W3313

Lease for a year

20 Jan 1788

From: 1771 To: 1788

(i) Samuel Whitbread of Cardington esquire (ii) Henry Beauchamp Lord St. John Charles Brandling of Gosforth House, Northumberland - 22 acres of arable in Moderfield alias Motherfield in the parish of St. Mary Bedford, late occupied by John Purser - 9 acres of arable in Cardington Field, Cardington, occupied by John Purser at £12 per annum - 8 acres of Meadow in Fenlake Meadow, Cardington, occupied by John Cressey at £6 per annum - 17 acres of arable in the common fields of Cardington, Harrowden and Elstow occupied by John Peck at £3..1s..8d per annum all leased from the hospital of St. John Bedford by leases of 26 Mar 1771 and 12 Oct 1772 signature i) witnesses. Thomas Collingwood, Thomas Potts

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Whitbread, Samuel,
St John, Henry Beauchamp, 13th Baron St John of Bletsoe,
Brandling, Charles,
Purser, John,
Cressey, John,
Peck, John

agricultural leases, CARDINGTON, Gosforth, Bedford fields, arable, Bedford St.Mary, BEDFORD, rentals, Cardington fields, Elstow fields, Harrowden, ELSTOW, Bedford St John's Hospital