• Reference
    S/AM81
  • Title
    Bargain and Sale: £1,800 i) Robert Langhorne of Bedford, gentleman ii) Thomas Paradine, citizen and haberdasher of London and wife Mary
  • Date free text
    4 Feb 1604
  • Production date
    From: 1604 To: 1604
  • Scope and Content
    ...house and site of the house of the late Friars Minors commonly called the Grey Friars in Bedford, and all the late churchyard of the same house, with all messuages, lands etc. appertaining "as well within as without and next and nigh the site, compass, ambit, circuit and precinct of the same late house" late occupied by the Warden, headgovernor or minister of the said house at the time of the Dissolution of the same, now occupied by Damyan Peck, gentleman; meadow called Hanchurch alias Hanchette meadow alias Hanchette close sometime in occupation of John Scott in Bedford, late belonging to the Friars Minor; close called Bishop's close sometime in occupation of William Clarke now Damyan Peck; parcel of land called the Friar's grove sometime in occupation of Thomas Smythe, in Bedford, now in occupation of Damyan Peck; 2 closes called Dovehouse and Spicer's closes and 1 dovehouse, sometime in occupation of William Bourne in Bedford, now in occupation of Damyan Peck; 92½ acres arable land in the fields of Bedford in occupation of Damyan Peck; close of pasture called Curres close in Bedford St Paul and St Cuthbert; (included in appurtenances: all "conduites, cisterns, pipes of lead, wainscot and glass now remaining about the premises", and all other goods and chattels "affixed or fastened to the freehold of he premises") Witnesses: W Dod, Felix Wilson, Richard Dod Seal on tag, good conv. ? a griffin crest
  • Level of description
    item