ST392

i) Thomas Hawes, Hertford, esquire ii) George Hawkins, Bedford, linen draper CONVEYANCE (Bargain and Sale) by i) to ii) for £28

3 May 1655; enrolled in Chancery 19 Oct 1655

From: 1655 To: 1655

...messuage now inhabited by Thomas Gibbes in Bedford St Mary next to the high street, together with backside and homestall. It abutts W. on Street, E. and N. on property of John Crawley, tanner, part occupied by George Leedes, and S. on a messuage of ii) which had been freehold of Robert Hawes, gentleman deceased and on his death descended to i) Recites an agreement between i) and the widow of Robert Hawes by which certain deeds touching the property are in the hands of William Whitbread of Cardington, gentleman, for lifetime of widow. Mentions an award by Mr Henry Whitbread and Mr John Grew in a dispute between Samuel Gibbes and Robert Hawes concerning 2 bays of building and a stable. Signed i) Witnesses: William Scott, Robert Welborne, Simon Beckett senior

item

Hawes, Thomas,
Hawkins, George,
Gibbes, Thomas,
Crawley, John,
Leedes, George,
Hawes, Robert,
Whitbread, William,
Whitbread, Henry,
Crew, John,
Gibbes, Samuel,
Scott, William,
Welborne, Robert,
Beckett, Simon

legal papers, DEEDS, St. Mary Bedford, Bedford High Street