HT1/18/13 & 14

Conveyance (lease and release)

29, 30 Mar 1776

From: 1775 To: 1776

i) Mary Cawne the younger of Bedford (widow of John Cawne late of Bedford, coal merchant, deceased, only son and heir of Thomas Cawne late of Bedford, gentleman, deceased), and Mary Cawne the elder of Bedford, (widow of Thomas Cawne, and mother of John Cawne) and Thomas Vaux of Bedford Esquire ii) Richard Lovesey of Bedford, gentleman Recites: will of John Cawne (as recited in HT1/18/11 & 12) Whereas: John Cawne died on 24 March 1775 leaving no issue, and his will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by his wife Mary Recites: HT1/18/11 & 12 Whereas: Mary Cawne the younger for furthering the sale of the real estate had paid the sum of £31..11..6 mentioned in HT1/18/11 & 12 out of the personal estate of John Cawne; the premises belonging to John Cawne had lately been sold by public auction, and ii) was the purchaser of premises described below NOW consideration: £370 paid by ii) to Mary Cawne the younger, and 10s. paid by ii) to Mary Cawne the elder and Thomas Vaux, i) grant to ii) - messuage or tenement in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, heretofore in the occupation of Thomas Cawne, now of Frances Cave, widow, purchased by Thomas Cawne of John and Martha Preston and Susannah Mangey :N. messuage or tenement now of William Theed Esquire :S. messuage or tenement now of Letitia Battison, widow :E. The common street :W. part on ground of said William Theed, gentleman, part on ground of the said Letitia Battison - an edifice or building consisting of a stable and barn with two chambers over it, situate in the yard belonging to a messuage or tenement called the Wheatsheaf in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, now in the occupation of William Earl, with liberty of access through back gate Property was purchased by Thomas Cawne of Benjamin Johnson endorsed: receipt by i) to ii) for £370 witnesses: Thomas Furnivall, clerk to Mr. Palmer John Blackwell, clerk to Mr. Lovesey seals: three applied on ribbons signatures: i)

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Cawne, Mary,
Cawne, John,
Cawne, Thomas,
Vaux, Thomas,
Lovesey, Richard,
Cave, Frances,
Preston, John,
Preston, Martha,
Mangey, Susannah,
Theed, William,
Battison, Letitia,
Earl, William,
Johnson, Benjamin

title deeds, BEDFORD, coal merchant, wills, John will: Cawne, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, AUCTION SALES, HOUSING, Bedford St.Paul's, Bedford High Street, stables, agricultural buildings, Bedford Wheatsheaf, rights of way, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS