BS1834

Assignment of lease (remainder of term of 99 years) by way of Mortgage; and further mortgage £80, 1000 years: (i) Sarah Bourne, widow, Bedford, William Willis, Bedford, gentleman (ii) Reverend Charles Fletcher, Clophill. Water close in parish of St Mary, property of St Johns Hospital, abutting north on Ouse, south on highway to Cardington, west on Kings Ditch (12 acres), in the occupation of late Thomas Underwood, gentleman, then Edward Bourne, clerk, late Francis Jessop, esquire. Cites deeds from 1738 [details given]. Witnesses: Emanuel Plumpton, John Pepiatt

22 Mar 1739/40, citing from 1738

From: 1738 To: 1740

Cites: Lease for 99 years, 3 October 1738: John Towersey, Bachelor of Divity, Master of St Johns Hospital, to Sarah Bourne. - Water close as above, also part of River Ouse, holm or ozier bed, rushes and fishing. Further mortgage, £80, 1000 years: (i) William Willis (ii) Charles Fletcher. - Messuage in parish of St John, Bedford, with malting, barns, stables and Home Stall adjoining; - 37 1/2 acres meadow and arable in the Parish of St Mary, in the occupation of William Willis.

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Bourne, Sarah,
Willis, William,
Fletcher, Charles,
Underwood, Thomas,
Bourne, Edward,
Jessop, Francis,
Plumpton, Emanuel,
Pepiatt, John,
Towersey, John

agricultural leases, mortgages, gentleman, clerk, St John's Hospital, BEDFORD, CLOPHILL, St. Mary Bedford, Bedford King's Ditch, St.John Bedford