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Court minutes, Shelford, Cambridgeshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1671

Scope and Contents

This 'book' consists of 62 leaves of paper, bound roughly in a piece of parchment (see MS Doc.1671/A). On it are written the minutes of Court Baron etc. held in various manors in Cambridgeshire, dated 1693-1719, in different hands. Leaves 2-18 are in the same hand and deal chiefly with the Manor of Buristead in Great Shelford, but apparently the same man was Steward of vaious manors (Robert Drake?). Leaves 35-61 are blank, leaf 62 has been used, the other way up and a few lines on leaf 61.

Dates

  • Creation: 1693-1719 (Various years)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 collection (paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by C.E. Townley, M.A., 17 August 1931

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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