X85/13-14

Conveyance (lease and release); for £270

8, 9 Oct 1824

From: 1713 To: 1858

i) Reverend John King Martyn of Pertenhall ii) John Shepherd Cranfield of Harrowden in parish of Cardington Emery Cranfield of Harrowden, yeoman Jonathan Cranfield of Cotton End in Cardington, yeoman iii) Thomas Lovelidge of parish of St Paul, Bedford "the clerk of the same parish" iv) William Brown of Bedford, auctioneer [recites A) Lease and Release dated 23, 24 September 1713: William Flint and wife Mary, John Flint and wife Mary, and Richard Flint, to William Dodgson of Bedford, innholder; ... the messuage [as hereafter described] B) Will of William Dodgson dated 23 August 1729, by which he devised the said hereditaments to his wife Elizabeth until death or re-marriage, and after her decease to John Wadmore of Bedford, yeoman, and Jonathan Cranfield of Harrowden, yeoman, in trust for sale and division of profits amongst his 3 daughters Ann, Mary and Elizabeth Dodgson; proved in Court of Archdeaconry of Bedford by Elizabeth Dodgson, widow on 20 December 1729 C) Death of John Wadmore soon after that of William Dodgson D) Will dated 13 October 1736 and proved 22 November 1736, of Jonathan Cranfield E) Death of Jonathan Cranfield (son of said Jonathan Cranfield) in July 1777; and Administration granted to his widow Mary Cranfield, by which the property descended to his son Jonathan Cranfield F) Will of the last named (3rd) Jonathan Cranfield dated 18 March and proved 19 November 1789, by which he devised his real estate to his mother Mary Cranfield and brother Thomas Cranfield as tenants in common G) Death of said Mary Cranfield in March 1803 H) Will of said Thomas Cranfield dated 20 June 1822, and proved 19 August 1822, by which he devised his real estate to his sons John Shepherd Cranfield (eldest), Jonathan Cranfield (party hereto), and Emery Cranfield I) Intermarriage of Mary Dodgson (one of the 3 daughters of William Dodgson), with James Aspinall, survived him, and published her Will dated 21 June 1763, whereby she devised her third part of said messuage to her sister Ann Richards (formerly Ann Dodgson); proved 23 July 1770 J) Intermarriage of Elizabeth Dodgson (the 3rd daughter) with Robert Richards of St Paul, and her Will dated 1 August 1777, by which she devised her third part to her niece Sarah Richards (daughter of said Ann Richards); proved 26 November 1781 K) Intermarriage of Ann Dodgson with Thomas Richards, and her Will dated 18 September 1778, by which she devised her two third parts to her daughter Sarah (then wife of James Jacques); proved 31 October 1778 in Prerogative Court of Canterbury L) Intermarriage of said Sarah Jacques, on death of James Jacques, with Pearson Theed of St Paul, whom she survived, and published her Will dated 19 September 1782, by which she devised her real estate to her friends Richard Lovesey, gentleman, and William Theed junior, merchant, of Bedford, and William Watkins of Woburn, brandy-merchant, in trust for her children M) Will of said Sarah Theed, proved 23 October 1782, after birth of her child Sarah Theed N) Lease and Release dated 20, 21 September 1809: i) John King Martyn; ii) Sarah Theed (the daughter); iii) Theed Pearse of Bedford, gentleman. On the intended marriage of i) and ii) … the hereafter described messuage. To hold to iii) to use of ii) until the marriage took place, and then to use of i) and ii) for their lives, then to use of survivor, and to use of their heirs and assigns for ever O) Death of said Sarah Martyn in July 1812] … a messuage with curtilage belonging, formerly in occupation of John Cleaton, then of William Flint and now of Mary Wickham, widow, in parish of St Paul, Bedford, abutting North on Well Street, South on the tenement formerly of Dr Courtman but now of the Master, Governors and Trustees of the Bedford Charity, and East on tenement belonging to the Church of St Paul (to hold to said Thomas Lovelidge to use of such persons and under such trusts as shall be appointed, and in default of such appointment, to use of said Thomas Lovelidge for natural life, and after determination of that estate, to use of William Brown during natural life of Thomas Lovelidge, in trust for Thomas Lovelidge and assigns, and after to said William Brown and his heirs during life of Thomas Lovelidge to use of Thomas Lovelidge, his heirs and assigns for ever) Witness: Theed Pearse junior of Bedford [endorsed: Memorandum of Conveyance dated 25 March 1858: Ann Lovelidge, widow to Joseph Ames, butcher, both of Bedford … a piece of ground [measurements given], formerly part of the garden of said Ann Lovelidge, bounded North and West by the property of said Joseph Ames, South by that of Trustees of Bedford Charity and East by that of said Ann Lovelidge] [Release occupies 4 membranes]

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Martyn, John King,
Cranfield, John Shepherd,
Cranfield, Emery,
Cranfield, Jonathan,
Lovelidge, Thomas,
Brown, William,
Flint, William,
Flint, Mary,
Flint, John,
Flint, Richard,
Dodgson, William,
Dodgson, Elizabeth,
Wadmore, John,
Dodgson, Ann,
Dodgson, Mary,
Cranfield, Mary,
Cranfield, Thomas,
Aspinall, James,
Aspinall, Mary,
Richards, Ann,
Richards, Robert,
Richards, Elizabeth,
Richards, Sarah,
Richards, Thomas,
Jacques, Sarah,
Jacques, James,
Theed, Sarah,
Theed, Pearson,
Lovesey, Richard,
Theed, William,
Watkins, William,
Pearse, Theed,
Martyn, Sarah,
Cleaton, John,
Wickham, Mary,
Courtman,
Lovelidge, Ann,
Ames, Joseph

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, clergy, PERTENHALL, Harrowden, yeoman, Cotton End, BEDFORD, Bedford St.Paul, parish clerk, auctioneer, innholder, wills, trusts, health administration, merchant, WOBURN, brandy merchant, marriage settlements, HOUSING, gardens, Bedford Well Street, doctor, Bedford Charity, churches, butcher, Bedford fields