• Reference
    X401/32
  • Title
    Conveyance (Certified Copy) (i) William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews, Inner Temple, London, gentleman (ii) Anthony Jenkens, Lisson Grove, St Mary le bone, Middlesex, esquire (iii) Thomas Gadsby, Bedford, clerk (iv) Richard Smith, Bedford, gentleman
  • Date free text
    30 May 1800
  • Production date
    From: 1714 To: 1800
  • Scope and Content
    reciting Articles of Agreement 25 Sep 1799 between 1) Anthony Jenkins 2) Elizabeth Jenkens by name of Elizabeth Southouse, widow of Edward Southouse, Esquire 3) William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews being Settlement before the Marriage of 1) and 2) containing, among other things, a covenant for the surrender by 2) of premises in the town and county of Bedford in the several occupations of Mr Field, Mr Bland, Thomas Hensman, Mrs Smith, Mrs Covington and Mr Frank, to 3) upon trust to sell, and reciting Indentures of Lease and Release dated 23/24 Jan 1800 between 1) Sir Henry Nelthorpe, baronet (eldest son and heir at law of Sir John Nelthorpe, baronet, deceased, who was the heir at law of James Andrew, Esquire, deceased, who was the brother and heir at law of Elizabeth Woodward, deceased, who was the widow and relict of Edward Woodward, deceased, who was a devisee named in the will of Thomas Christie, Esquire, long since deceased) in whom lay the legal estate of three eighth parts of the hereditaments 2) Anthony Jenkins and Elizabeth his wife (entitled to two eighth parts) 3) Michael Hodgson and John Hardcastle, trustees named in a Settlement made before the marriage of Elizabeth Jenkins, then Elizabeth Greaves, with her first husband Edward Southouse 4) William Robert Duill and Thomas Barton Matthews which itself recited the will of Thomas Christie and mesne assignments, being Conveyance to 4) of premises upon trust to sell, and reciting a public auction by Mr Prickitt at the Swan Inn, Bedford, and that (iii) was the highest bidder for lots 7, 8 and 9 Conveyance to (iii) for £560 of ... piece of ground being lot 7 in the particulars, being part of the garden in the occupation of John Mowbray in Bedford St Paul's, adjoining West to a piece of the said garden (lot 6 purchased by John Cooke) and extending East along Lucks Lane 202 feet, and 149 feet from North to South, in area 2 roods 30 perches, bounded North by Lucks Lane, South in part by lot 8 and in part by garden of Richard Furness, East on premises belonging to Elizabeth Ann Lewis, widow, and West on lot 6 ... piece of land with a summer house on it being lot 8 in the said particulars, being another part of the garden in the occupation of John Mowbray, extending from East to West along Mill Lane in Bedford St Paul about 237 feet, and containing 1 acre 1 rood 30 perches, abutting North on lots 6 and 7, South on Mill Lane, East on messuage and premises of Richard Furness and West on lot 9 ... close or parcel of pasture with stable on it and two small pieces of garden ground containing 1 acre 1 rood 10 perches, being lot 9, abutting North on lots 1 and 6 purchased by John Cooke, South on Mill Lane, East on lot 8, and West on lot 1, and the several premises of Dr Parker and Simmons Trapp, the fence dividing lot 6 from lot 7 to be made and maintained by John Cooke, the fence between lot 6 and lots 8 and 9 to be made and maintained by Thomas Gadsby, the fence dividing lot 1 from lot 9 to be made and maintained by John Cooke, and reciting that the hereditaments and premises mentioned are held by Joseph Barnard of Bedford, merchant, as assignee of Thomas Hensman, gentleman, under a lease for a term of years which will expire on 25 Mar 1803, yearly rent £58..1s, and that the purchaser of lot 7 is to receive £3, the pruchaser of lot 8 £5, and the purchaser of lot 9 £4 per annum of this Covenant to produce documents (some kept by Richard Smith) First schedule: 17/18 Jan 1725/6 Lease & Release i) Samuel Bull ii) William Faldo iii) Edward Woodward 30 Apr 1735 Indenture i) Edward Woodward ii) John Andrew, William Southouse 11/12 Sep 1789 Lease & Release i) Elizabeth Greaves ii) Edward Southouse iii) Michael Hodgson, John Hardcastle 14 Aug 1795 Appointment i) Edward Southouse and wife Elizabeth ii) Michael Hodgson and John Hardcastle 25 Sep 1799 Articles of Agreement between i) Anthony Jenkins and Elizabeth Southouse ii) William Robert Duill, Thomas Barton Matthews 23/24 Jan 1800 Lease & Release i) Sir Henry Nelthorpe, baronet ii) Anthony Jenkins and wife Elizabeth iii) Michael Hodgson, John Hardcastle iv) William Robert Duill, Thomas Barton Matthews Second schedule: 11/12 Oct 1714 Lease & Release i) Christie Southouse ii) Thomas Head and Thomas Browne 1/2 Aug 1740 Lease & Release i) Henry Southouse ii) John Harvey and Henry Cliff iii) Samuel Southouse 9/10 Jun 1752 Lease & Release i) John Harvey and Henry Cliff ii) Samuel Southouse
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