Scope and Contents
In consideration of #30, Robert Waterfield of Cambridge, carpenter, mortgages (through a nominal lease for 1,000 years at peppercorn rent) his 'small' freehold cottage in Walls Lane, Holy Trinity parish, Cambridge, lately occupied by Thomas Dilliston, cordwainer, to Eleanor West of Cambridge, widow. Nominal repayment date of capital sum and interest is 30 Oct 1754. Encloses Waterfield's bond in #60 to perform terms of mortgage. Both documents signed and sealed by Waterfield, witnessed by William Mott [gent, of Cambridge] and Chs Martindale, duty stamps. Receipt for the consideration on verso of mortgage indenture, same date and witnesses.
Dates
- Creation: 30 Apr. 1754 (27 George II)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Uses both parchment and paper
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
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