Correspondence - Copyhold Commission by G Taylor [mainly] and Frere, Goodford and Co., 1862-07-07 - 1863-05-22
Scope and Contents
Re Kings College to Downing College and sale of fee farm rents - draft order Downing College sale to Theodore Vincent Webb of fee farm rents;
letters re Kings College to Downing College - including conditions for consent of Copyhold Commissioners to purchase, plus arrangements and orders for sale of fee farm rents to Thomas Strickland [Potton], Anne Crowther, David Tebbitt, Colonel Octavious Duncombe [Grandsen], James Fuller [Little Gransden], Rev Alfred Newby, Rector of Parish of Little Gransden and another [Nathaniel Fortesque, Churchwarden], John Butler Johnson [Gransden], Rt Hon Charles Philip, Earl of Hardwicke [Bourne], and Theodore Vincent Webb, and payment re sale of land at Wrestlingworth to Mr A W Peel; information that £210.15.3 Consols sold out realising sum of £194.3.4; letters accompanying Orders, and Orders authorising purchase from Copyhold Commission [enclosed]; re requisition to Bank of England to receive £1216.4.0; [draft?] letter from Frere and Co., [recipient not given but assume to be Copyhold Commission] accompanying receipts and re gaining sanction for purchase and financial arrangements
Dates
- Creation: 1862-07-07 - 1863-05-22
Creator
- From the Sub-Fonds: Downing, George (Third Baronet (c.1684-1749)) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Records are generally open, although some closure periods may apply for more recent records.
Extent
34 item(s) (34 pieces)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
E/G/6/14; 27; 29; E/
Originator(s)
Copyhold Commission, 3 St James Square
Repository Details
Part of the Downing College Repository
Downing College Archive
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