HT1/12/18 & 19

Conveyance (lease and release)

25, 26 May 1830

From: 1824 To: 1830

i) William Walker of Bedford, hatter, and John Gillham of Bedford, hatter ii) Trustees of the Bedford charity Recites: Will of John Walker of Bedford, [see HT1/12/16a] Whereas: John Walker died in February 1804 (sic - must be an error for 1824), and his will was proved in the Archdeaconry Court by i); Sarah Walker, the youngest daughter became 21 on 23 January 1830; Trustees had agreed with i) for the purchase of the property under the terms of "An Act for the better management and disposition of the estates given by Sir William Harpur, knight and Dame Alice his wife for a free and perpetual school in the Town of Bedford etc.", 7 Geo IV. [1826/7] NOW consideration: £700 paid by ii) to i), i) grant to ii) - messuage, cottage or tenement in Well Street in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, formerly in the occupation of John Lansdell, afterwards converted into two dwellings in the occupation of Joseph Millington and Frances Lansdall, since converted into three dwellings in the occupation of John Bushby, Thomas Bonham, and Ann Wiffen, widow, but now and for some time past converted into six distinct tenements or dwellings in the occupation of John Sheppell, William Ridge, ... Curtis, Elizabeth Lane, widow, Joseph Ward and Richard Dawson :E. messuage or tenement formerly of William Parker, since of John Gorley, and lately purchased by the Trustees of George Wells, the said messuage cornering on Wells Street and Angel Street :S. barn and other buildings lately purchased by the Trustees from Thomas Gwynn Elger :W. yard or back gateway belonging to messuage formerly in the occupation of John Shelton, also lately purchased by the Trustees from the said Thomas Gwynn Elger :N. Well Street endorsed: receipt by i) to ii) for £700 also endorsed [1971]: note of registration of freehold title in H.M. Land Registry, no. BD 29157 witnesses: E. Eagles, Junior Attorney, Bedford Ovid Comerford, Clerk to Messrs. Pearse & Son, Bedford seals: two applied signatures: i)

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Walker, William,
Gillham, John,
Bedford Charity,
Walker, Sarah,
Lansdell, John,
Millington, Joseph,
Lansdell, Frances,
Bushby, John,
Bonham, Thomas,
Wiffen, Ann,
Sheppell, John,
Ridge, William,
Curtis,
Lane, Elizabeth,
Ward, Joseph,
Dawson, Richard,
Parker, William,
Gorley, John,
Wells, George,
Elger, Thomas Gwyn,
Shelton, John,
Land Registry

title deeds, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, BEDFORD, hatter, Bedford Charity, wills, trustees, national acts, HOUSING, cottages, Bedford Well Street, Bedford St.Paul's, building work, Bedford Angel Street, agricultural buildings, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS