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Mortgage by demise for 1000 years, with covenant to levy fine

8 Feb 1739/40

From: 1739 To: 1740

i) John Preston of Aspley Guise, clerk, and Martha his wife (one of the sisters and devisee named in the will of Michael Dymoke, late of Bedford, gentleman, deceased) ii) John Harris of Biddenham, yeoman consideration: £100 paid by ii) to i), i) grants to ii) for 1000 years at peppercorn rent - moiety of a messuage or tenement and garden adjoining in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, now in the occupation of Thomas Cawne, gentleman - a fourth part of three closes of land in Cranfield, late in the occupation of William Burley and now in the occupation of John Cripps, one close called the Grove (3 acres) late wood ground and now arable land. Hook's Meadow (7 acres) now meadow ground, and Little Hooks Close (6 acres) now pasture ground. i) to levy fine of premises to use of ii) for the term of 1000 years before Hilary term next repayment: £100 and interest at 4 1/2% before 9 August next at the dwelling house of ii) at Biddenham endorsed: receipt by i) to ii) for £100 witnesses: John Cawne Thomas Cawne seals: two applied signatures: John Preston Martha Preston

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Preston, John,
Preston, Martha,
Dymoke, Martha,
Harris, John,
Cawne, Thomas,
Burley, William,
Cripps, John

DEEDS, mortgages, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, ASPLEY GUISE, clerk, wills, BIDDENHAM, yeoman, BEDFORD, HOUSING, gardens, Bedford St.Paul's Square, Bedford St.Paul's, Cranfield fields, CRANFIELD, woods, arable, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS