of William Coales E and Lawn Closes N; formerly in the occupation of Thomas Biscoe, clerk and purchased by Mary Bell from Thomas Biscoe; (p) 11½ acres of arable in Keysoe purchased by Mary Bell from John Peacock and described in an indenture of 24 December 1688; (a)-(p) in the occupation of Nathaniel Alcock and John Bull (q) messuage in Kempston and Bromham formerly in the occupation of Thomas Green then [blank] Staines and John Fowler with the orchard adjoining; (r) close of pasture lying near (q) called Home Close; (s) two closes of pasture called Bushey Closes in Kempston and containing fourteen acres; (t) five roods and one swarth of meadow in Box Mead, Kempston anciently used with (q); (u) sixty acres of arable in the several seasons in or near The Box in Kempston and Bridge End, Kempston Habendum - (a)-(p) to (iv) to the use of (ii) for ever; - (q)-(u) to (iv) to the use of (iii) for ever Witnesses: - William Aspin of Felmersham; - William Goodhall of Bedford; - William Standish of Uppingham [Rutland], clerk; - Henry Dent of Hallaton [Leicestershire], attorney

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Bell, Robert,
Staines, William,
Lowen, Henry,
Lowen, Elizabeth,
Horton, Elizabeth,
Horton, John,
Brace, Francis,
Bell, Mary,
Aspin, William,
Edwards, William,
Palmer, Thomas,
Richards, Walter,
Kent, Thomas,
Kent, Elizabeth,
Pryor, Samuel,
Sheard, John,
Alcock, Peter,
Wagstaffe, Stephen,
Hall, Richard,
Hall, Joan,
Coales, William,
Biscoe, Thomas,
Peacock, John,
Alcock, Nathaniel,
Bull, John,
Green, Thomas,
Goodhall, William,
Standish, William,
Dent, Henry

BEDFORD, Bedford Swan Hotel, Bedford Castle, Bedford fields, bowling, vintner, wills, widow, marriage settlements, Bedford Rose, BROMHAM, KEMPSTON, BOLNHURST, Bolnhurst fields, KEYSOE, PERTENHALL, Pertenhall fields, Pertenhall Wood End, Keysoe Row, Keysoe fields, clerk, Kempston fields, Kempston Box End, Kempston Bridge End, Henry Dent