Counterpart Lease

i) the Rev. Jas Donne, clk., vicar of St. Paul's Jn Trapp, draper churchwarden

Jn Cooke, gent churchwarden

ii) Jas Woodroffe of Bedford, carpenter, joiner and builder

Consid: £70

- plot of ground whereon 2 cottages lately stood, in Mill Lane, formerly occ. by Rich Swepson, Spencer How and Chas Bailey, late of Jeremy Fish Palmer and now ii) and cont.:

Width on N 44ft. 9ins.

Length on E adj. premises of Wm Fish Palmer 159ft. 8ins.

Width on S next Castle Lane 40ft.

Length on W 157ft 1in.

As shown in plan in margin

Term: 60 years

Rent: £5

Covs: to expend £800 at least on building 1 or more "good and substantial" brick mess., "to be covered with the best Slates or Tiles and the Timber required... to be of the best Oak Deal and Fir Timber"

Buildings to be insured against fire for £600 at least and if burnt down ii) to

Immediately rebuild.

Sign: i)

ii)

Witn: Budd, attorney Bedford 10 Apr 1827

End: that Wm Tucker, junr, of Bedford, carpenter purchased premises adj. above in Mill Lane and that eaves of mess. erected by ii) overhang this property. Wm Tucker has erected a mess, adj. to gable end of mess. built by ii) and made a gutter between the 2 mess.

Agreed that ii) to keep the spouting in good repair so that no damage done to mess. of Wm Tucker and Wm Tucker to keep gutter in good repair so that no damage done to property of ii).

Sign: ii)

Wm Tucker

Witn: Josh Goodman, clerk to Mr. Budd, solicitor, Bedford.