Scope and Content
Release
Parties:
(i) William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews, both of Inner Temple, London, gentlemen;
(ii) Anthony Jenkins of Lisson Grove, Saint Mary-le-Bone [Middlesex], esquire are Elizabeth, his wife;
(iii) John Cooke of Bedford, innkeeper;
(iv) Peregrine Nash of Bedford, brewer, trustee for (iii);
(v) Richard Smith of Bedford, gentleman
Reciting:
agreement of 25 September 1799 between (1) Anthony Jenkins; (2) Elizabeth Southouse; (3) William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews in consideration of the forthcoming marriage of (1) and (2) in which (1) and (2) covenanted with (3) that after the wedding they would convey to (3) lands in Bedford and Bedfordshire in the occupation of Field, Bland, Thomas Hensman, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Covington and Franklyn and property in Saint John Street and Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell formerly in the occupation of Ridgeway then Thompson to the use, as far as the property in Bedford and Clerkenwell was concerned, of (3) in trust for sale, the profits being used to discharge the debts of Edward Southouse except mortgages on properties at Manuden [Essex] and Round Court, Strand, Saint Martin-in-the-Fields [Middlesex], the surplus, provided it did not exceed £2,000 being paid to (1) for his own use and any amount in excess of £2,000 to be used to further reduce the debts of Edward Southouse, and any surplus after that payment should be given to whomever was appointed by (2) and in default to her for her own use;
- R6/5/13/1-2;
- the fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc covenanted in R6/5/13/2 was levied in Hilary 1800;
- R6/5/13/4;
- (iii) was highest bidder for Lots 1, 5 and 6;
- (iii) wished to have (a)-(c) conveyed to him in the manner below so that any wife of his should not be entitled to dower
Operative Part:
- (iii) paid £675 to (i) by request of (ii);
- (iv) paid 10/- to (ii);
- (i) , at the request of (ii) released and (ii) released (a)-(c) to (iv);
Property:
(a) mansion house in the High Street, Bedford, Saint Paul with cellar under the property purchased by Miller [Lot 3], the forecourt ground, drying ground, pleasure and kitchen gardens with two stall stable, washhouse, shed and woodhouse, piece of ground adjoining the gardens and piece of ground formerly used as a coke yard and a summerhouse in the occupation of John Whitehouse and Joseph Barnard bounded: part N by Lot 3 purchased by Joseph Miller, remaining part N by Lot 4 purchased by Thomas Button and Lot 5 purchased by John Cooke; E by Lot 6 purchased by John Cooke and Lot 9 purchased by Rev. Thomas Gadsby; S by garden of Simmons Trapp and Lot 2 purchased by George Stevens; W by High Street;
(b) piece of land and small yard in Bedford, Saint Paul being Lot 5 with a range of granaries, storehouse and guard room in the occupation of Malden, Wagstaff and Whitehouse bounded: N by Lucks Lane; E by Lot 6 purchased by John Cooke; S by Lot 1; W by Lot 4 purchased by Thomas Button;
(c) piece of ground being Lot 6, part of a garden in the occupation of John Mowbray in Bedford, Saint Paul adjoining Lots 1 and 5 extending W-E along Lucks Lane 202 feet and in depth N-S 149 feet and containing two roods, thirty poles bounded: N by Lucks Lane; E and S by Lots 7, 8 and 9 purchased by Thomas Gadsby; W by Lots 1 and 5 purchased by John Cooke;
- mounds and fences between Lots 1 and 4 were to be maintained by the owners and occupiers of Lot 1 and between Lot 1 and Lot 2 by the owners and occupiers of Lot 2; between Lots 4 and 5 by the owners and occupiers of Lot 5; between Lots 6 and 7 by the owners and occupiers of Lot 6; between 6 and 8 by the owners and occupiers of Lot 8; between 6 and 9 by the owners and occupiers of Lot 9
Habendum:
- to (iv) upon trusts as directed by (iii) in writing, to the use of (iii) for his life, to the use of (iv) during the life of (iii) in trust for (iii) and after determination of the estate of (iv) to the use of (iii)
Reciting:
- deeds in Schedule 1 relate not only to (a)-(c) but to divers other hereditaments of greater value and were to remain in the custody of (ii);
- deeds in Schedule 2 relate not only to (a)-(c) but to divers other hereditaments of greater value now owned by (v);
- (a)-(c) were, with other properties, held by Joseph Barnard of Bedford, merchant as assignee of Thomas Hensman, merchant under a lease to expire 25 March 1803 at £58/1/- per annum rent and (iii) was to receive £18 per annum as apportionment of rent for Lot 1, £5 per annum for Lot 5 and £3 per annum for Lot 6
Operative Part:
- (ii) agreed with (iii) to give (iii) access to the deeds in Schedule 1;
- (v) agreed with (iii) to give (iii) access to the deeds in Schedule 2;
- (iii) would receive £26 per annum from 25 December 1799 until the expiry of Joseph Barnard’s lease
1st Schedule:
- lease and release of 17 and 18 July 1725 (1) Samuel Bull; (2) William Faldo; (3) Edward Woodward;
- indenture of 30 April 1735 (1) Edward Woodward; (2) John Andrew and William Southouse;
- lease and release of 11 and 12 September 1789 (1) Elizabeth Greaves; (2) Edward Southouse; (3) Michael Hodgson and John Hardcastle;
- deed of appointment of 14 August 1795 (1) Edward Southouse and Elizabeth, his wife; (2) Michael Hodgson and John Hardcastle;
- articles of agreement of 25 September 1799 (1) Anthony Jenkins and Elizabeth Southouse; (2) William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews;
- lease and release of 23 and 24 January 1800 (1) Sir Henry Nelthorpe, baronet; (2) Anthony Jenkins and Elizabeth, his wife; (3) Michael Hodgson and John Hardcastle; (4)William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews
2nd Schedule:
- lease and release of 11 and 12 October 1714 (1) Christie Southouse; (2) Thomas Hoad and Thomas Browne;
- lease and release of 1 and 2 August 1740 (1) Henry Southouse; (2) John Harvey and Henry Cliffe; (3) Samuel Southouse;
- lease and release of 9 and 10 June 1752 (1) John Harvey and Henry Cliffe; (2) Samuel Southouse
Witnesses:
- Thomas Kidman;
- Thomas T. Tatham, clerk to Michael Hodgson, Symonds Inn;
- William Whitworth