X647/106

pre-Marriage Settlement

4 May 1681

From: 1681 To: 1681

1) William Perry, Bidwell, Houghton Regis, yeoman 2) Mary Melmoth, Bidwell, Houghton Regis, spinster 3) Francis Marshe, Dunstable, gentleman Richard Couley, Dunstable, maltster SETTLEMENT previous to Marriage of 1) and 2) Reciting that 2) has an amount of goods and household stuff and utensils and also £60 out at interest and that she is to receive £15 on the death of her sister Rebecca Melmoth AGREEMENT that if the marriage takes place 1) will not meddle with either her goods or her money but he can have the interest arising from the money and the wife will be free to dispose of her goods and money in her will marks of 1) and 2), signatures of 3) witnesses: Daniel Marshe, John Marshe, Thomas Powell

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Perry, William,
Melmoth, Mary,
Marshe, Francis,
Couley, Richard,
Melmoth, Rebecca

legal papers, settlements, marriage settlements, family/personal financial affairs, Bidwell, HOUGHTON REGIS, yeoman, DUNSTABLE, maltster, household goods, money, MARRIAGE