RO18/26-27

Lease and Release i) John Ransom of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, mealman and wife Anne, who is one of the daughters and devisees named in the will of William Brown of Ampthill, draper deceased ii) Ruth Brown of Ampthill, widow of said William Brown and devisee named in his last will iii) Right Honourable John Earl of Upper Ossory in the Kingdom of Ireland Recites: will of William Brown 12 February 1778 devising messuages and lands in Ampthill in occupation of Richard Boughton and John Paddon to said Ann Ransom subject to annuity of £50 to ii) for life

29 and 30 Sep 1783

From: 1783 To: 1783

Recites: RO18/22-23 NOW: Consideration: £280 -messuage in Bedford Street in Ampthill -close of pasture or garden ground adjoining, 5 acres :S. W. and N. the warren -messuage in Ampthill fronting towards the warren all late in occupation of Richard Boughton and now of --Boughton his widow, which William Brown purchased by RO18/19-20 now further: i) appoint that recovery (RO18/24) shall enure to use of iii) now further: ii) release and quitclaims to iii) said annuity of £50 Signatures: i) ii) Witnesses: Samuel Davis, Edward Platt

Russell 'wallpaper books' Volume V. no.139 pg.173

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Ransom, John,
Ransom, Anne,
Brown, William,
Brown, Ruth,
Fitzpatrick, John (Earl of Upper Ossory),
Boughton, Richard,
Paddon, John,
Davis, Samuel,
Platt, Edward

DEEDS, legal papers, AMPTHILL, annuities, Ampthill Bedford Street