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Lease indenture, Cambridge, Newnham, Cherryhinton, Chesterton, Girton and Grantchester, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.364

Scope and Contents

The Master and Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, let to John Anderson of Cambridge certain land in the above parishes for a term of twenty years at a rent of a certain sum and certain quantities of wheat and malt; the lessee is to leave good mill-stones at the expiration of the lease; he is to keep and plant willow trees; the lessee is to make a terrier of the land at certain dates; he is to dung the land, and entertain the members of the College and their representatives when they come to view the land; he may not alienate without written licence. Witnesses: Thomas Sharp, Gilbert Woollard. One seal is attached.

Dates

  • Creation: 13 Jan. 1779

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from G David, Lot 522/3, 24 November 1910

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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