Reference
Z1542/2/7/6
Title
Conveyance
Date free text
21 April 1853
Production date
From: 1849 To: 1853
Scope and Content
Parties:
(i) John Bradley of Bedford, grocer; William Joseph Nash of Bedford, common brewer; Ezra Eagles of Bedford, gentleman;
(ii) William Williams of Bedford, ironfounder; William Wells Kilpin of Bedford, ironmonger;
(iii) John Steed of Baldock [Hertfordshire], common brewer;
(iv) Oliver Steed of Baldock, common brewer
Reciting:
- Z1542/2/7/3;
- Z1542/2/7/5;
- auction sale of (a)-(b) and other property of John Cobb at Swan Hotel, Bedford on 4 November 1852 at which (iii) was highest bidder for Lot 3 [(a)-(b)] for £520
- the principal sum of £500 remained outstanding, together with £20 arrears of interest
Operative Part:
- (iii), by direction of (ii), paid £520 to (i);
- (i), by direction of (ii), conveyed (a)-(b) to (iii);
- (iii) paid 10/- to (ii);
- (ii) conveyed and confirmed (a)-(b) to (iii)
Property:
(a) ground at the junction of Offa Street and Harpur Street, partly in Bedford, Saint Paul and partly in Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton bounded: N by Offa Street; W by Harpur Street; S and E by
other property of John Baxter and measuring: 28 feet 3 inches S and 28 feet E containing 1,025 square feet;
(b) two messuages fronting Offa Street and Harpur Street respectively and called Harpur House
Habendum:
- to (iii) to the uses of his will; to the use of (iii) for life; to the use of (iv) during the life of (iii) in trust for (iii), to the sue of (iii) for ever
Witnesses:
- Ezra Eagles junior of Bedford, solicitor;
- Mark Sharman, clerk to Thomas W Turnley of Bedford , solicitor
Level of description
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