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30 April 1716 (X67/231)
1 December 1729 (X67/232)
22 June 1722 Indenture between Mayor, bailiffs etc. of Bedford and William Brown, pipemaker
17 August 1723 (X67/233)
10 May 1726 Assignment between i) James Wiffin, gentleman; ii) William Brown, pipemaker and wife Mary and Sarah Brown, widow [? John Bunyan's daughter, [same source, see X67/231]]; iii) William Knight, grocer
23 June 1756 Will of William Brown
29, 30 October 1756 Lease and Release i) Mary Brown, widow of William Brown; John Brown, pipemaker and Charles Bithrey, gentleman [? husband of Frances Browne, Sarah Brown's granddaughter. Brown [same source, see X67/231]], ii) William Vowell, gentleman
30 October 1756 Assignment i) William Knight, grocer, ii) Mary Brown, widow and John Brown, pipemaker, iii) William Vowell, gentleman, iv) Joseph Foster Barham, esquire
30,31 March 1759 Lease and Release i) William Vowell, gentleman and wife Elizabeth, ii) Joseph Foster Barham, esquire
Easter Term 1764 Fine: Joseph Foster Barham, esquire (plaintiff), William Vowell, gentleman and wife Elizabeth, defendants
Parcels for conveyance to Joseph Barham, esquire 31 March 1759:-
... messuage and garden in St Cuthbert's, Bedford, formerly occupied by Sarah Brown and now by widow Tapster, bounded by street on West, and garden formerly of Thomas Lane on East.
... a cottage in St Cuthbert's, formerly a barn, nearby, sometime occupied by Mary Poole and now by Mary Sudbury, widow
... a cottage with yard in St Cuthbert's formerly occupied by Nicholas Tilley and late by widow James, bounded by Goldington highway on North, garden belonging to said first-named messuage on South, king's highway on West, and garden of St John's Hospital on East.
... a messuage in St Cuthbert's formerly occupied by John Holloway and late by James Abbott, bounded by cherry orchard on East and street on West.
... cherry orchard in St Cuthbert's (2 acres) formerly occupied by Thomas Lane and now by Charles Jones, bounded by Collins Close on East, land formerly of William Grant, since of Thomas Christie, esquire and now of John Berker on South, partly upon king's highway and partly upon land belonging to St John the Baptist Hospital on North. Cardale and Bramley, Bedford