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Conveyance (Bargain and Sale)

1 Mar 1661/2

From: 1661 To: 1662

i) William Abbis of Stotfold, Gentleman, (son and heir of William Abbis, late of Stotfold, Gentleman, deceased, son and heir of William Abbys late of Bedford, Gentleman, deceased) and Alice Abbys of Stotfold, widow (mother of William Abbis, party to deed) ii) Francis Beckett of Bedford, Gentleman In consideration: £420 - farmhouse in Angel Street alias Sheepes Cheaping in St. Paul’s parish, Bedford, sometime in occupation of William Abbis (father) or his late farmer, Robert Grew, with outhouses, malting, malt housing and other appurts. :E. Southend of Angell Street :W. common ditch or watercourse severing it from tenement of Thomas Hawes, Gentleman :S. on said tenement of said Thomas Hawes :N. tenement of … Bartram, and backside of property runs North into Well Street - close of pasture in Bedford called Corne Close, 10 acres, late in occupation of Robert Grew. :E. partly on a close of pasture of William Abbis (party) called Water Close also Water Lane Close, and partly on a close of pasture of said William Abbis sold or contracted to be sold to Thomas Harding, and partly on messuage of William Faldo, Alderman :W. Gravel close :S. Trompington Mead :N. Common Lane called Provender Lane, alias Fourth Street Recites that property was sometime the inheritance of William Newton, Gentleman, and his wife Frances (sole daughter and heir of John Godfrey, alias Cooper, deceased); property purchased by William Abbys (grandfather) from William Newton and his wife; conveyed to William Abbys by indenture of Feoffment executed by Livery of Seisin dated 1 September 1616, made between i) William Newton, Frances Newton and William Abbys (grandfather), and ii) Frances Crawley, Richard Taylor and Peter Paradine, Gentleman, and by a Fine dated the Octave of St. Michael, 1616; Recovery suffered Trinity term 1617, settling property for the use of William Abbys (grandfather) according to terms of Feoffment; property descended to William Abbis (father); property settled on William Abbis (party) by fine levied between /i/ William Abbis (father) and wife Alice (party) and Thomas Abbis (brother of William Abbis – father) and /ii/ George Catesby and Simon Adams, clerk, at Easter 1653, and by a Deed to lead the uses of a fine between the same parties dated 20 April 1653. Witnesses: Rees Thomas William Scott William Scott, junior Endorsed: Livery of Seisin. (6 December 1662)

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Harpur Trust,
Abbis, William,
Abbis, Alice,
Becket, Francis,
Grew, Robert,
Hawes, Thomas,
Bartram,
Harding, Thomas,
Faldo, William,
Newton, William,
Newton, Frances,
Godfrey, John,
Cooper, John,
Crawley, Francis,
Taylor, Richard,
Paradine, Peter,
Abbis, Thomas,
Catesby, George,
Adams, Simon

title deeds, Bedford Charity, Harpur Trust, buildings and land use, BEDFORD, Bedford Angel Street, Bedford Well Street, Bedford farms, Bedford St.Paul's, agricultural buildings, malting, ditching, waterways, Bedford fields, alderman, Bedford Fourth Street