Bedfordshire 1-100
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ID |
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Lot No. |
Text |
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1619 |
Dominic Winter 8 Nov 2000 |
300 |
Warrant signed by Sir Robert
Carey, Chamberlain to the Prince of Wales (Charles I), authorising
payment of 21 shillings and 4 pence to Hugh Bowes, Yeoman of the Prince's
Wardrobe, for his expenses in moving all the Prince's effects from Bletsoe [Bedfordshire] to Ashby in the summer of 1619, fine
condition, with a transcript and a portrait engraving of Carey, 1p., folio
An attractive Jacobean court document bearing a good example of the signature
of Robert Carey, first Earl of Monmouth (1560-1639), a fashionable courtier
in the reigns of both Elizabeth I and James I, and the author of his
celebrated "Memoirs". He was Governor of the Household of the young
Prince Charles from 1605 - at the time of this letter, Charles was 19 years
old. When Charles became Prince of Wales, Carey was appointed his
Chamberlain. The journey recorded in this warrant took Bowes and his team of
two men and four labourers six days to complete -
presumably on account of the vast amount of effects which even the young
Charles used to take with him on his journeys throughout the land. (1)
£150-200- £280.00 |
Carey |
Bowes |
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2 |
19th/20th century |
Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001 |
394 |
Collection of nine vellum
indentures etc, 19th-early 20th c., relating to the enfranchisement of
land in the Parish of Pavenham and the award made,
including a fine plan of the Pavenham Estate and a
manuscript book listing a schedule of the land with cross reference to points
on the map Pavenham lies
some 5 miles north west of Bedford. (9) £100-150 |
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3 |
1633 |
Dominic Winter 3 Oct 2001 |
258 |
Early vellum indenture from the reign
of Charles I, dated August 25th 1633, granting an estate in Bedford, the
document is in excellent condition retaining a perfect large pendent wax seal
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4 |
1750, 1871 |
Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002 |
161 |
Near contemporary copy of the Will
of John Miles Junior of Biggleswade, c. 1750, written
in a neat legible hand and mentioning a considerable number of people to whom
he donated his estate, document on paper with some slight fraying at the
edges, but clearly legible, together with two interesting letters of 1871
discussing a prosecution in Biggleswade for the
offence of 'disturbing public worship'. Wills from such an early date are now
becoming scarce. |
Miles |
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5 |
1877 |
Dominic Winter 15 May 2002 |
405 |
Copy of the Court Roll
for the Manor of Steventon, dated June 15th, 1877, written
on four large sheets of vellum. Steventon is now
the modern village of Stevington which lies about
five miles north west of Bedford. The present document provides invaluable
local historical information on the population of the area in the latter half
of the 19th c. |
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6 |
1877 |
Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002 |
836 |
Copy of the Court Roll
for the Manor of Steventon, dated June 15th, 1877, written
on four large sheets of vellum. Steventon is now
the modern village of Stevington which lies about
five miles north west of Bedford. The present document provides invaluable
local historical information on the population of the area in the latter half
of the 19th c. |
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7 |
1884 |
Dominic Winter 11 Dec 2002 |
404 |
"Deck of Cards". The scrap album of Private Richard Sharp, E Company, 2nd Battalion
Bedfordshire Regiment 1884, containing a large quantity of possibly
original verse, observations, essays etc., mainly concerning his time serving
in India, and including possibly the original version of what became to be
known as the song 'Deck of Cards' - one of the most popular of all Country
and Western Songs, blue cloth boards, spine defective, but interior contents
in fine condition. An extraordinary discovery, which may finally settle the
mystery of the lyrics of a Country and Western classic which has been an
international hit for more than 50 years. In this volume, Sharp recounts an
anecdote (which he signs as having been composed by himself ) involving a
fellow Private in the Regiment, Richard Middleton, who attended church
service and was caught playing with a deck of cards. His explanation for his
action is that individual cards remind him of religious themes - the Ace
being the One True God, the three (or Tray as he calls it) reminds him of the
Holy Trinity and so forth. He also observes that the cards provide him with a
kind of almanack. The extraordinary feature of this
manuscript is that it predates the accepted composition of the song by 70
years - the generally accepted 'composer' being the country and western star
T Texas Tyler who had an American number one hit in 1948. It is generally
accepted that the event, which is believed to have really taken place, was in
WWII during the North African Campaign. The song was most famously reissued
by Wink Martindale at various times from the 1950's - each time reaching
number one, the perverse sentimentality of the lyrics touching a note of
accord with the public. However the present manuscript clearly shows that the
story had nothing to do with American soldiers, nor WWII, and was in fact an
incident involving a British Soldier in India at the height of the Raj. |
Sharp |
Middleton |
Tyler |
Martindale |
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8 |
1811 |
ebay |
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE EFFECTS
OF BONFIELD BRYANT LATE OF SOUTHOD [SOUTHEND ?].
JULY 29TH 1811. NICE HAND WRITING ON VELLUM,ATTRACTIVE
SCRIPT, OVAL CHUNK CUT OUT OF MANUSCRIPT. FROM THE IGI THERE WAS A BONFIELD
BRYANT, S.O. THOIMAS & ALICE, BAPTISED AT BEDFORD ST MARY 11 OCT 1799. |
Bryant |
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9 |
1789 |
ebay |
Offered is this one page vellum
document dated 14th January 1789. It deals with the release and fee of serveral messuages in the North
end of Luton in the County of Bedfordshire called
the Royal Oak. These premises were converted into five tennements.
The agreement is between Thomas Godfrey Burn, John Perin to Joseph Smith. It measures 26 inches long
by 30.5 inches wide. it retains the revenue stamp
and two wax seals with the signatures of Thomas Godfrey Burn and John Perin. |
Burn |
Perin |
Smith |
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10 |
1798 |
ebay |
Offered is this one page vellum
document dated 17 April 1798. It measures 23.5 inches long by 28 inches wide.
It is between Richard Brown, Joseph Smith, John Hill and Robert Hill. It
deals with the assignment of the Royal Oak located in the North of Luton in the County of Bedfordshire.The
premises were divided into a number of tenements. The document is in very good
condition and retains the revenue stamp and four wax seals with three
signatures of Richard Brown, Joseph Smith and John Hill. |
Brown |
Smith |
Hill |
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11 |
1845 |
ebay |
Offered is this one page vellum document
dated 31 January 1845. It measures 23 inches long by 30.5 inches wide. It is
between William Townrow, Robert Taylor Clark and
William Isaac Milemore. It delas
with the conveyance by appointment to the uses of a piece of land at Spring
Place near to Chapel Street, Luton in the County of
Bedfordshire. It retains the revenue stamp, wax seal and signature of William
Townrow. |
Townrow |
Clark |
Milemore |
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12 |
1731 |
ebay |
Offered is this beautifully written
two page last will dated 14 march 1731. It is the
last will of John Trustram of Luton
Bedford.It deals with property in Luton and a farm called Farby
Farm. it measures 16 inches long by 13 inches wide.
It is in very good condition and gives a great insight into that period. |
Trustram |
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13 |
1681 |
ebay |
This is a lovely little document
being the last Will and Testament of John Auger of Bedfordshire, 1681. It is clearly
written and has an attachment in Latin (I think), in name of Gulielmus ffoster. It is fully
signed and sealed and measures 14 x 8 inches. |
Auger |
ffoster |
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14 |
1900-1917 |
ebay |
These five vellum documents trace
the history of the sale and development of a plot of land in Bedford over the
period 1900 to 1917. They include the
conveyance of the land sale, convyance of land and
properties, transfers and subsequent mortgages. All are multi-sided documents
with revenue stamps and wax seals. The one shown in the photo is typical. As
one would expect from documents of this age there are some signs of ageing
but all are essentially intact and quite fresh. Most are hand written but the
latest is on a pre-printed form with written additions and ammendments. This is a fascinating insight into property
development a hundred years ago, the houses
concerned are still standing and occupied. |
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15 |
1857 |
ebay |
Hello this auction is for a three
seal Indenture entitled ‘Conveyance’ dated 1857. ‘Between William Pennell of
Guildhall Chambers Basinghall Street in the City of
London gentleman and James Ryder Howatt of the
Great Northern Railways Offices Kings Cross in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman (front cover says ‘the Assignees of Leopold Redpath
a Bankrupt’)and The Reverend Thomas Pier of Ravensden
Vicarage in the County of Bedford Doctor of civil Law…’ When folded it
measures approx 9 ½ x10 ½ inches and when open to full size it measures
approx 23 ½ x28 inches. It has three red seals at the bottom and next to two
of them there is a signature, one for two of the parties that is involved in
the Indenture. There is also a blue piece of paper attached to the document
that has ‘one pound fifteen shillings’ written on it. All indentures are in
totally solid, un-torn condition, when folded exteriors are aged, but good
quality indentures and when opened very bright and clear, please see pics |
Pennell |
Howatt |
Pier |
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16 |
1897 |
ebay |
Here is an Indenture on vellum
dated 18th September 1897 in respect of a conveyance of land in Dunville Road in the Parish of Saint Paul in the Borough
of Bedford between a David Preston and a John Bartley. This document opens
out to approx 28" x 22", beautifully handwritten, and contains a
plan of the premises. Two original wax seals are present and there are also
two revenue stamps. In superb condition. |
Preston |
Bartley |
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17 |
1568 |
H R Moulton Catalogue 1930 |
C1742 |
10 June 1568. Bargain and Sale.
Manor of Nether Bilsington. Sir Henry Cheny of Todington, co. Bed. knt. and
Dame Jane his wife. To Francis Barneham, Draper of
London and Alice his wife. Signature Sir Hen. Cheyne,
Jane Cheyne. With counterpart signed Francis Barnam.
2 deeds. £3 |
Cheyne |
Barneham |
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18 |
1797 |
ebay |
1797 ANTIQUE VELLUM DEED NAPTON
WARWICK. MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENT; BEING A LEASE OF PREMISES AND FIELDS IN
NAPTON UPON THE HILL IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICK INDENTURE BETWEEN RICHARD
RADBOURNE OF NAPTON IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICKAND ROBERT RADBOURNE OF SOULDROP
IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD..WITH TWO ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMPS AND TWO RED
WAX SEALS INTERESTING ITEM FOR COLLECTORS OF SOCIAL HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY OR
GENEALOGY FOR THE RADBOUNE FAMILY GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION ON ONE FOLDED SHEET OF VELLUM SIZE 19
INCHES BY 24 INCHES |
Radbourne |
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19 |
1833 |
ebay |
Indentures Dated 1833 Relating To
Property Known As Darlows Farm, Thurleigh,
Bedfordshire. This Document Is Beautifully
Handwritten And In Excellent Condition. |
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20 |
1868 |
ebay |
Indentures Dated 1868 Relating To
Property Belonging To Emma Piggott At Cross End, Thurleigh,
Bedfordshire. This Document Is Beautifully
Handwritten And In Excellent Condition. |
Piggott |
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21 |
1708 |
ebay |
This is a great genuine Queen Anne
vellum / parchment document dated, "20 April 1708.The Manor of Goyes? & Chamberlained
-Bury? in Dunton. The
Admission of John Swaine --- to a pightel of pasture, Barn called Howards-----& 20 acres of arable
land on surrender of Elizabeth Plowmer?. (well thats what it looks like
but i'm sure a word or 2 is a little wrong. The other
side (and full
detailed part) looks to me to be Latin so i cannot
read it. please see scans which you can tansfere
and enlarge to get a better look. The document is all hand written on vellum parchment.size 5 1/2" x10 1/4" (14 x 26) The
Condition is good for almost 300 years old. writing
is readable , with some staining, i'm sure exsperts will be able
to read it all quiet easily. a great peice for any collector , Local museum of family / History, not sure of
manor as it could be in Latin (Manor
of ) Gooyes e Chambloyus
Bury in Dunton ( not sure if it's Dunton Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire or Norfolk ?) also
not sure if this is John Swaine the noted engraver
who was working at this time.But great for anyone
with more time and knowledge to research. From the image I can read "28
April 1700 The Manor of Goyes & Chamberlaines - Bury in Dunton.
Admission of John Swaine Senr.
to a pightel of pasture
& Barn called hawards & 20 acres of Arable
land on surrender of Elizabeth Plomer." There
was a John Swaine married at Dunton
in Bedfordshire 21 Apr 1685 on the IGI. |
Swaine |
Plomer |
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22 |
1380 |
Dominic Winter 7 & 8 Apr 2004 |
253 |
Potton. Deed of Gift from Joan Willes
of Potton to William Repon
and Agnes his wife, of one acre and 3 « rods of arable land in Potton, field-names include: le Lingith,
Langfurlong, Banlond in
le Benefeld, Waterlond
and Spellowe, with the names of five witnesses,
dated at Potton on Saturday the feast of Sts. Peter
and Paul, 4 Richard II, [29 June 1380], small parchment title deed in Latin,
a little creased, with one round pendant seal, complete and undamaged, with
initial ?H, with a small fragment of straw tied around seal tag, accompanied
by a brief modern description |
Willes |
Repon |
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23 |
1832 |
ebay |
1832 Bedfordshire Election:
William Stuart & Thomas Gibbs Letter from: W Stuart [Sir William Crichton-Stuart]
at Tempsford Hall, Bedfordshire Mr
Thomas Gibbs, Corner of Half Moon Street, Piccadilly. The letter requests
Gibbs vote for Stuart in the forthcoming election. Stuart promises to uphold
the Church and State and to support the Agricultural Interest. Gibb’s polling
station is in Ampthill and voting is on 20 and 21
December. Conveyance to Ampthill can be arranged
through Mr Stuart’s Committee which meets daily at
Green’s Hotel, Lincolns Inn Fields. Scribed by a secretary. The letter is
rather dirty and is missing its seal. 185mm by 225mm. |
Stuart |
Gibbs |
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24 |
1598, 1817 |
64/14 Southill
- 1817 - Attested copy of Lease made in 1598 between Henry Beecher (Southill), son of Henry Beecher, Alderman of London, and
Richard Emerson (Locton, Glos.)
of messuage and land in Mangotsfield,
Glos. Refers to original Lease to Richard and Johan
Emerson, and Richard Emerson during reign of Philip and Mary (Johan remarried
John Taylor), and various members of the Beecher family. 13 sides of paper
with long tear on first page and small tears in central fold. £59 |
Beecher |
Emerson |
Taylor |
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25 |
1900 |
53/1 Burdit,
Eleanor [Spinster] - Luton - 1900
. Probated will - vellum -
names 4 brothers, sister and sister - in - law. £20 |
Burdit |
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26 |
1719, 1744 |
ebay |
1719 OLD paper MANUSCRIPT Barronet SOUTH SEA BUBBLE. IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE I
MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN LADY STAPILTON OF BODELL IN THE
COUNTY OF YORK OF THE FIRST PART, SIR THOMAS LONGUEVILLE OF ASHPEL IN THE
COUNTY OF BEFORD BARRONET OF THE SECOND PART AND RALPH LAWTON ESQ., OF THE
PARISH OF ST. ANDREWS HOLBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, EXECUTORS OF THE
GOODS AND CHATTELS OF SIR EDWARD LONGUEVILLE BARRONET DECEASED. DATED 12
DECEMBER 1719 ATTESTED COPY 1744 ALL THE STOCK AND MONEYS OF THE SAID SIR
EDWARD LONGUEVILLE IN THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY WHETHER PUT IN HIS OWN NAME OR IN
THE NAMES OF ALEXANDER DENTON ESQUIRE OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON. WITH FIVE PAGES
OF FURTHER INFORMATION ON LEGACIES AND BEQUESTS |
Stapilton |
Longueville |
Lawton |
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27 |
1750 |
ebay |
Offered is thios
three page five sided vellum document dated 12 October 1750. It measures
24.75 inches long by 31 inches wide. it is between
William Lucas, John Trustram, Mary Trustram and Martha Bonard. it deals with the assignment of mortgage of messuages and tennements
situated and standing in Luton in the County of
Bedfordshire know by the name of Royall Oak, these premises then being devided into several messuages.
The document also details two public houses namely The Seargent
and The Black Swan. The document rtetains the
revenue stamps together with three wax seals and signatures. The document has
two tears in it which has been sewen together.It is well written and clean. |
Lucas |
Trustram |
Bonard |
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28 |
1845 |
[Clapham]
Conveyance of former Parish Cottages This concerns the sale [for just £28] of
two cottages, occupied by Elizabeth Cowley and Sarah Pickering, situated near
the Green. The document is signed by Charles Lorquet
Higgins, Chairman of the Bedford Union, and by the churchwardens and by the
overseers of the poor of Clapham. It also bears a
very nice seal of the Poor Law Commissioners. Nice piece of local history
dating from 1845. Manuscript on single parchment sheet, approx
27"x19". (ref 188/333) |
Cowley |
Pickering |
Higgins |
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29 |
1810 |
[Cranfield
Document] Copy of Surrender - Manor of
Cranfield This is a contemporary copy of an entry
in the Cranfield court rolls for 1810, recording
the surrender of the copyhold of 'All that Cottage or Tenement situate
standing and being at the end of Broad Green.....late in the Occupation of
William Pulley and Mary Pulley and now of the said James Read, the Cottage or
Tenement late of Sarah Aschurch and now of James
Pettit being on or towards the West part thereof.....'. The surrender was by James Read in favour of Samuel Goodman, both shown to be 'of Cranfield'. The
surrender bears the signature James Read which we take to be in his own
hand. Manuscript on paper, 1806
watermark. (ref 394/30) |
Pulley |
Read |
Aschurch |
Pettit |
Goodman |
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30 |
1854 |
An 1854 contract for the sale of
the 163 acre farm by Lord Guernsey to Edward Sheardown
(of Doncaster). Very grubby indeed (as folded).
Also a draft of the same document, and a draft of a
subsequent covenant which includes details of previous deeds & the respective
parties going back to 1812. All manuscript on paper. (ref 754/273) |
Guernsey |
Sheardown |
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31 |
1854-1920 |
[Felmersham
documents] Deeds to The Cottage, Felmersham & Land An incomplete sequence of property
deeds ranging in dates from 1854 to 1920.
Though the cottage is un-named until 1918 (then Felmersham
Cottage), the accompanying 2 acre plot of land seems always to have been
known as Corn Close - the cottage is identified only by (a) the previous
owners and/or tenants or (b) owners of the adjoining plots of land. One specific boundary mentioned is the
river to the north. The earliest deed
includes a schedule of earlier documents stretching back to 1743 at which
time Corn Close was bought by Thomas & Nicholas Paine. It was to remain with the Paine family for
150 years, when it passed via a second marriage to the Barry family. In 1905 the property was sold to local
esquire Henry H Green who left it to his daughter Marian Woodcock, who in
1918 sold it to local farmer Benjamin Cook.
Accompanying all these documents (and it is quite clearly associated
with them) is a 1961 bill for building a new house. Unusually the solicitors
cardboard & linen deed-case survives.
The collection of 10 paper & parchment documents (ref 394/38) |
Paine |
Barry |
Green |
Woodcock |
Cook |
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32 |
1788-1791 |
[Hockliffe
documents] 7
18th Century Deeds 7 hefty parchment deeds which we assume form a sequence
for the same property for the period 1788 to 1791 - certainly all of them
involve local baker William Cumberland [son of Joyce Cumberland, who in her
turn was daughter of Hockliffe innholder
Thomas Smith] and a couple of the documents involve a relative with the very
distinctive name of Sarah Skikelthorpe. (ref 394/37) |
Cumberland |
Smith |
Skikelthorpe |
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33 |
1925 |
ebay |
Offered is this vellum document
dated 30 September 1925. It measures 16 inches long by 10.25 inches wide. It
is between Emma Jane Hayward, Alfred William Thoams
Hayward, Edwin Claridge Hayward and Noel Stephen
Hayward. It deals with the conveyance of freehold premises known by the name
of The Sugar Loaf Hotel situated in Luton in the
County of Bedford. It retains the revenue stamp together with a wax seal and
signature. A clean and well written item. |
Hayward |
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34 |
1789 |
ebay |
Offered is this one page vellum
document dated 13 January 1789. It measures 18 inches long by 26.75 inches
wide. It is between Thamas Godfrey Bun, Jeremiah Perin, John Perin and Joseph Smith.
It deals with the lease for a year of a messuage
known by the name of The Royal Oak situated in Luton
in the County of Bedfordshire. It retains the revenue stamp together with two
wax seals and signatures. A well written item. |
Bun |
Perin |
Smith |
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35 |
1838 |
ebay |
Offered is this vellum document
dated 22nd February 1838. It measures 23.25 inches long by 28 inches wide. It
is between Thomas Hutton, Samuel Lepine, Thomas
Walker and William Hunt. It deals with the conveyance od
a messuage and premises situated in North Street, Luton in the county of Bedfordshire. It retains the
revenue stamp together with two wax seals and signatures of Hutton and Lepine. A well written document. |
Hutton |
Lepine |
Walker |
Hunt |
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36 |
1648 |
H R Moulton Catalogue 1930 |
381/1 |
6 Feb 1648. Demise by William Lyndall, D.D., of Harlington,
Beds., to George Wingate of the same, of Brooke End Farm in St. Ippoletts, Herts., and lands in
Ulcombe etc., co. Kent. £1 |
Lyndall |
Wingate |
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37 |
1519 |
ebay |
Indenture relating to a marriage settlement,
between Margaret Le Strange of Little Massingham,
Norfolk, widow late the wife of John Le Strange Esquire, and Daughter and
heir of Thomas Le Strange late of Westbury, Berkshire, Esquire, John Mordaunt of Turvey,
Bedfordshire, Esquire, and Robert Mordaunt son and
heir of William Mordaunt late of Hempstead, Essex.
Dated the 15th day of December in the 11th year of the reign of Henry VIII
[1519] Handwritten in English on vellum. Some mildew damage and heavily
rubbed and flaky text making some areas unreadable. Sold as damaged. I have
not been able to identify any properties in the text, but the descriptions
may be in the rubbed areas. An interesting research project for someone! UV
light might reveal the original text in those areas with loss. Document size:
55 by 50 cm. |
Le Strange |
Mordaunt |
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38 |
1451 |
Bloomsbury 4 Nov 2004 |
3 |
Demise of John Forest of Temesford, clerk, and Richard Stapulho,
to Joan, widow of William Hawys of Temesford, arable land lying in Temesford,
which they together with John Skeghe and William Hawys, now deceased, had by charter, manuscript in Latin,
on vellum, 13 lines, in brown ink, folds and creased, lacks seal, 100 x
266mm., Witnessed by Robert Torold, William Fytyll, Nicholas Fytyll and
William Fysher, 1451 |
Forest |
Stapulho |
Hawys |
Skeghe |
Torold |
Fytyll |
Fysher |
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39 |
1685, 1697 |
Bloomsbury 4 Nov 2004 |
19 |
Monoux Family.- Petition “To the Right Honourable
George Lord Jefferyes Baron of Wem
Lord High Chancellor of England” by Alice and Frances Monoux,
heirs of Sir Humphrey Monoux of Wootton,
Bedfordshire, detailing his will and settlement for his daughters and his
brother Phillip Monoux, aided by Sir John Cotton
“of Stratton”and Sir Robert Cotton, D.s. “Jo: Twisleton” (of Grays Inn), manuscript, 67pp., stitched at
head, folds, 30th November 1685; and a small quantity of others including 8
other legal petitions by the Monoux family
detailing a dispute between Jane Wilson, Widow, from a decree made in the
Court of Chancery on 11th February 1697, against Lewis Monoux,
Francis Brace, and James Yarway, the case was
dismissed, browned, folds (sm. qty). £150 - £200 Phillip Monoux,
a lieutenant of dragoons was killed in a skirmish at Ashill
at one of the opening skirmishes of Monmouth's rebellion in June 1685. He is
buried at Ashill in Somerset and there is a
monument to him at Wootton in Bedfordshire. |
Monoux |
Jefferyes |
Cotton |
Twisleton |
Wilson |
Brace |
Yarway |
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40 |
1778 |
23 January 1778 Lease for a Year Between
Solomon Safford and John Fox A well-preserved parchment document dating back
to the reign of King George III. This document is unique in that it carries a
seal carrying a well-defined profile portrait (presumably of Solomon
Safford). It is also interesting to read in the initial declaration of KIng George the Third "by the Grace of God of Great
Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith...." The lease is
between Solomon Safford late of Wilson but now of Thurleigh
in the County of Bedford and John Fox of Dean in the County of Bedford, For
the sum of six shillings .......pasture and meadowland.... Document approx 22
" x 15 " written on parchment. Two Blue Sterling Seals, - one for
One Shilling and Six Pence, the other for additional duty of One Shilling and
Six Pence, on front of document, with white GR stamp on reverse of top
Sterling Seal. Signature of Solomon Stafford at bottom of document, with the
above mentioned seal. Very good condition. |
Safford |
Fox |
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41 |
1776 |
Indenture, Release of a Close of
Pasture , - (George III Document) 14 March 1776 Release of a close of pasture
by Mr Henry Day to Mr
Solomon Safford. A parchment document dating back to the reign of King George
III. This document is unique in that it carries a seal carrying a
well-defined profile portrait (presumably of Henry Day). It is also
interesting to read in the initial declaration of KIng
George the Third "by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King Defender of the Faith...." The indenture relates to the
release of a pasture of land by Henry Day of Cople
in the County of Bedford, to Solomon Safford of Wilden
in the County of Bedford. Also mentioned is John Fox of Dean in the County of
Bedford. For the sum of one hundred and fifty seven pounds and ten shillings .... the release of a
close of pasture called Meadow Close..... Document approx 24 3/4 " x 18
" written on parchment. One Blue Sterling Seal for One Shilling and Six
Pence on front of document, with white GR stamp on reverse of Sterling Seal.
Signature of Henry Day at bottom of document, with a seal carrying a well-defined
profile portrait (as mentioned above). Generally good condition, but there is
a small area where damp has affected the script and there are two small holes
in the parchment. |
Day |
Safford |
Fox |
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1777 |
Indenture, Lease for a Year,
(George III Document) 18 April 1777. Lease
for a year of a cottage and orchards. A parchment document dating back to the
reign of King George III. It is interesting to read in the initial
declaration of KIng George the Third "by the
Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
Faith...." The indenture relates
to the lease for a Year of a cottage and orchard from James Wallis of Fleet
Lane, London, Tinman, and John Lavender of Biddenham in the County of Bedford. For the sum of five
shillings .......cottage or tenement with the orchards
....... Document approx 22 " x 15 " written on parchment.
Two Blue Sterling Seals, - one for One Shilling and Six Pence, the other for
additional duty of One Shilling, on front of document, with two white GR
stamps on reverse of Sterling Seals. Signature of James Wallis at bottom of
document, with seal. Very good condition. |
Wallis |
Lavender |
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1716 |
ebay |
Indenture. 20 October 1716. Sale of a cottage Parchment Document dating back to
the reign of King George 1 Relating to
the sale of a cottage to James Lavender by Thomas King. Thomas King of Radwell in the parish of Felmersham
in the County of Bedford .... received
the sum of £22 from James Lavender for a cottage ...... Document approx 26
" x 20" written on parchment. Three blue Sterling Seals, each for
Six Pence on front of document, with white GR stamp on reverse of Sterling
Seal. Signature of Thomas King at bottom of document, with seal. The seal carries
the impression of a "lion rampant". Two memoranda on rear of
document, one signed by Thomas King. Good condition generally, though there
are three small holes in the parchment. The ink has faded with age. |
King |
Lavender |
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1727 |
ebay |
Indenture. 25 September 1727. Sale
of a Cottage in Radwell. Sale of a cottage with
orchard or garden for the sum of five shillings by Thomas Paine to James
Lavender. Those named include Thomas Paine of the town of Bedford in the
county of Bedford, - a joiner. James Lavender of Radwell
in the parish of Felmersham in the county of
Bedford, - yeoman. Thomas Berry, tenant of the above cottage. Mary Sheriffe deceased, grandmother of Thomas Paine who left
him the cottage in her will. Document is on one sheet of parchment, of approx
18 ½" x 13". There is one sterling silver seal on the document,
with three stamps each of "VI Pence". On the reverse is a white GR
stamp. The seal and signature of Thomas Paine is on the bottom of the
document, and the seal bears a portrait in profile of, possibly, Thomas
Paine. The document is in good condition, though the ink has become slightly
faded after nearly three centuries. The document remains legible, though. One
of the interesting features in the document is the reference to George II as
being Sovereign of "Great Britain, France, and Ireland". |
Paine |
Lavender |
Berry |
Sheriffe |
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1776 |
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Indenture. 13 March 1776. Sale of a Close of Pasture. Sale of a
Close of Pasture between Henry Day and Solomon Safford. Those named include
Henry Day of Cople in the County of Bedford, -
yeoman. (son and heir of John Day, deceased) Solomon Safford of Wilden in the County of Bedford, - yeoman. For the sum of
five shillings a close of pasture in the tenure of Benjamin Everit (or Everard). This
pasture is of 5 acres and is known as Meadow Close. Document approx 20
½" x 13 " written on a single sheet of parchment. One Blue Sterling
Seals for One Shilling and Six Pence on front of document, with white GR
stamp on reverse of Sterling Seal. Signature of Henry Day at bottom of
document, with a seal carrying a well-defined profile portrait (presumably of
Henry Day). One of the interesting features in the document is the reference
to George III as being Sovereign of "Great Britain, France, and
Ireland". The document is in good condition. |
Day |
Safford |
Everit |
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1827 |
ebay |
Indenture. 14 September 1827. Lease for a Year. Lease for a year of mesuages, lands, tenements, and heriditaments
between Frances Shelton and Charles Frederick Lavender, and John Lavender.
Those named include Frances Shelton of Bedford in the county of Bedford, -
widow. Charles Frederick Lavender of Hardwicke in the parish of Elstow, county of Bedford, - yeoman. John Lavender of the
parish of Biddenham, county of Bedford, - yeoman.
For the sum of five shillings to each of Frances Shelton and Charles Frederick
Lavender the mesuages, lands, tenements, and heriditaments in the parish of Felmersham
in the county of Bedford. .... which were formerly
the estate of James Lavender, great grandfather, or by John Lavendar, grandfather of the said parties...... Document
approx 20" x 26" written on a single sheet of parchment. One Pound
Sterling Seal on front of document, with white GR stamp on reverse.
Signatures of Frances Shelton and Charles Lavendar,
with their seals, on the bottom of the document. The document is in good
condition. |
Shelton |
Lavender |
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1872 |
ebay |
ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT DEED
Bedfordshire GRAY > OLIVER 1872 FROM THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA - 133 YEARS
OLD THIS IS MANUSCRIPT INDENTURE DOCUMENT BETWEEN ARTHUR JOHN GRAY OF THE
BOROUGH OF CAMBRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE BUILDER OF THE FIRST PART AND
ARTHUR OLIVER OF WRESTLINGWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD BUTCHER OF THE
SECOND PART AND JAMES BONE OF THE SAME PLACE DRAPER OF THE THIRD PART. BEING
A CONVEYANCE OF A TENEMENT STUATE AT WRESTLINGWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD
USED AS A BUTCHERS SHOP GUARANTEED GENUINE AND IN VERY FINE CONDITION - ON ONE SHEET OF PARCHMENT SIZE 29 INCHES X
26 INS ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMP WAX SEALS |
Gray |
Oliver |
Bone |
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1731 |
ebay |
this is the last will and
testament of john frustray of luton
in the county of bedford being of sound and perfect
mind and memery and understanding.1731.2 pages |
Frustray |
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49 |
1736 |
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"An Act for enlarging the
Term and Powers granted by an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of his
late Majesty King George the First, intituled, an
Act for repairing and widening the Road leading from the Black Bull Inn in Dunstable in the County of Bedford, to the Way turning
out of the said road up to Shafford House in the
County of Hertford; and for preventing the driving of Cattle through private
Grounds and Passages, to avoid the Payment of the Toll charged upon Cattle by
an Act of the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, For repairing
the Roads from South Mims to Saint Albans in the said County of
Hertford" |
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50 |
1742 |
ebay |
1742 "An Act for enlarging the
Term and Powers granted by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of
His present Majesty for the more effectual amending the Highway between Hockliffe and Woburn in the County of Bedford; and for
repairing the Road leading through Woburn to Tickford
Bridge in Newport Pagnel in the County of Bucks." |
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1828 |
ebay |
GENUINE ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT Beeston
Beds PAWLETT > CLOSE 1828 guaranteed original - from the reign of GEORGE
IV - 177 YEARS OLD BEING THE MORTGAGE OF A DWELLINGHOUSE AND LAND AT BEESTON
IN THE PARISH OF SANBY IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD BETWEEN WILLIAM PAWLETT OF
STAMFORD IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN GENTLEMAN OF THE FIRST PART ELIZABETH
PAWLETT OF BEESTON AFORESAID OF THE SECOND PART AND ROBERT LINDSELL OF
BIGGLESWADE IN THE SAME COUNTY GENTLMAN AND WILLIAM CLOSE OF COLLEY WESTON IN
THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON GENTLMAN OF THE THIRD PART WITH ESCUTCHEONED
REVENUE STAMP SIZES 28 INS X 23 INS IN VERY FINE CONDITION - SMALL AMOUNT OF
STORAGE WEAR TO OUTSIDE FOLD ON FOUR SHEETS OF VELLUM |
Pawlett |
Lindsell |
Close |
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1623 |
ebay |
1600s historical document Wotton,
Beds. windmill &c A three page document relating
to the manor house and properties in Wootton. Lots of names mentioned including: Edmund
Wingate, John Page, William Allen, Winifrid Clipse widow, etc.
Also lots of names of the properties in the village. No date, but it has a note on the top
"These parcells were taken out of the coppy of the deeds dated the 11 day of Aprill 1623" Has been folded and is a bitt grubby. |
Wingate |
Page |
Allen |
Clipse |
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1679 |
ebay |
A vellum indenture for sale of
houses and land in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, between Pelham Sandwell of Buckingham, gent and Mary his wife, Samuel
Hartley of Newport Pagnell, iron monger, John
Nightingale of Tipperton, Staffordshire,
ironmonger, Thomas North of Lenston, Bedfordshire,
William Hartley of Buckingham, and Edward Purses of Buckingham. Dated the 6th
day of November in the 31st year of the reign of Charles II [1679]. Property:
A messuage in Aston Clinton called Sandwell End and all those 7 closes of pasture ground and
of one other close of arable land called Wapes
Croft. Also woods in the common woods of Aston Clinton called Hengrove,
and all that mowing ground in the common meadow of Aston Clinton. Medium:
Handwritten in English on vellum. Condition: Rubbed text, dust marking and
creasing. 3 cm diameter hole in the lower right hand corner with tear
underneath. Document size (approx.): 67 by 34 cm. Characteristics: Signatures
and remnants of 2 seals. |
Sandwell |
Hartley |
Nightingale |
North |
Purses |
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1754 |
ebay |
A vellum indenture recording the
sale of lands in Little Walden in the parish of Saffron Walden, Essex,
between Joseph Impey of Barton, Bedfordshire,
grocer, eldest son and heir of Joseph Impey late of
barton, butcher and Elizabeth his wife, both
deceased, Elizabeth being the daughter of John Pettit late of saffron Walden,
essex, and Benjamin Impey
of Pullox Hill, Bedford, yeoman. Dated the 4th day
of January in the 27th year of the reign of George II [1754]. Property: 4
acres freehold land in Little Walden in the parish of Saffron Walden in the
common fields of Darnwood near Burntwood
Field - on the east abutting upon Walden Field, and on the West head there
upon Little Chesterford Park. Also one acre in a filed called North Acre.
Medium: Handwritten in English on vellum. Condition: Patchy browning and
creasing. Characteristics: Signature and red wax seal. |
Impey |
Pettit |
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1869 |
ebay |
Assignment Dated 9th January 1869
of premises N0 385 New Cross Road Deptford, Kent. The parties concerned are
Alfred Beechey (gun merchant) of above address and
Francis Wentworth Smyth Windham (civil engineer) of Hyde Park
. The premise the document relates to is Premise formally known as No
1 Hamilton Terrace now called 385 New Cross Road ,
Deptford. The document consists of a single page which contains two red wax
seals together with two signatures. On the reverse of the document there is
some writing of a further indenture covering almost all of the reverse with a
further two red wax seals and two signatures (dated 1879) This reverse
indenture mentions a John Hawke (gentleman) and George Smyth Windham from
Bedford a (Major in the Army). |
Beechey |
Windham |
Hawke |
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1923 |
ebay |
A handwritten parchment/vellum
conveyance document relating to the sale of 25, Dudley Street, Leighton
Buzzard, Beford for £185 on 31 December 1923. The
transaction is between
Ann White of Wimbledon, spinster, and Joseph White of Dartford, gentleman. The doucment
is in excellent condition 210 x 275 mm. |
White |
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1914 |
ebay |
Folkeston Will Admiral Richard Hare 1914 guaranteed original - from
the reign of KING GEORGE V - BEING 91 YEARS OLD Rear-Admiral Richard Hare was
the son of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel and
Maria Augusta Windham. BETWEEN ELEANOR MARY HARE OF AUGUSTA GARDENS
FOLKESTONE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT OF THE FIRST PART THE HONOURABLE HUGH HENRY
HARE OF FOREST HOUSE BRACKNELL IN THE COUNTY OF BERKS OF THE SECOND PART AND
ERNEST PRIER ASHLEY OF CAULDWELL STREET IN THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF BEDFORD AND
WILLIAM EDMUND SLAUGHTER OF ARUNDEL STREET STRAND IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER
OF THE THIRD PART. BEING THE RELEASE BY MISS ELEANOR M. HARE SUPPLEMENTAL TO
THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW TRUSTEES OF THE WILL OF ADMIRAL THE HON. RICHARD HARE
DECEASED AND RELEASE AND INDEMNITY DATED THE 14TH JUNE 1904 SIZE 10 INS X 16
INS ~ IN VERY FINE CONDITION- WITH ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMP AND WAX SEAL ~
ON TWO SHEETS OF FOLDED PARCHMENT |
Hare |
Windham |
Ashley |
Slaughter |
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1738 |
ebay |
Handwritten English vellum indenture
dated 1738 during the reign of King George II being the conveyance of a
dwelling in Aspley Guise in the County of Bedford
between James Ambridge, a Yeoman, of the one part; and Joseph Hutton, a
Gentleman, of the second part. Completely penned in a nice hand with three
blue revenue stamps with insert, tax stamp, and red wax seal. Very Good
condition, a few small wormholes, NICE FOR DISPLAY measures 17.5 x 16".
Also mentions John Blunt |
Ambridge |
Hutton |
Blunt |
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1894 |
ebay |
Vellum Lease, Arlington St.
Piccadilly 1894 Vellum Lease on 3 sheets of vellum measuring 24x40 cm and
dated 23rd July 1894, between Francis Pym, of The Hazels, Bedford and Edward Lewton Cox of 25 Gloucester Sq. Middlesex of the 1st and
2nd parts, and William Augustus Burt of 6, Arlington St., PICCADILLY, of the
3rd part. Includes extension of lease to Mrs Emma
Burt on 15th Feb 1907. |
Pym |
Cox |
Burt |
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60 |
1865 |
ebay |
Paper deed of covenant 1865 A deed of covenant and declaration of trust on bluish paper
dated 25 October 1865. 32x40 cm; 4 pages, of which one blank. Mentions:
Thomas Jeeves (Chemist & Druggist, 88 St
Georges Road, Brighton), George Smith (Gentleman, Potten,
County of Bedford) William Smith, Edward Thurlow
Leeds Smith (of Potten), William Perry (Market
Gardener, Potten), John Harrison Miller (Plumber
& Glazier, Potten), Thomas Miller (ditto).
Locations: Potten, Bedford, Sandy, Brighton. Good
condition. Tear near ribbon, p. 1 not affecting penned text. |
Jeeves |
Smith |
Perry |
Miller |
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1855 |
ebay |
A large 6 page abstract of title
relating to property in Oakley, Buckinghamshire. People mentioned: Revd
Thomas Martyn (clerk), Miss Eulalia
Maria Mudge, Celia Geaves
Lloyd (nee Mudge, wife of Revd
Charles Albert Lloyd), Catherine Elizabeth Richardson Mudge
(children of Revd William Mudge),
Jane Gorham 1813: Revd
John King Martin of Great Staughton, Huntingtonshire (also rector of Pertenhall,
Bedfordshire) + Eulalia Maria, nee Longmire his
wife, Benjamin Keene of Charles Street, Berkeley Square, Revd
Joseph Hall (clerk of Bartlow, Cambridgeshire)
1783: Letitia Battison of
Bedford (widow, will dated 31 July 1783), Elizabeth Longmire (died 4 January
1825), Mary Eulalia Longmire (daughter of
Elizabeth) 1800: John King Martin
married Eulalia Maria Lomgmire
on 6 July 1800 (died 19 June 1807) - 4 children Thomas Martyn,
Mary Eulalia Martyn (died
3 July 1815), Rhoda Martyn (wife of Revd William Mudge, died 19
April 1839), Jane Martyn. Has been folded. |
Martyn |
Mudge |
Lloyd |
Gorham |
Martin |
Longmire |
Keene |
Hall |
Battison |
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1735 |
ebay |
A Vellum indenture together with original
wax seals dated 1735 (George the second)- appears to
be a Will but not sure ! Between John
Freeman of the parish of Statford in the county of
Bedford & Sarah his wife. measures 27 x 18 inches- very nice condition. |
Freeman |
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63 |
1869 |
ebay |
A large vellum indenture dated 1st
October 1869 relating to property in Kessingland,
Suffolk between Caleb Smith of Eaton Bray [near Dunstable]
(straw plait manufacturer) and Frederick Goodyear of St. Pauls
Churchyard, London (straw hat manufacturer).
An earlier indenture of 1857 is cited with the following names
mentioned: Edward Edwards of 27 Northumberland Street, Strand (gent.) and
William Broome of 18 Dorchester Place, Blandford Square
(accountant). Has
two seals and one signature with a revenue stamp. There are received and witness signatures
on the reverse. Has been folded. |
Smith |
Goodyear |
Edwards |
Broome |
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64 |
1859-1906 |
ebay |
Five vellum indentures, all very
clean with no noticeable damage. |
Swepson |
Ratcliff |
Lacey |
Gostick |
Banks |
Street |
Norman |
Carter |
Steers |
Jackson |
Arthur |
etc. |
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1707 |
ebay |
Antique, 1707 Indenture Handwritten
on Vellum, -Small Wax Seal, Stamps....
"This Indenture made the ffifteenth day
of October in this sixth year of the Reign of our Soveraigne
Lady Anne by the grace of God, Queen of great Brittain,
ffrance & Ireland, defender of the ffaith et Annoq Dom: One
thousand seven hundred & seven Between Abraham Tylar
of Stotfold in the County of Bedford bricklayer and
John ffreeman.....
Mentions exchange of money, -(little
difficult to translate, -poss: three score and ten
pounds) for Cottage or Tenemant with all yards,
garden..... Further entries for the
cottage boundaries:- Thomas Coleman, Nancy Rumball, Late William (Lord's?) & Common
Marsh..... Dated 1707, during the
reign of the Stuart Queen "Anne", who reigned from 1702 ~
1714. The Indenture measures approx:- 22.5"57cms by 16.5"/42cms, -(2 small holes,
-not too detrimental & not really noticeable amongst all the curly "q's")
Contains various Signatures/Marks, -Small Red Wax Seal, -Two Ink
Stamps, -Two Paper Stamps. In Very
Good Overall Condition, -Very Decorative Document, Written in Firm Hand,
-(mostly decipherable with a little patience) |
Tylar |
ffreeman |
Coleman |
Rumball |
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66 |
1797 |
ebay |
Antique Will & Folder, on Paper,
dated 1797, -(during the Reign of King George
111) For William Bennet,
of Stotfold, -Labourer. Bequeathing to his Loving Wife Sarah Bennet all his Mefsages and
Tenements, Household Goods, Debts.......
Drawn up in the presence of:- Thomas Goldsmith
~ William Farll ~ Edward Sanders. Has small Wax Seal to lower corner, and
Watermark to Paper 1794. Paper
measures approx:- 14"/36cms by
12"/30.5cms, (odd tiny "pin-holes" along old fold) In Good Overall Condition. Comes complete with paper folder, (some
tears) -& small Wax Seal. |
Bennet |
Goldsmith |
Farll |
Sanders |
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1840 |
ebay |
A large, two-page vellum indenture
dated 1840 being a Mortgage for a property in Adelaide Place, Bedford between
Charles Swepson and Daniel Pressland.
Also mentions Reverend Alfred Dawson, Thomasin
Lester, Thomas Phillips and Norfolk Burleigh. In good condition for a
document of this age with only minor foxing. Signed and sealed by Charles Swepson and it has two blue tax stamps. Size approx
30" across by 23" down. |
Swepson |
Pressland |
Dawson |
Lester |
Phillips |
Burleigh |
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68 |
1874 |
ebay |
A large, single-page vellum indenture
dated 1874 being a Conveyance of a property in Bedford between John Alexander
Banks, a draper, Arthur John Gostick, a
schoolmaster, and William Lamb, a hairdresser. In very clean condition.
Signed and sealed by the three main parties and with one blue tax stamp. Size
approx 27" across by 22" down. |
Banks |
Gostick |
Lamb |
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69 |
1906 |
ebay |
An indenture dated 1906 on two
sheets of vellum with three sides of handwriting. This is a Mortgage of a property
in Bedford between Albert Lee Lamb, Mary Ann Emma Millard and William Payne
Millard. Also mentions Ernest Edward Walton and Robert James Chippendale. In
good condition for a document of this age with no holes, tears or foxing.
Signed and sealed by all main parties and has two red tax stamps. Size approx
10" across by 16" down. |
Lamb |
Millard |
Walton |
Chippendale |
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70 |
1807 |
ebay |
NICE PRINTED LETTER OF GRATITUDE WRITTEN
BY JOHN OSBORN ON HIS ELECTION AS MP FOR THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. JOHN
OSBORN WAS THE 5TH BARONET OF CHICKSANDS,LORD OF THE
ADMIRALTY FROM 1812 TILL 1824 AND COLONEL OF THE BEDFORDSHIRE MILITIA.
CHICKSANDS PRIORY BECOME HQ OF RAF DURING WWII. THE DOCUMENT IS ADRESSED TO
THOMAS SHARPE OF STOT FOLD. THE LETTER READS LIKE THIS : I have to return you
my most heartfelt and grateful thanks for your support in the late Contest,and to assure you ,that I shall be ready whenever
an opportunity shall occur to offer myself again a Candidate for your favour. Isn't it lovely ...from the days of the napoleontic wars |
Osborn |
Sharpe |
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71 |
1878 |
ebay |
LEDBURY: Settlement on a mortgage
of property in Ledbury, Herefordshire, between,
William Mathews of Ledbury, Gent, Mary Symonds of
Hereford, Spinster, William Gethen of Hereford,
Chemist and Elizabeth Chambers of Bedford, Widow. Dated 27 October 1879 Property: A house on a piece of garden of threequarters of an acre, part of The Lower Southend Meadow in Ledbury, now
called Hall End Villa (formerly Seaward Villa), on South Parade. Medium:
Manuscript in English on vellum. Condition: Very Good. Characteristics:
Signatures and red wax seals. Revenue and tax stamps. Document Size
(Approx.): 60 by 70 cm |
Mathews |
Symonds |
Gethen |
Chambers |
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1845 |
ebay |
Offered is this one page vellum document
dated 25 March 1845. It measures 61cm by 77cm. It is between Robert Taylor
Clark of Luton and John Waller. It deals with the
mortgage of a piece or parcel of land in Spring Place near Chapel Street in Luton in the County of Befordshire.
The document is well written and retains the revenue stamp and wax seal
together with th signatue
of Robert Taylor Clark. |
Clark |
Waller |
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73 |
1724 |
ebay |
Offered is this one page vellum document
dated 14 May 1724. It measures 35 cm by 61 cm.It is
between John Spencer and John Trunstram. It deals
with the lease for a year of a messuage, tennement called the Royal Oak which has been devided into two tennements. It
retains the revenue stamps together with a wax seal and signature of John
Spencer. It is well written and tidy. There is a small tear at the top of the
page. This does not detract from the doucment. |
Spencer |
Trunstram |
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74 |
1565 |
ebay |
EDWORTH, KEMPSTON, RAVENSDEN,
WILDEN: An Elizabethan release of lands in Edworth,
Wilden, Ravensden and Kempston, Bedfordshire, between James Torrocks
and Robert Pursglove of Ugthorpe.
A good example of an early Elizabethan deed with intact red wax seal bearing
the initial "T". Bishop Robert Pursglove
founder of the Tideswell Grammar School,
Derbyshire, and famously ex-communicated by Queen Elizabeth I Dated 4 April
1565 in the 7th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Property: Messuages, tenements and lands in the parishes of Edworth, Wilden, Ravensden and Kempston??
Medium: Manuscript in Latin on vellum. Condition: Creasing and dirt marking.
Characteristics: Signature and red wax seal. Document Size (Approx.): 18 by
40cm |
Torrocks |
Pursglove |
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75 |
1615 |
Dominic Winter 4 & 5 Oct 2006 |
288 |
Fine vellum document written in an
attractive chancery script with calligraphic initial letter, given under the
Great Seal of James I, dated 1st March 1615 , being a licence
of alienation allowing Sir John Fitzwilliam and Janem
his wife, to claim against Thomas Pearson various listed lands in Kempston in Bedfordshire, with the Great Seal of James I,
suspended from the seal tag, the seal showing signs of previous repair, but
mostly complete |
Fitzwilliam |
Pearson |
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76 |
1415/6 |
Bloomsbury 15 Nov 2006 |
27 |
Settlement, Felicia Hawys to Thomas Hawys,
reversion of messuage and land in Temysford [?Tempsford] after
her death, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 13 lines, folds, creased, slightly
soiled, lacks seal, 128 x 282mm., 1415/6. |
Hawys |
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77 |
1824 |
ebay |
BEDFORD: Assignment of a mortgage
of premises in St Paul, Bedford, between John Cooke of Bedford, Innholder, William Webb of Haselone,
Farmer, Sir William Long of Bedford, Knight and William Vestall
of Bedford, Brewer. Signature of Sir William Long. Dated 13 May 1824
Property: All that malthouse, kiln and kilnhouse and chamber called the Barley Chamber, standing
in the backyard of a house in Stonehouse Lane, St
Paul, Bedford. Medium: Manuscript in English on vellum. Condition: Good.
Characteristics: Signatures and red wax seals. Revenue and tax stamps. 2
pages. Document Size (Approx.): 60 by 70 cm |
Cooke |
Webb |
Long |
Vestall |
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78 |
1773 |
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BEDFORD: Release of a house in St
Paul, Bedford, between Rachel Hensman of Bedford,
Thomas Woodward of Bedford and Benjamin King of Bedford. Dated 11 February
1773 in the 13th year of the reign of King George III Property: A messuage or tenement in the parish of St Paul, Bedford in
Stone House Lane. Medium: Manuscript in English on vellum. Condition: Light
toning. Characteristics: Signature and red wax seal. Revenue and tax stamps.
Document Size (Approx.): 60 by 70 cm |
Hensman |
Woodward |
King |
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79 |
1565 |
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EDWORTH, RAVENSDEN, WILDEN:
Elizabethan deed of release for lands in Bedfordshire, between Roger Torrotte? and Robert Pursglove of Ugthorpe. Dated
1565 in the 7th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Property: Messuages, tenements and lands in the parishes of Edworth, Wilden and Ravensden in Bedfordshire. Medium: Manuscript in Latin on
vellum. Condition: Vellum creased with some tiny holes. Seal tag and seal
missing. Characteristics: Signature. Document Size (Approx.): 25 by 38 cm |
Torrotte |
Pursglove |
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80 |
1507 |
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COLWORTH: A medieval deed of
release relating to lands in Colworth,
Bedfordshire, between William Frankeley and William
Torrotte?. Dated 18 May
1507 in the 22nd year of the reign of King Henry VII Property: Lands in Colworth. Medium: Manuscript in Latin on vellum.
Condition: Creasing, Dirt marking and rubbed text. Characteristics: Remnants
of red wax seal. Document Size (Approx.): 11 by 29 cm |
Frankeley |
Torrotte |
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81 |
1804 |
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BEDFORD: Certificate of the
Contract for redemption of land tax for property in Bedford owned by Charles
Webb of St Paul Bedford, Draper. Dated 24 March 1804 Property: Two messuages and part of a malting in the Parish of Saint
Paul, Bedford. Medium: Printed with Manuscript insertions in English on
paper. Condition: Good. Characteristics: Signatures and paper seals. Document
Size (Approx.): 37 by 48 cm |
Webb |
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82 |
1789 |
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BEDFORD: Lease of a house in
Bedford, between Benjamin King of Bedford, Gent and Charles Webb of Bedford,
Draper. Dated 9 January 1789 in the 29th year of the reign of King George III
Property: A house on Stonehouse Lane in Bedford,
parish of St Paul. Medium: Manuscript in English on vellum. Condition: Good.
Characteristics: Signature and red wax seal. Revenue and tax stamps. Document
Size (Approx.): 40 by 55 cm |
King |
Webb |
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83 |
1896 |
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1896 manuscript indendure - G.Jeffs, Leighton
Buzzard. Original hand writted indenture, agreement
for apprentice, Harry Jeffs, (father George Jeffs) to join Henry Inns to train as a glazier. Four red
wax seals, part broken.Crown embossed seal at top
of first page, six pence. size 13x16 opened out.
Good condition, no damage. |
Jeffs |
Inns |
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84 |
1830 |
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"4 John Street Bedford 5th Novr 1830. sir, Muston v. Isaacs.
Please to serve the accompanying Notice of Decl???
on Defendant (who lives in the High street Chatham)
tomorrow without fail....". It is
from Bogue & Lambert and is addressed to George
Ackworth Esq., Solicitor of Chatham. Has damage where the seal has been broken. |
Muston |
Isaacs |
Ackworth |
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85 |
1833 |
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A POIGNANT, AND FASCINATING,
LETTER HOME FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOLBOY DATED 1833. THE SURNAME FROM BOTH ADDRESSEE,
AND ADDRESSED (SON TO FATHER) IS... "CHRISTMAS" I HAVE HEARD OF
THIS JUST RECENTLY BEING AN OLD EAST ENGLAND SURNAME, AND THIS WOULD TIE IN
NICELY WITH THE FACT THAT THIS WAS SENT FROM THE BOYS SCHOOL IN FINCHLEY, TO
SANDY. THE LETTER, IN BEAUTIFUL ITALIC HANDWRITING, READS THUS... |
Christmas |
Clark |
Jeffries |
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86 |
1864 |
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An indenture concerning the sale of
a plot of land in southill near the town of Shefford in Bedfordshire. The parties involved are John
Nathaniel Foster on the first part, Edward John Foster and Albert John Foster
on the second part and Edward Bodger on the third
part (further details about the persons involved are given). Whereby John
Foster sells the land to Edward Bodger having
previously agreeing to do so, for the sum of £231. The document records that
the land of approximately one and a half acres is a small part of what used
to be a larger area but which has now been broken up and sold or is being
sold to various parties. The land is described as being eastwards of the
north bridge near the town of Shefford,
Bedfordshire. Full boundaries are given with reference to the river Ivel and of adjoining landowners with full measurements
of those boundaries. The document also records that the land was purchased by
John Foster from Frank Snitch and that the land had formed part a Mercantile
Wharf. The document also notes that there are an additional 2 buildings that
have been built on the land. The document also refers to a Will made by the
late John Foster father of John Foster, dated 1847 and to two indentures
dated 1822. It goes on to give details of the legal requirements and
obligations of the various persons involved including detailing the covenants
that come with the land. One of the covenants state
that John Foster agrees to produce the Title deeds for the land. |
Foster |
Bodger |
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87 |
1864 |
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An indenture concerning the sale
of a plot of land in Southill near the town of Shefford in Bedfordshire. The persons involved are
Richard John Bodger selling the property to Edward Bodger for the sum of £90, (further details about the
persons involved are given). The document records that the land of
approximately one and a half acres was part a larger area which includes land
retained by John Nathaniel Foster. The land is described as being eastwards
of the north bridge near the town of Shefford,
Bedfordshire. Full boundaries are given with reference to the river Ivel and of adjoining landowners with full measurements
of those boundaries. It goes on to give a brief account of the legal
requirements and obligations of the persons involved. |
Bodger |
Foster |
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88 |
1789 |
1513 |
Lease of a house in Bedford, between
Benjamin King of Bedford, Gent and Charles Webb of Bedford, Draper. A house on Stonehouse
Lane in Bedford, parish of St Paul. |
King |
Webb |
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89 |
1764 |
1294 |
A final concord from the Court of
Common Pleas, Westminster, relating to a cottage and lands in Stotfield, Bedfordshire, between, Sarah Upchurch, Willaim Upchurch and Edward Saunders. One cottage, one garden, one orchard, 2
acres land, 2 acres meadow, 2 acres pasture in Stotfield. |
Saunders |
Upchurch |
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90 |
1824 |
1635 |
Assignment of a mortgage of
premises in St Paul, Bedford, between John Cooke of Bedford, Innholder, William Webb of Haselone,
Farmer, Sir William Long of Bedford, Knight and William Vestall
of Bedford, Brewer. Signature of Sir William Long. All that malthouse, kiln and kilnhouse
and chamber called the Barley Chamber, standing in the backyard of a house in
Stonehouse Lane, St Paul, Bedford. |
Cooke |
Long |
Vestall |
Webb |
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91 |
1804 |
1633 |
Certificate of the Contract for redemption
of land tax for property in Bedford owned by Charles Webb of St Paul Bedford,
Draper. Two messuages
and part of a malting in the Parish of Saint Paul, Bedford. |
Webb |
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92 |
1936 |
1824 |
Agreement for Sale of Bedford
Savings Bank in St Paul's Square, Bedford, between Mathew Jervoise
Jarvis of London, Solicitor, Colonel Maurice Kershaw Mathews of London,
Solicitor, Alfred William Manners Colson of London, Solicitor and the Mayor
Aldermen and Burgesses of Borough of Bedford.
A piece of land and tenement formerly known as the Bedford Savings Bank
in St Paul's Square. |
Colson |
Jarvis |
Mathews |
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93 |
1872 |
1903 |
A deed poll assigning a rent charge
on lands of the Kimbolton Estate in
Huntingdonshire, belonging to His Grace William Drogo, Duke of Manchester of Kimbolton. The Kimbolton
Estate in the counties of Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. |
Drogo, Duke of Manchester |
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94 |
1879 |
1902 |
An absolute order from the Inclosure Commissioners assigning a rent charge on lands
called the Gaynes Estates in Alconbury,
Great Slaughton, Graffham,
Ellington, Brampton, Colnel in Huntingdonshire, and
Bolnehurst, Risely and Keysoe in Bedfordshire, and March, Cambridgeshire,
belonging to William Duberly of Gaynes Hall, St. Neots. The Gaynes Estate including many named farms with tenant
names. |
Duberly |
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95 |
1789 |
1822 |
Release of two houses in St Paul,
Bedford, Between Benjamin King of Bedford, Gent and Charles Webb of Bedford,
Draper. A tenement or house in Stonehouse Lane, Bedford, and a stable block. |
King |
Webb |
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96 |
1824 |
1816 |
A final concord from the court of
Common Pleas, Westminster, relating to 2 houses and lands in St Paul,
Bedford, between Sir William Long, Knight and William Webb, and Mary his
wife. Two messuages,
2 cottages, 2 barns and stables, 2 outhouses, 2 curtilages
with Appurtenances in St Paul, Bedford. |
Long |
Webb |
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97 |
1824 |
1813 |
Lease of a house and warehouses in
St Paul, Bedford, between William Webb of Haselon,
Farmer, Charles Webb of Bedford, Woolstaper and Sir
William Long of Bedford, Knight. A
piece of ground in the parish of St Paul, Bedford, fronting South on Stonehouse Lane with ancient house, Maltkiln,
Warehouses, etc. |
Long |
Webb |
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98 |
1845 |
1823 |
Lease of the Bedford Savings Bank
in St Paul, Bedford, between The Most Noble Francis Russell, Duke of Bedford,
The Most Hon. John Chrichton Stuart Marquis of Bute, George Witt of Bedford, Frederick Polhill of Howbury, Samuel
Crawley of Stockwood, Thomas Charles Higgins of Turvey, Thomas Barnard of Bedford, John Harris of
Bedford, Thomas Abbott Green of Bedford and Isaac Elger
of Bedford. Signature of the 7th Duke of Bedford. Francis Russell was MP for Bedford and
later became Lord Lieutenant for Bedfordshire. All that
tenement called the Bedford Savings Bank and Clerk's house in the parish of
St Paul, Bedford. |
Barnard |
Crawley |
Elger |
Green |
Harris |
Higgins |
Marquis of Bute |
Polhill |
Russell, Duke of Bedford |
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99 |
1601 |
Dominic Winter 29 Aug 2007 |
331 |
Vellum deed in latin,
8th April 1601, a granting of land in the Parish of St. Mary, Bedford, by
William Faldoe, his wife Christiana, and Wiliam Faldoe of Goldington, to Thomas Hawes Junior of Bedford, Tanner,
attractive script with decorative initial letter showing a face, three good
wax seals appended, together with another vellum deed with attractive
pictorial initial letter, being a bargain and sale by John Staniforth of Darnall
(Sheffield, Yorkshire), to Hugh Fenton of Malinbridge
in Sheffield, Cutler, of land in Hansworth, dated
14th June 1596, the decorative initial letter including a bearded human head,
animal head and a rose |
Faldoe |
Hawes |
Staniforth |
Fenton |
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1800s |
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This is a very old family bible,
dating back to the 1800's, evidence of this is given in the dates hand
written in the front and back covers. These dates relate to the Kitchen
families dates of births and deaths. From the information given it would
appear that the family were from Manchester and
Bedford. Some of the names and dates
given are: |
Kitchen |
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