X435/162-163

Lease, release and appointment

8 May 1801

From: 1794 To: 1801

i) John White, Kempston, labourer ii) Mary Trapp, Bedford, widow iii) Thomas Trapp, St Saviours, Southwark, Surrey, tallow chandler John Trapp, Bedford, draper Benjamin Trapp, Bedford, draper iv) William Okely, Bedford, gentleman, and wife Martha v) George Stevens, Bedford, grocer, and wife Elizabeth vi) Thomas Abbott Green, Ludgate Street, London, goldsmith vii) John Ward, Ludgate Street, goldsmith William Green, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, gentleman consideration - £1,438..13s..4d paid by vi) to iv) - £1,438..13s..4d paid by vi) to v) - £1,438..13s..4d paid by vi) to ii) (total £4,316 being £4,250 for the property and £166 for the timber on it, less £100, which will remain in the hands of vi) to answer a legacy of £100 bequeathed to George Stevens by will of Thomas Pierson, deceased) now i), ii), iv) and v) release to vi) and vii) - capital messuage formerly in occupation of George Bowen [?Benson], then King Taylor and now of Mary Taylor, widow - Home Close (7 acres) - Whorlies Close (2 acres) - Ragway otherwise River Close (4 acres) - 12½ acres and ½ rood of land in East Mead - 9 acres meadow in Ham Mead in Kempston, late in occupation of King Taylor and now of Mary Taylor, widow - land in common fields of Kempston (122 acres) formerly the estate of Thomas Pierson and now of Mary Taylor i) - v) agree to surrender into hands of Lord of Manor of Kempston Daubeny and St John's - cottage in Up End, Kempston, with close of pasture adjoining (1 acre) - 17 acres 2 roods land in common fields of Kempston - pightle of pasture in Up End, Kempston - 8 acres land, formerly Newbold's [?Newold's] to which Simmons Trapp, William Okely and George Stevens were admitted tenants at court on 17 Oct 1794 signatures of i) - v) endorsed receipts witnesses: Theed Pearse, Jonathan [?John] Upton

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White, John,
Trapp, Mary,
Trapp, Thomas,
Trapp, John,
Trapp, Benjamin,
Okeley, William,
Okeley, Martha,
Stevens, George,
Stevens, Elizabeth,
Green, Thomas Abbott,
Ward, John,
Green, William,
Pierson, Thomas,
Bowen, George,
Benson, George,
Taylor, King,
Taylor, Mary,
Newbold,
Newold,
Trapp, Simmons

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, KEMPSTON, labourer, BEDFORD, Southwark, tallow chandler, draper, grocer, City of London Ludgate Street, goldsmith, City of London Salisbury Square, London Fleet Street, timber, money, wills, HOUSING, Kempston farms, Kempston fields, surrenders, Kempston Daubeny & St.Johns Manor, cottages, Kempston Up End, receipts