• Reference
    ST1036-1037
  • Title
    CONVEYANCE (Lease and Release)
  • Date free text
    12/13 Jan 1816
  • Production date
    From: 1816 To: 1816
  • Scope and Content
    i) Thomas Kilpin, Bedford, ironmonger, Benjamin Allen, Leighton Buzzard, feltmonger, Ebenezer Malden, Bedford, baker ii) Reverend Samuel Hillyard, Bedford, minister of Old Meeting House in Mill Lane, Bedford St Paul, Richard Hensman, Bedford, baker, William Berrill, Bedford, bricklayer, James Smith, Kempston, yeoman, John Prole, Cardington, yeoman; all, with the exception of Benjamin Allen, being deacons or trustees of Bunyan Meeting Reciting will Richard Furness, late of Bedford, gentleman 20 August 1801, bequeathing residue to James Bailey, Bedford St Mary, gentleman deceased, and William Smith junior, Bedford St Paul, grazier, to sell and after certain life interests give money to deacons of Bunyan Meeting to invest and use interest to buy bread for poor of congregation, £150. Will proved Prerogative Court of Canterbury 14 August 1802 Reciting will of John Costin, Bedford, esquire 9 October 1801 by which he bequeathed £200 to deacons to invest and give interest to sick and poor of congregation. Will proved Prerogative Court of Canterbury 22 January 1806 CONVEYANCE (Lease and Release) by i) to ii) for £200 of ...cottage or tenement in Cople formerly in occupation Mary Cooper late of John Cooper deceased and now William Finneymore ...close or pightle adjoining 1½ acres to hold on trust to uses: three fourth parts of annual profits to uses will Richard Furness; one fourth part to uses will John Costin Signed all parties Witnesses: Benjamin Kilpin, William Fuller
  • Level of description
    item