X507/51

Abstract of Title of Executors of late Mr William Sharp, deceased, to premises in St Paul's, Bedford

1821

From: 1657 To: 1821

1. Deed to Lead the Uses of a Fine, 28 March 1657 i) John Parratt of Milton Ernest, yeoman, and wife Helen ii) Thomas Arnold alias Cooper William Riseley of Bedford, gentleman - inn with appurtenances in High Street, Bedford, called The Dolphin, occupied by John Thompson to use of i) 2. Final Concord, Easter Term 9 Charles II [1657/58] as above deed 3. Deed to Lead the Uses of a Fine, 1 May 1661 i) John Parratt senior, of Milton Ernest, yeoman ii) John Eston junior of Bedford, draper consideration: £9 - part of wood yard of the Dolphin, then distinguished from other part of yard by brick wall, lately erected by ii), containing ½ of yard and 40ft more than ½ North: yard John Eston West: messuage James Goods South: muck yard of Dolphin Inn and free way for ii) for all carts etc. into Stonehouse Lane and free liberty of laying all manner of dung etc. in muck yard 4. Feoffment, 20 October 1662 i) John Parratt ii) Robert Bell of Bedford, gentleman consideration: £250 premises as in 1. endorsed: livery of seisin 5. Conveyance (lease and release), 4, 5 January 1785 i) William Gery of Bushmead Priory, esquire the Reverend Charles Gery of Grantham, Lincoln, clerk [note in margin: these premises became vested in William Gery and Charles Gery by virtue of a Deed of Settlement in the possession of Mr Gery of Bushmead] ii) Thomas Small of Bedford, plumber and glazier Thomas Ladds of St Neots, Huntingdonshire, draper consideraton: £350 - premises as in 1. to Thomas Ladds in trust for Thomas Small 6. Probate of Will, dated 29 January 1796. proved 6 May 1803, of Thomas Small of Bedford, plumber and glazier to wife Elizabeth, amongst other things, all freehold property in Bedfordshire, subject to payment of £700 to all children living at time of testator's decease, in equal shares on reaching 21 7. X507/49 8. X507/50

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Sharp, William,
Parratt, John,
Parratt, Helen,
Arnold, Thomas,
Cooper, Thomas,
Riseley, William,
Thompson, John,
Eston, John,
Goods, James,
Bell, Robert,
Gery, William,
Gery, Charles,
Small, Thomas,
Ladds, Thomas,
Small, Elizabeth

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, legal process, MILTON ERNEST, yeoman, BEDFORD, Bedford St.Paul, Bedford inns, Bedford Dolphin, High Street, Bedford High Street, drapers, wood, manuring, rights of way, Bedford Stonehouse Lane, feoffments, Bushmead Priory, Grantham, clergy, clerks, settlements, plumbers, glaziers, St Neots, trusts, wills, freehold property, private finance