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HT1/9/9 & 10
Title
Marriage Settlement (lease and release)
Date free text
22, 23 Nov 1771
Production date
From: 1771 To: 1771
Scope and Content
i) William Parker of Bedford, gentleman, and Mayor of the Town
ii) William Hornbuckle Parker of Bedford, grocer, only surviving child of i)
iii) Mary Tyers of Northampton, spinster
iv) Robert Tyers of Northampton, gentleman, father of iii) and one of the Aldermen of the Town of Northampton, and John Parker of Bedford, surgeon.
Recites that marriage was intended betwen ii) and iii) and that it had been agreed that the premises described below should be settled on iv) to hold to uses declared
NOW
consideration: marriage of ii) and iii), and 10s. paid by iv) to i), i) grants to iv)
- messuage, cottage or tenement with appurtenances, being the Corner house on the west side of Angel Street otherwise Sheeps Chipping in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, heretofore purchased by i) of Thomas Robinson, and now in the occupation of i)
- cottage or tenement near the churchyard of St. Paul, Bedford, in the occupation of John Guess, which was bequeathed to i) by Elizabeth Harris, widow
To hold to iv) in trust for the use of i) until the marriage takes place, then to use of i) for life, from the death of i) or ii) to the use of iii) for life, and then from the decease of the survivor of i), ii) or iii) to the use of the heirs of ii) and iii), or in default of such to the use of the heirs of ii) for ever
endorsed: [in later hand, in pencil] "it appears that there was no issue of this Marriage, and that William Hornbuckle Parker died intestate".
witnesses: Richard Lovesey Francis Powell
James Clarke Joshua Crockford
seals: five applied
signatures: i), ii), iii) and Robert Tyers
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