X440/520

Copy of Court Roll, Manor of Biggleswade [NB The foregolng deeds X440/496-519 form the earlier title to premises (4) below; for earlier deeds of (1) see X440/107-12, /160; there are no earlier deeds for (2), (3) & (5)]

28 Apr 1848

From: 1801 To: 1848

Admission i) Blyth Foster under will: ii) John Foster, father of i) (1) - close formerly called Farm Close now called Beaumonts Close & Walnut Tree Close 4 acres, formerly 2 closes lying next the river Ivel to which John Foster was admitted 27 February 1801 on surrender of Robert Thurgood, Richard Edmund Rudd, Margaret Rudd rent 2s (2) - cottage in Shortmead Street or Shortmead End Biggleswade adjoining messuage late of George Herbert then of Cornelius Pateman Herbert & Nathaniel Vincent Herbert then of William Walker & close of garden ground adjoining 1 rood; which were all purchased by George Herbert from George Ibbott & were formerly in occupation of Richard Huckle then of John Randall then of William Albone then of George Ibbott, Henry Dawes & George Westrope to which John Foster was admitted 12-13 April 1809 on surrender of C.P. Herbert & I. V. Herbert rent 8d (3) - cottage in Shortmead Street or Shortmead End Biggleswade : South premises Henry Williams formerly in occupation of Benjamin Ford, then Thomas Beaumont then William Hughes then Richard Hide to which John Foster was admitted 7-8 April 1818 on surrender of Henry Squires rent 6d (4) - tenement in High Street Biggleswade with maltings & other buildings adjoining formerly in occupation of John Carrington bricklayer & John Barber then John Carrington & John Foster : East house of William Pedley : West house formerly of Edward Rudd late Samuel West then Joseph Meen & wife Elizabeth to which John Foster was admitted 27-8 April 1821 on surrender of John Barber & Edward Lindsell & wife Elizabeth rents: 1s 6½d & 1s 6½d (5) - land in Shortmead Street or Shortmead End Biggleswade fenced off from ground of Joseph Hickson & tenement shop & outhouses belonging formerly occupied by Henry Williams then Catherine Williams & small house, shop & warehouse & stable adjoining formerly occupied by Edward Rawlins then Thomas Williams to which John Foster was admitted 1 May 1840 on surrender of Catherine Williams & another rent 6d recites will of John Foster dated 6 February 1847 devising: - Beaumonts Close 5½ acres late estate of Edward Rudd with capital messuage, stables, buildings & appurtenances erected by John Foster thereon & in which he resided with fixtures & garden late site of a messuage, which was estate of Henry Squires - house & shop adjoining in occupation of William Sandon - messuages in Biggleswade late in occupation of Joseph West & Thomas Samuel - all his estate at Biggleswade formerly of John Barber & Edward Lindsell part occupied as a British School, rest in occupation of John Jefferies & others subject to several sums of money charged in said will to use of Blyth Foster for life, remainder as in will testator died 7 July 1847

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Foster, Blyth,
Foster, John,
Thurgood, Robert,
Rudd, Richard Edmund,
Rudd, Margaret,
Herbert, George,
Herbert, Cornelius Pateman,
Herbert, Nathaniel Vincent,
Walker, William,
Ibbott, George,
Huckle, Richard,
Randall, John,
Albone, William,
Dawes, Henry,
Westrope, George,
Williams, Henry,
Ford, Benjamin,
Beaumont, Thomas,
Hughes, William,
Hide, Richard,
Squires, Henry,
Carrington, John,
Barber, John,
Pedley, William,
Rudd, Edward,
West, Samuel,
Meen, Joseph,
Meen, Elizabeth,
Lindsell, Edward,
Lindsell, Elizabeth,
Hickson, Joseph,
Williams, Catherine,
Rawlins, Edward,
Williams, Thomas,
Sandon, William,
West, Joseph,
Samuel, Thomas,
Jefferies, John

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, copy court rolls, BIGGLESWADE, wills, Biggleswade fields, Ivel, surrenders, rentals, HOUSING, cottages, Biggleswade Shortmead Street, Biggleswade Shortmead End, gardens, Biggleswade High Street, malting, bricklayer, fencing, shops, warehouse, stables, John will: Foster, building work, schools, money