• Reference
    BS1862-1863
  • Title
    Conveyance (Lease and Release), £900: (i) Thomas Knight, Bedford, gentleman (only son and heir of William Knight, deceased, grocer and tallow chandler) (ii) Sarah Gregory, Bedford, widow. Messuage with malt house, kiln and kiln house, and new built dovehouse and barn, in St John Street, Bedford; 1/2 acre pasture adjoining; 38 acres arable and sward in common fields of St Marys parish, Bedford [as in BS 1833] (citing BS 1859-1860). 5 acres in Kempston common fields; 2 half-acre lands in Mother field, Harrowden; shooting to Harrowden ford [as in BS 1839]. Late the estate of William Knight, deceased, devised by him to Thomas Knight, 19 May 1758. Details given of owners and occupiers of adjoining lands. Witnesses: Richard Lovesey, Whitley Sale
  • Date free text
    30 Nov,1 Dec 1770, citing from 1731
  • Production date
    From: 1731 To: 1770
  • Admin/biog history
    BRA Stamp 958, from Cunliffe & Airey, 48 Chancery Lane
  • Scope and Content
    Owners and occupiers of adjoining lands: Bedford: late Caldwell, late dissolved Hospital of St Leonards, late Mr Joy, late Hospital of St John, late Thomas Spencer, late John Newell, Thomas Harvey, late Alderman White, John Bromsall, late Oliver Peck, gentleman, Denis Farrer Hillersden, esquire, Mr Bedford, William Branes, late Mr Ashfield, Mr Kynaston, late John Forster, John Purser, Mr Levi Lavender Kempston: late Edward Ridge, Thomas Clayton, late Ralph Warren of Elstow, Mr Kynaston, late Robert Farnell, late Nicholas Cooke, late John Barker Cardington: late Daniel Rich, Thomas Clayton, late John Peck, gentleman, late Richard Bell, esquire
  • Level of description
    item