Mortgagees

Often when property was sold the vendor continued to own the house or land as mortgagee until the capital plus interest was was paid. These were usually fair short time arrangements.

There were others who were seriously unto the business of lending money. The following is a list of those found during research :-

Batt Mason. Henry Batt Mason

Goodall. Arabella Goodall In 1856, John Cheshire took a mortgage with Arabella Goodall, spinster for £900, interest @ 4.5% p.a. for 5 years

Hodsden. Charles Hodsden of West Wycombe, chairmaker. In 1884 John Cheshire, miller, took a mortgage with Charles Hodsden for £200 @ 5% interest.

Irving. Josephine Irving

Stone. Edward Stone (The Aspirin Man) In 1731 John Darvill of Darvills Hill took a mortgage of £100 with Edward Stone.

Woods R S. In 1907 George Cheshire took a mortgage with R S Woods In 1916 he added £25 @ 6%. In 1920 he added another £18 @ 6 %

Woods. William Woods of Bedford. John Cheshire had taken another mortgage of £200 + interest. Cover to include Kiln Farm.(In 1856 Joshua Dell purchased Kiln Farm from William Woods (mortgagee))