HF40/5/5/7

Bargain and Sale

5 Nov 1709

From: 1688 To: 1709

1) Sarah Emery of Bedford, widow of Joseph Emery, late of Goldington, labourer 2) Isaac Emery of Bedford St Cuthbert, hempdresser (only son and heir of Joseph and Sarah) 3) John Eston, carpenter, Philip Negus, Alderman (Trustees of 2)) recites 1) John Kitchener, then of Shefford, tailor Robert Kitchener of same, hempdresser (son and heir of Alice Kitchener, late wife of John) William Burrows of Bedford, cordwainer and Judith his then wife (who died without issue) (Alice and Judith only surviving daughters of Gyles Newton of Bedford, carpenter) 2) Joseph and Sarah Emery (purchaser) 2 May 1688 messuage, cottage or tenement etc., parish of St Cuthbert, Bedford, with orchard adjoining (commonly called the Lower Orchard) with free passage to and from the well (now in occupation of Isaac Emery) abutting E. messuage heretofore of Thomas Witt and another late of Edward Munke (both since of Benjamin Roberts) [Rodgers in HF40/5/5/13a & b] And an orchard or piece of land called the Over Orchard lying between the above messuages and a piece of sweard ground called the Claypits belonging to St John’s Hospital and the messuage now or late in occupation of Robert Tilly W. messuage heretofore of Humphry Merril and now or late of Joseph Reeve or his widow S. the ground formerly called and is part of Pecks Close, now used as a garden in the occupation of John Ireland N. highway to Goldington Consideration natural love of Sarah to her son and “a competent sum” witnesses: Thomas Chaplion and Benjamin Chesterton

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Hooper & Fletcher,
Emery, Sarah,
Emery, Joseph,
Emery, Isaac,
Eston, John,
Negus, Philip,
Kitchener, John,
Kitchener, Robert,
Kitchener, Alice,
Burrows, William,
Burrows, Judith,
Newton, Alice,
Newton, Judith,
Newton, Gyles,
Witt, Thomas,
Munke, Edward,
Roberts, Benjamin,
Rodgers, Benjamin,
Rogers, Benjamin,
Tilly, Robert,
Merril, Humphrey,
Merrill, Humphrey,
Reeve, Joseph,
Ireland, John

Hooper & Fletcher, buildings and land use, DEEDS, BEDFORD, GOLDINGTON, labourer, Bedford St.Cuthbert's, hemp dresser, carpenter, alderman, trustees, SHEFFORD, tailor, cordwainer, HOUSING, cottages, orchards, rights of way, water supply, WELLS, clay, Bedford St. John's Hospital, Bedford fields, gardens