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Deed to lead the uses of a recovery (attested copy of release)

11 May 1742

From: 1742 To: 1810

i) John Taylor of Bedford, gentleman, brother and heir of William Tayler of Bedford, deceased ii) Emerson Plumpton of Bedford, gentleman For barring of estates tail and conveying premises to use of i) consideration: 5s. paid by ii) to i), i) grants to ii) - messuage, tenement, farmhouse and dovehouse in Harrowden, Cardington - two Closes of Meadow or Pasture ground upon which an ancient Farmhouse formerly stood (some years ago pulled down) in Fenlake, Cardington, and Harrowden (16 1/2 acres) - Meadow ground in Fenlake (12 acres) - Meadow ground in Elstow (2 acres) - several pieces of arable land and ley ground (160 acres) in the common and open fields of the parishes of Cardington, Elstow, and in the Town of Bedford - all those closes of pastuire or enclosed ground called Bonians alias Bunnians in Harrowden (20 acres) - orchard in Fenlake (1 rood) on which a cottage formerly stood - cottage or tenement and pightle or close of pasture in Fenlake and Harrowden near Harrowden bridge. All the above premises in the occupation of William Brooks - messuage or tenement in "Escots about Cotton End", Cardington, & close of pasture adjoining called In Lands, divided into two parts (35 acres) :E. the lands formerly of Mr. Wynch :W. Bulands Field :N. Bray field :S. Hay close (see below), and the land formerly of Mr. Wynch - Close of pasture called Hay Close with appurtenances in Eastcotts, upon which the last mentioned messuage or tenement stands (20 acres), formerly three Closes called Hay Close, Grass Close, and Whitlocks, formerly in the occupation of John Bull and called Bulls Farm, now in the occupation of George Hand - messuage or tenement in West End, Kempston - Close of pasture ground long divided into 3 Closes known as Westleys adjoining the said messuage (8 acres) :S. Highway : [?]. ground late or formerly of the Earl of Peterborough - Close of pasture and meadow ground long divided in two parts in West End, Kempston, (18 acres), next the ground late of Henry Staines, deceased, on both sides, and the lane leading from West End towards Cranfield commonly known as Whitchbrooks - pightle of pasture in Kempston West End, adjoining which is a house on land some years since sold from the said pightle - two Closes of pasture also known as Westleys (8 acres) All the above Kempston property in the occupation of William Haynes - Close of Meadow and pasture called Water Close (3 acres) in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, in tenure of John Tayler :S. River Ouze :N. Watery Lane leading from Trumpeting Meadow :W. Trumpeting meadow :E. "the ford there" - messuage or tenement in Sheep's Cheping alias Angel Street in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, with orchard and garden adjoining and belonging :S. messuage of John Taylor in his own occupation :N. messuage or tenement now or late of Lewis Sultch - the said messuage or tenement in the occupation of John Taylor in sheeps cheping alias Angel Street, with the orchard and garden :S. messuage or tenement in the occupation of Ebenezer Chandler, gentleman :N. last mentioned messuage or tenement - two messuages or tenements lying contiguous to each other in Well Street in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, now or late in the occupation of William Tilley and Nathaniel Thomson, with the orchard and garden adjoining and belonging :N. Well Street :E. tenement in the occupation of John Lansdale :W. barns and grounds formerly of Robert Courtman, gentleman and late of Thomas Hawes Esquire, both deceased - messuage or tenement with appurtenances in the occupation of Daniel Millington formerly called the Princes Armes and now called the Hare and Hounds in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford :E. common street :N. Town Hall :S. Butchers Row - butcher's shop in the said Butchers Row, late in the occupation of the said William Taylor, and now in possession of the said John Taylor, butcher, being a Corner shop :E. common street :N. last mentioned messuage or tenement - another shop in the said Butcher's Row, in the occupation of the said John Taylor, next adjoining eastwards towards the last mentioned shop - Edifice or building now entirely a Butcher's shop over which was formerly a Chamber, but lately taken down and the roof laid to the said shop, in the Nether end or West part of the said Butcher's Row, in the occupation of John Taylor :W. little passageway called the Turning gate leading from Butcher's Row to the Churchyard of St. Paul's :E. shop or tenement of John Bunby :N. Shambles or Butchrow :S. Churchyard Recovery to be suffered of premises to the use of i) witnesses: Henry Hurst John Pepiatt signatures: i) and ii) copy attested on 20 March 1810 by R.H. Gibbon and Theed Pearse Junior

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Taylor, John,
Taylor, William,
Plumpton, Emerson,
Brooks, William,
Wynch,
Bull, John,
Hand, George,
Earl of Peterborough,
Staines, Henry,
Haynes, William,
Sutch, Lewis,
Sultch, Lewis,
Chandler, Ebenezer,
Tilley, William,
Thomson, Nathaniel,
Lansdale, John,
Courtman, Robert,
Hawes, Thomas,
Millington, Daniel,
Bunby, John

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