• Reference
    S/AM128
  • Title
    Bargain and Sale, enrolled: £500 i) William Riseley of Bletsoe, gentleman, cousin and heir of Dame Anne Mordaunt deceased, late wife of Sir John Mordaunt, Barnardiston Riseley of Bedford, widow, and Nathaniel Mason, citizen and salter of London ii) Sir John Mordaunt
  • Date free text
    24 Dec 1706
  • Production date
    From: 1706 To: 1706
  • Scope and Content
    ... capital messuage called the Friars in Bedford; close appertaining: Dovehouse, Creamer's garden, Bishop's, Hanchetts, Tyrill's, Coneygree, Haycroft; 346 acres in the fields; 2 pieces of meadow in Press meadow in Goldington; tithes; late in occupation of Thomas Gurney now Richard Willis; messuage or farm in Stevington in occupation of Robert Gale; 46 acres land, 26 acres pasture in fields of Stevington; messuage or cottage in Bedford St Paul on E. side of High Street, S. Red Lion inn, N. messuage in occupation of -- Betts, widow, occupied by William Weal, gentleman; messuage or cottage adjoining yard and garden of last, fronting N. Mill lane, in occupation of -- Freelove, widow; piece of ground "lying contiguous" to the backyard of the messuage in occupation of William Weale, lately a coalyard late in occupation of William Isaack deceased, now James Munns junior; close of pasture in St Peter's (2 acres), in occupation of Thomas Hornbuckle Witnesses: G Downes, F Brace junior, Richard Willis, John Penington
  • Level of description
    item