Z1542/2/7/9

Mortgage

4 February 1875

From: 1875 To: 1887

Parties: (i) John Steed of Baldock [Hertfordshire], brewer; (ii) Albert Hart Farr of Weston [Hertfordshire], farmer Operative Part: - (ii) gave £400 to (i); - (i) covenanted to repay (ii) with interest at 5% per annum; - (i) granted (a)-(b) to (ii) 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 formerly in the occupation of Jacob Unnsey and Alfred George Shelton, afterwards converted into a beerhouse and now in occupation of George Walton Habendum: - to (ii) with proviso for equity of redemption Witness: - William Stocker of Baldock, solicitor Endorsed with reconveyance to Oliver Steed (having been conveyed to him by John Steed) of 25 January 1887 witnessed by James Inskip Bloom, clerk to Hawkins & Company of Hitchin [Hertfordshire], solicitors

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Steed, John,
Farr, Albert Hart,
Baxter, John,
Stocker, William,
Unnsey, Jacob,
Shelton, Alfred George,
Walton, George,
Steed, Oliver,
Bloom, James Inskip,
Hawkins & Company

BEDFORD, Saint Paul Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton Bedford, Bedford Harpur Street, Bedford The Broadway, Bedford Harpur House, Bedford Offa Street, brewer, farmer, William Stocker, specific solicitors, Hawkins & Company