HT1/14/34 & 35

Conveyance (lease and release with appointment)

22, 23 Apr 1840

From: 1829 To: 1840

i) John William Fordham of Sandon, Hertfordshire, farmer, and Rebecca his wife ii) Trustees of the Bedford Charity Recites: HT1/14/31 & 32 Whereas: William Fordham died intestate on 5 November 1829 leaving i) as his eldest son and heir; letters of administration were granted to his widow, Sarah Fordham, by Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 30 Nov. 1830; Trustees have agreed to purchase premises of i) under the terms of the Act of Parliament of 7 Geo. IV [1826/7], and have pulled down the messuage to be conveyed NOW consideration: £68 paid by ii) to i), i) grants to ii) - piece or parcel of ground in Well Street in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, late in the occupation of Susannah Pell, widow, comprising the site of the said messuage lately pulled down :N. Well Street :W. site of messuage late in the occupation of George Prudden, lately purchased by Trustees of the devisees of Elias Fordham, deceased with joint use of well and yard endorsed: receipt by i) to ii) for £68 release endorsed: note of registration of freehold title in H.M. Land Registry, no. BD 29157 release marked W, and endorsed with note of acknowledgment by Rebecca, wife of J.W. Fordham on 27 May 1840 before J.P. Wedd & Thomas Wortham witnesses: J.P. Wedd, Royston Charles G. Mortlock, his clerk seals: two applied signatures: i)

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Fordham, John William,
Fordham, Rebecca,
Bedford Charity,
Fordham, William,
Fordham, Sarah,
Pell, Susannah,
Prudden, George,
Fordham, Elias,
Land Registry

deeds, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, Sandon, farmers, Bedford Charity, health administration, national acts, demolition, Bedford Well Street, Bedford St Paul's, BEDFORD, land use, wells, water supply, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS