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Abstract of Title prepared c.1898 of properties that were freehold (having been purchased by Samuel Wells) in 1834 and were transferred back to William Hogg and Robert Lindsell in 1860 (GK0/1 and GK0/2) (properties noted in detail only if the original deeds are not found elsewhere)
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c. 1898 (recites deeds dating from 1763)
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From: 1763 To: 1903
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1) George Hotel, Bedford a) Lease and Release 1) John Garner and Mary his wife (vendor) 2) Richard Lovesey (mortgagee) 3) Samuel Wells of Biggleswade, brewer (purchaser) 4) Edward Emery of Willington, farmer messuage or Inn formerly called Maidenhead Inn now “New George Inn” near bridge on E. High Street, St Paul’s parish, Bedford “being on the south” (sic) N. house in occupation of William Okely consideration £400:- £250 to 2) by direction of 1) £150 to 1) both from 3) 1 and 2 Oct 1791 2) Plot of land near Castle Lane a) Lease and Release 1) Robert Taylor 2) William Halfhead 3) Samuel Wells of Biggleswade esquire 4) Robert Lindsell of same, gentleman recites:- Lease for 500 years in £600 and interest between 1) and 2), 15 September 1818 :- Additional charge in £200 parties as above, 7 June 1820 plot of land measures 50ft on N. 50 ft on S. 80 ft on E. 70 ft 2ins part of garden adjoining E. to yard belonging to cottage occupied by Robert Taylor, parish of St Paul. south side of Castle lane abutting N. Castle Lane S. premises of John Green E. premises of Robert Taylor W. premises of Thomas Lovelidge consideration £200 paid by 3) to 1) 7 and 8 Feb 1825 3) Red Lion, Biggleswade a) Conveyance (probably Assignment of 1000 year lease) 1) John Dixey late of Biggleswade then of Bugden [Buckden], Huntingdonshire (devisee of his father Jonathan Dixey of Biggleswade, labourer’s will) 2) Samuel Wells of Biggleswade, brewer cottage called “Red Lion”, Biggleswade with barns, stables, yards, gardens and close of pasture adjoining consideration £50 paid to 1) by 3) £100 paid to William Race by 3) in discharge of mortgage 6 Jul 1785 b) Assignment of Lease for 1000 years 1) William Race 2) John Dixey 3) Samuel Wells of Biggleswade, brewer 4) Denis Herbert of Biggleswade, merchant, trustee recites Lease of 1,000 years of 18 June 1763 1) Jonathan Dixey 2) John Walby, property as above £100 owed by 2) to 1) and paid by 3) to 1) 6 Jul 1785 4) Coach and Horses, Biggleswade a) Lease and Release 1) William Butt 2) Samuel Wells messuage with hempland or close belonging (1 acre) Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, used as Inn or Alehouse called “Coach and Horses” formerly in occupation of John Pellit, then of 2) 1 and 2 Oct 1802 consideration £367..10s 5) White Hart, Flitton Lease and Release 1) Judith Walduck (vendor) 2) Samuel Wells of Biggleswade, gentleman (purchaser) messuage at Flitton, late occupied by Thomas Laycock and May Laycock NW. ground heretofore of Thomas Giddings E. ground where Town House formerly stood S. highway or street And cottage and ground at Flitton late occupied by Thomas Woodcraft and Joseph White SW. of above messuage S. highway And piece of garden ground where Town House formerly stood, formerly in tenure of William Brown. All above several tenures of Joseph Wright (purchased by J Walduck from William Burges and William Collyer and Mary his wife, dated 10 and 11 May 1786) And cottage, Flitton abutting E. ground formerly Mrs Crouch, now Lady Grey W. cottage late of Nicholas Wheeler, now of – Adams, formerly occupied by John Adams, then his widow and James Peake, now occupied by Thomas Peake (purchased by J Walduck from Thomas Woodcraft by Lease and Release 29 and 30 July 1788) consideration £210 19 and 20 Dec 1792 6) Wheatsheaf, Gamlingay a) Lease and Release 1) William Paine and Elizabeth his wife (vendor) 2) Samuel Wells (purchaser) 3) Robert Lindsell messuage used as public house formerly called “The George” now of “Wheatsheaf”, Gamlingay with yard at back consideration £452 10 and 11 Oct 1827 7) Chequers, Gamlingay a) Lease and Release 1) Thomas Jeakins (former owner) 2) George Maling and Martha his wife (mortgagee) 3) William Fisher (mortgagee) 4) Samuel Wells (purchaser) “The Chequer”, Mill Street, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire abutting N. tenement, late of William Crowley consideration £155 to 2) and 3) and 10s a piece to George Maling and William Fisher 9 and 10 Aug 1790 8) Crown, Great Barford Lease and Release 1) William Webb 2) Samuel Wells William Pedley of Barford, gentleman recites Lease and Release 1) William Webb 2) Samuel Wells 3) William Pedly trustee, 4 and 5 April1798 cottage or dwelling house in Great Barford called “The Crown” + yard adjoining late in occupation of William Webb now Thomas Coll And close of pasture near adjoining (1 rood) E. Crown W. and S. ground of William Webb N. messuage in occupation of Robert Pont (covered by 4 and 5 April 1798 above) And cottage in Lamb Pitt End, Great Barford abutting E. close of pasture then or late Richard Lambart W. Lamb Pit Way (a highway) N. close of pasture late Joseph Ward S. cottage late Elizabeth Spring widow And piece of ground, sometime since used as an orchard (½ acre), abuts W, Lamb Pit Way consideration £119 And cottage or dwelling house, barn and hogstye and strip of ground, Great Barford abutting N. common highway to Town of Bedford formerly in occupation of Richard Crip, now in occupation of John Webb (includes all the willows growing in on the waste against said cottage) (for residue of 2000 years Lease of 20 May 16 James I) 19 and 20 Jul 1798 9) Rose and Crown, Upper Caldecote, Northill Lease and Release 1) William Endersby Squire (vendor) 2) Samuel Wells (purchaser) Isaac Hindley of Baldock, Hertfordshire, gentleman (trustee) “Rose” and orchard or close adjoining (½ acre), Over Caldecote, Northill And cottage, Over Caldecote, Northill abutting E. King’s highway or Common Green- “Rose” above And close of newly allotted land (4 acres 3 roods) Upper Caldecote abutting small part of E. close of old enclosed land S. and W. land of Charles Fish Palmer N. public road from Upper Caldecote to Northill E. newly allotted land (late belonging to Thomas Baker rest of S. and rest of E. old inclosure of Thomas Baker) And close of old inclosed land, Over Caldecote (2 acres 1 rood 18 perches) abutting E. yard belonging to “Rose” S. homestall of Reverend Jacob Harvey part of W. land of Charles Fish Palmer rest of W. newly enclosed land above N. old enclosure late belonging to Thomas Baker consideration £525 paid by Samuel Wells to 1) 25 Nov 1799 10) Matts Close, Lower Caldecote, Northill Lease and Release 1) George Inskip the Elder 2) Samuel Wells 3) William Hogg of Biggleswade, merchant Close of pasture land formerly part of Bryants Field (since divided therefrom) called Matts Close. Near adjoining messuage or cottage, Lower Caldecote (3 acres 10 perches) consideration £208 3 and 4 Jul 1814 11) King’s Head, Northill Conveyance 1) James Harvey and Catherine his wife 2) Elizabeth Harvey 3) Samuel Wells 4) Edmund Harvey 5) George Inskip “King’s Head” in Nether Caldecote, Northill + yard, garden, orchard, backside, barns, stables, outhouses And close of old inclosed pasture ground (8 acres) formerly divided into 3 closes – then called “9 Acres” afterwards laid into 1 close and sometimes called “5 Acres”, Nether Caldecote, Northill. Near King’s Head abutting part E. land of William Inskip part E. old enclosure of John Brittain part E. cottage homestall now or late of James Harvey in occupation of Thomas Rycroft S. land late of Thomas Beaumont now of George Inskip W. newly inclosed land and a cottage homestall now or late of James Harvey and other land agreed to be sold to George Inskip N. land of William Inskip Herbage Rights on the Horse Cart and foot and drift way leading from the orchard belonging to King’s Head into and from the close of pasture above “as he the said James Harvey was entitled to have and take” But reserved to James Harvey right of way on foot and on horseback with horses, carts and carriages from and out of the west and of the aforesaid driftway into and across in nearly a straight line the close of pasture ground. consideration £964..7s 16 Oct 1805 12) “Sun”, Potton Lease and Release 1) John Dennis the Elder (vendor) 2) Samuel Wells of Biggleswade Matthew Rugeley of Potton esquire (trustee) Sun Inn, Potton formerly in occupation of Nathaniel Atterton, late Samuel Bells, now John Dennis the younger And 2 cottages, Horseloe Street near or adjoining Sun Inn And piece of ground, belonging to one of the cottages formerly in occupation of Nathaniel Atterton late of Samuel Bells now of John Dennis the elder and younger And cottage etc. Potton formerly in occupation of John Wadsworth, late John Gills, now John Dennis adjoining Sun Inn, Fordgate other end being next Mr Lukes except Lease of 500 years 1) John Dennis the elder 2) Jarvis Smith of 23 October 1784 (assigned to George Hatley of Potton) consideration £100 paid by Wells to Smith at request of Dennis to pay off mortgage £400 paid by Wells to Dennis 3 and 4 Jun 1793 13) “Oak”, Potton Lease and Release 1) Thomas Mills and Samuel Kent (vendor) 2) Samuel Wells (purchaser) Matthew Rugeley of Potton , trustee refers to Trust Settlement by Lease and Release 1) Lister Symondson 2) parties 1) above 5 and 6 Dec 1793 messuage in Potton (includes 2 garrets) And messuage adjoining S. side of above on Green or Hill abutting E. common street N. Sandy Lane leading towards Sandy S. way or street leading towards Biggleswade And 2 closes of pasture adjoining each other, Potton (2 acres 2 roods) abutting N. road Potton to Sandy E. part Market Close E. part garden of Thomas Mills and Samuel Kent in occupation of William Almond S. another close (next described) W. close belonging to Mr Kitchin And close of pasture, Potton (1 acre 2 roods) abutting N. last mentioned close E. part garden in occupation of William Arnold E. part premises belonging to heir of John Norman deceased, William Brown and George Kitchin S. close of pasture lately sold by Mills and Kent to Thomas Emery W. close belonging to George Kitchin And right of road of 16 ft wide from High Road leading from Potton to Biggleswade over a close of pasture ground in Potton, belonging to Mills and Kent and agreed to be sold to Thomas Emery to and from close of 1 acre 2 roods. [road to begin at corner of barn or outhouse belonging to George Kitchin’s cottage and from thence to run in a straight line west. Samuel Wells to make sufficient gates to and fencing off road – liability to repair] consideration £470 paid by Wells to 1) 16 and 17 Dec 1803 10s paid by Rugeley to 1) 14) King’s Head, Girtford, Sandy 1) Honourable Samuel Henry Ongley of Sandy and Frances his wife (nèe Monoux) (powers under deed of 29 December 1810) (vendors) 2) Samuel Wells (purchaser) 3) Robert Lindsell (trustee for 2) Public House called “King’s Head”, Girtford, Sandy, orchard adjoining, both in occupation of William Skilleter consideration £”400 paid by 2) to 1) 1 Feb 1821 15) Red Lion, Sandy (see GK33) abstract of GK33/14 1817 GK33/15 1819 16) Green Man, Southill Lease and Release 1) George Hicks the elder John Field of “Polehanger Crouch” (probably John Field of Polehanger James Crouch) 2) Samuel Wells “Green Man” Southill And that lately erected tenement near adjoining Stanford now in occupation of John Mintle consideration £120 paid by Samuel Wells to Hicks and Field 10s to James Crouch 8 and 9 Sep 1786 17) White Horse, Broom, Southill Conveyance 1) John Barber (vendor) 2) Elizabeth Barber, widow and relict of John Barber the father 3) Samuel Wells (purchaser) 4) Robert Lindsell (trustee) messuage sometime since used as a farmhouse, now used as Public House called “White Horse”, Broom, Southill and close or piece of garden adjoining (1 acre 1 rood 10 perches) 2) agrees not to enter to secure payment of £200 annual rent charge to which entitled under will of late husband consideration £1,000 paid by 3) to 1) 12 Nov 1828 made 1898 18) Three Horse Shoes, Wrestlingworth (for land part of Three Horse Shoes see GK40) Lease and Release 1) Edmund Bumberry and Tomas Hagger 2) Luke Ashwood 3) Samuel Wells messuage in Wrestlingworth called “Three Horse Shoes” formerly in occupation of John Simpson, since that of John Townsend, late of Jane Townsend, then of Edmund Bumberry And that plot of land at Wrestlingworth and in Hatley Port alias Cockayne Hatley (1 acre 2 roods) abutting N. allotment then or late James Ind E. Sanders Dean S. allotment to Richard Limmis W. road from Hatley to Wrestlingworth (covered by Mortgage by Lease for £800 1) to 2)) consideration £600 paid by 3) to 2) £30 paid by 3) to 1) 10 and 11 Feb 1815 19) 2 cottages formerly the Cannon, Wyboston (pencil addition 1898) 1) Susan Rugeley 2) William Payne Rugeley, Ann Rugeley, Henry Rugeley William Faux and Susan his wife 3) Samuel Wells 4) John Foster of Biggleswade, merchant Messuage sometime an Inn formerly called “The Gun Inn” afterwards “The Sun Inn”, and since then used as private house and then again converted into a Public House and called “The Cannon”, Wyboston, Eaton Socon (2 acres) And large barn rear adjoining to messuage above sometime called “Gun Barn” And that close adjoining commonly then and sometime called “Gun Close” (4 acres) consideration £525 paid by 3) to 1) 17 and 18 Nov 1809 And property in GK20 made 1898
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