HT1/14/38 & 39

Conveyance (lease and release with appointment)

28, 29 Apr 1840

From: 1810 To: 1840

i) John Edward Fordham of Melbourn Bury, Cambridgeshire, Esquire and wife Harriet ii) Trustees of the Bedford Charity Recites: Conveyance (lease and release) 8/9 February 1810 1) Robert Palgrave 2) John Fordham of Royston, Hertfordshire, esquire 3) George Fordham Conveyance by i) to ii) of Blacksmith's shop as below Whereas: 2) devised residue of real estate to i) by will dated 21 Feb. 1824; 2) died on 22 May 1830; i) is heir and general devisee of 2); Trustees have agreed with i) for purchase of premises under the terms of the Act of Parliament of 7 Geo. IV [1826/7], and have pulled down messuage to be conveyed; Harriet Fordham has agreed to join in conveyance to extinguish her right of dower in premises NOW consideration: £110 paid by ii) to i) grant to ii) - piece or parcel of ground in Well Street in the parish of St .Paul Bedford, late in the occupation of John Dunton, comprising the site of a Blacksmith's shop pulled down by ii) :E. site of messuage late in the occupation of ... purchased by i) of ... :W. site of messuage late in the occupation of ... purchased by i) of ... with joint use of well, yard, gateway etc. endorsed: receipt by i) to ii) for £110 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 Harriet Fordham on 29 April 1840 witnesses: J.P. Wedd Thomas Wortham seals: two applied signatures: i)

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Fordham, John Edward,
Fordham, Harriet,
Bedford Charity,
Palgrave, Robert,
Fordham, John,
Fordham, George,
Dunton, John,
Land Registry

title deeds, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, Melbourn [Cambridgeshire], Bedford Charity, Royston, BEDFORD, Bedford Well Street, blacksmith, shops, wills, national acts, demolition, dower, private land use, wells, water supply, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS