X658/14

Mortgage

24 Jun 1871 - 2 Jun 1876

From: 1871 To: 1876

(i) William Frederick Brown, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, Captain in 9th Regiment (ii) John Hodge Lawrence, Liskard, Cornwall, esq James Charles Stockton, 19 Jackson Road, Holloway, Middlesex, gent Francis Winn Pattison, Custom House, London, gent Reciting will of William Frederick Brown the father and that Mary Elizabeth Brown is now the wife of Captain Percy Malden and also the above disentailing deed Now (ii) have agreed to lend to (i) £2000 on mortgage Interest 5% p.a. So (i) grants to (ii) - mansion house once known as Duke of Bedfords Arms, then the Crown in North Street, Dunstable, being the last house standing in North Street, northwards, and which was erected by John Swindell, dec., and was formerly used as an inn for some years since in occ of John Swindell, then Henry Norman and Henry Boniface but which was afterwards enlarged by John miller and made by him a private dwelling, afterwards in occ. of widow Butterfield and now of William Brown as lessee. - closes of land belonging (118ac 3rds 4p) ---Home Close (1a 1r 13p) --- orchard behind above close (1r 4p) ---5 several closes --- 4 closes meadows called the Duke's Arms Closes and are lying behind said capital messuage and were purchased by Elizabeth Davyon of George Hallett and Robert Mayne All above lie in Dunstable and contain 28a 3r 4p --- ground in Houghton Regis, with plantation (12a 28p) --- ground in Houghton Regis, being part of allotment of 68acs 1rd 3p and many years laid into Dog Kennel Close --- piece of land formerly part of 2 common fields in Houghton Regis called West Field and South Field --- piece of land formerly part of pasture called Pigeons Close --- piece ancient enclosure in Houghton Regis called Upper Mill Hill formerly the property of Chris Tower --- piece enclosed ground in Houghton Regis also called Upper Mill Hill close formerly the property of Percival Evans Exonerated from said enclosure act from tithes Signature of (i) Receipt Endorsed with reconveyance (a) John Hodge Laurence James Charles Stockton Francis Winn Pattison (b) William Frederick Brown consid. £2000 paid by (b) to (a) (a) grant to (b) - premises in above deeds To hold discharged from all principal monies Signatures of (a) Receipt Various witnesses

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Brown, William Frederick,
Lawrence, John Hodge,
Stockton, James Charles,
Pattison, Francis Winn,
Brown, Mary Elizabeth,
Malden, Percy,
Swindell, John,
Norman, Henry,
Boniface, Henry,
Miller, John,
Butterfield,
Brown, William,
Tower, Christopher

mortgages, DUNSTABLE, HOUGHTON REGIS, Isle of Wight, Cornwall, London, Dunstable Duke of Bedfords Arms, Dunstable Crown, public houses, field names