• Reference
    S/AM146
  • Title
    Lease for 22 years: £250 per annum i) John Lord Ashburnham ii) Joseph Willis of Bedford, farmer
  • Date free text
    31 Aug 1725
  • Production date
    From: 1725 To: 1725
  • Scope and Content
    ... capital messuage called the Friars in Bedford; closes called Dovehouse, Creamers, Bishops, Hanchetts, Tirrells, Coneygree, Haycroft in Conduit field; 346 acres arable in Saints Peter, Paul and Cuthbert; tithes; except a little pightle (½ acre) late in occupation of Francis Brace, divided from Dovehouse close by a fence made by Brace; all wood and timber; and free fishery in the moats and ponds Witnesses: Denis Brien, Matthew Kiteley
  • Level of description
    item