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Mortgage, Sutton, Cambridgeshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1775

Scope and Contents

In consideration of #110, Alice Hobson, widow, and Richard Hobson, yeoman, both of Chatteris, lease their 10 acres of adventurers' ground in Sutton to Agnes Jenyns of Doddington, widow, for 100 years at peppercorn rent. Repayment date (of #112 5s, including interest) is 20 Apr 1756. Jenyns undertakes not to enter the premises until that date is past. Signed and sealed by Alice and Richard Hobson, duty stamps, endorsed as entered in the Bedford Level Company Register on 5 Dec 1755. Signed receipt for the #110 on verso, same date.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 Oct. 1755 (29 George II)

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., November 1931

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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