TW564

Lease by i) Katherine prioress of Harwolde and the convent there, to ii) John Page of Bedeford and wife Agnes

Sunday after Michaelmas 5 Richard II 6 Oct 1381

From: 1381 To: 1381

... corner tenement as built in the parish of St.Paul, Bedford, between the lane running from the stone cross against the house of the Friars Minor to the tenement of William Tauerner, and extending from the tenement of the almoner of Newnham to the king’s highway opposite the pillory for the lives of ii) and their daughters Alice and Margaret at an annual rent of 6d for life of John at Michaelmas and Ladyday; if Agnes survives him rent 12d for her life; then to Alice rent 3s 4d; then to Margaret rent 3s 4d. Tenants to repair and pay rents to hospital of St.John Baptist Bedford and to capital lords of fee Witnesses: Thomas Jurdon mayor and John Swanton’ and Henry Hunte, bailiffs, Richard Frereman, John Feroun Harwolde 2 seals

“Records of Harrold Priory” B.H.R.S. XVII ref 141

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Page, John,
Page, Agnes,
Tauerner, William,
Page, Margaret,
Page, Alice,
Jurdon, Thomas,
Swanton, John,
Hunte, Henry,
Frereman, Richard,
Feroun, John

legal papers, DEEDS, Harrold Priory, BEDFORD, St. Paul Bedford, non-agricultural leases, Bedford St John's Hospital