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Mortgage, Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1843

Scope and Contents

In consideration of £98, John Lee of Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire, baker, mortgages his freehold tenement in Woodend, Bluntisham, which he himself currently occupies, to Allpress Ashton of St Ives, miller. Nominal repayment date of capital sum and 5% interest is 7 July 1846. Signed and sealed by both parties, witnessed by J P Hart and Ja Jarrold, clerks to [W G] Ashton, solicitor, of Cambridge, duty stamps. Signed receipt from Lee for the £98 on verso, same witnesses and date. Form of indenture provided by Thomas Lloyd of Holborn, parchment-dealer, and Silvester and Co of The Strand, engravers.

Dates

  • Creation: 7 Jan. 1846

Conditions Governing Access

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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., April 1932

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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