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Lease, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1801

Scope and Contents

Lease by the Revd Christopher Anstey of Norton, Durham, clerk, to John Hemington esq of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, of a capital messuage and farm in Trumpington (reserving timber and quarrying rights) for twenty-one years at an annual rent of #860 (deducting landlord's property tax). Hemington undertakes to operate a four-year crop rotation system, and to insure the mansion house against fire for #3,000 and the farm house for #1,200. Various restrictions on farming methods and building works are to apply. [30] Dec 1815, 4 pages, signed and sealed by Christopher Anstey, witnessed by John Cartwright and John Rowlandson, both of Norton, gents, duty stamps. A schedule of locks and other fittings is appended and has been used as a check-list.

Dates

  • Creation: 30 Dec. 1815 (Circa, endorsed: 'This lease expires Michaelmas 1836.')

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The top of the first page has become detached and is defective.

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

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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