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i) John Price, Leighton Buzzard, grocer
Henry Cooper, Shefford, draper
George Austin, Shefford, attorney
devisees in trust of Joseph Ibbs deceased
ii) Samuel Wilson, Clifton, brewer
--- 3½ roods Clifton, highway N, Mr Arch E, late Mr Bowyer (now to be sold to ii)) S, rest of plot W
--- 8 cottages on the site, purchased by Joseph Ibbs from George Kempson, 1839
--- 64 perches Clifton, late in occupation George Kempson, Shefford Road N, late Joseph Ibbs E (now to be sold to William Carrington) late Mr Bowyer S, late Henry Bushby W
--- newly erected houses on site [9-12 inclusive], late in occupation Jane Foster, William Smith, John Geoffrey, [ ] Walter, now by Eliza Hills, Richard Cobb, Thomas Roberts and Charles Roberts, and number 13 in occupation James Kempson
--- 38 perches Clifton, Shefford Road N, late Joseph Ibbs E, late William Bowyer S, late James West (to be sold to ii))W
--- 2 cottages erected by Henry Bushby on part of the ground [numbers 15, 16] in occupation Charles Copperwheat and James Ebden, Also cottage number 14 in occupation Levi Stuart, erected by Joseph Ibbs
--- cottage number 17 near the Shefford-Clifton highway late in occupation John Bushby now James West, William Bowyer’s allotment S and W
--- numbers 18, 19, 20 late erected Joseph Ibbs, in occupation Thomas Stanbridge, John Endersby, James Colburn
--- 7 acre 3 roods 36 perches Clifton, Shefford field, residue of plot sold by Joseph Ibbs to Henry Bushby w, purchased by Ibbs from William Bowyer, Shefford road N, Joseph Ibbs E and N, Joseph Arch and Lucas Charity E and S
--- 8 cottages newly erected by George Kempson and 24 perches (formerly described as Shefford, now considered to be Shefford Hardwick) NE of Shefford North bridge, John Foster esquire E, Earl de Grey W
--- messuage erected George Kempson, Shefford, (now 2 tenements) in occupation Lucy Kempson (late), now Edward Parrott and [ ] Usher, 2 cottages erected by same, sold to Joseph Ibbs 1840, in occupation George Stanley and [ ]Humberstone
--- 2 pieces, 1 acre 3 roods 2 perches (part of plot 1 acre 3 roods 36 perches) and 2 acres 2 roods 28 perches, Shefford, late in occupation William Barker, then George Sowton, part of late Crown estate, Mr Ibbs S, William Hogg esquire, George Henry Cooper and Samuel Wilson E
--- cottage, shop and garden, 20 perches, late in occupation Thomas Haynes, N side of Ampthill Street part of the late Crown estate, late Mr Cole, now Ibbs W, late John William Laing esquire N, now Mr Ibbs, Thomas Fane E