Reference
M1/5/9
Title
Declaration of approval by the trustees of Shefford charity of the actions of Edmund Williamson by which an estate in Arlesey and 4 ac. 34 p. in Clifton were substituted for a ruinous cottage in Shefford.
Witnesses. W. Faireton (?), clerk to Messrs. Pearse. Signed by the trustees.
Date free text
28 Jan 1825
Production date
From: 1825 To: 1825
Scope and Content
Recites:
(A) Feoffment to charitable uses 1 June 1809;
(B) Conveyance (Lease and Release); £240:
(i) Edmund Williamson of Campton, clerk, William Green of Shefford, liquor merchant, John Godfrey of Shefford, cordwainer, Benjamin Stapleton of Shefford, carpenter, William Waller of Shefford, carpenter, William Long of Shefford, feltmonger;
(ii) Edmund Williamson;
(iii) George King.
-- A cottage adjoining the chapel in Shefford.
(£106.5s.9d. of the purchase price was advanced by Edmund Williamson towards the purchase of an estate in Arlesey belonging to Sir John Jackson, baronet, deceased.) 9,10 May, 1823.
(C) Bargain and sale (Ref: M1/5/8);
(D) Conveyance; Frances Henley Ongley, widow of Robert Henley, Lord Ongley. -- 7 ac. 23 p. in Street furlong, Shefford field, Clifton.
(E) Conveyance (Lease and Release): Edmund Williamson to the trustees in (A).
-- 4 ac. 34 p. of the land in (D). 28 Jan. 1825.
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