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Certificate No.59266 by Edward Tanqueray and William Mead, clerks, Commissioners appointed for Bedfordshire, that they have contracted with Francis Penyston, esquire, on behalf of his son Thomas Fairmeadow Penyston, a minor, for the redemption by him of Land Tax charged as follows:

20 Jun 1799

From: 1799 To: 1799

a) £28..6s..9d charged upon the following (with details of assessment in 1798), Francis Penyston, proprietor in every case: Estate Occupier Sum assessed tithes of about 800 acres of corn and hay in Westoning Himself for the corn tithe proprietor £25..4s..9d tithe of wood Himself for the wood 5s..3d 7 acres of land William Payne 17s..2d 1 close of pasture land (2 acres 3 roods) Joseph Butcher 10s..7d 14 acres of land Henry Letch £1.3s..9d 1 messuage and appurtenance Robert Carr 5s..3d b) £20..15s charged upon: 1 messuage with appurtenances and 2 acres of land in Harlington James Case 15s 1 farm consisting of a messuage with appurtenances and 44 acres 2 roods land Henry Letch £9..10s farm consisting of a messuage with appurtenances and 58 acres 2 roods of land William Payne £10..10s c) £6..2s..3d charged upon: 13 acres 2 roods in Toddington George Godfrey £2..8s 24 acres 2 roods of land called Wadlows Henry Letch (and his undertenant) £3..14s..3d d) 8s charged upon: 1 acre 3 roods land in Tingrith Henry Letch 8s Which said Land Tax is intended to be redeemed from the monies arising by sale of part of the above property 'sold' (?i.e. by this date) to Elizabeth Jennings, widow, and John Wingate Jennings, esquire Consideration of redemption is declared to be £2,038..13s..4d capital stock in the Consolidated 3% bank annuities or in the reduced 3% bank annuities to be transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt payable as follows: £127..8s..4d stock on or before 1 August 1799, £127..8s..4d stock on or before 1 November 1799 and so on every three months until 1 May 1803 (with interest to be paid at the time of the second and each subsequent instalment to the cashier(s) of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England), equal to the amount of Land Tax redeemed Dated, at Bletsoe, 20 June 1799 Dorse: printed table recording various instalments (date when stock transferred, amount of stock transferred, and name of Receiver or Acceptor of Bank of England), filled in for period 1 August 1799 - 29 October 1800 and totalled, at foot, in sum of £2,038..13s..4d (signature of A Newland in each entry); Manuscript note of date of registration, 1 November 1799 (signed W B Radcliffe and ?D.M.); and inscribed '£227..9s.. -Reduced amount to compleat the three last instalments J Coward' With, affixed by pin, two Tax-Office Forms of Certificate of Amount of Land Tax and the lands upon which it is assessed in respect of a) and b) - d) respectively. Former signed ans sealed by Henry Brandreth, esquire and John Dixon, clerks (and also signed by J Lesley, Clerk to the Commissioners, 26 March 1799); and latter signed and sealed by Henry Brandreth and Reverend David Jenks, clerk (and also signed etc.). Both Certificates are endorsed with related notes

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Tanqueray, Edward,
Mead, William,
Penyston, Francis,
Penyston, Thomas Fairmeadow,
Payne, William,
Butcher, Joseph,
Letch, Henry,
Carr, Robert,
Case, James,
Godfrey, George,
Jennings, Elizabeth,
Jennings, John Wingate,
Newland, Abraham,
Radcliffe, W B,
Coward, J,
Brandreth, Henry,
Dixon, John,
Lesley, J,
Jenks, David

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