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Lease, Orwell etc., Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3653

Scope and Contents

Bartholomew Chaundeler of Cambridge and Joan his wife, lease to Geoffrey Fawkener of Little Eversden, and Agnes his wife, all their lands and tenements in Orwell, Wympoll [Wimpole], and Malketon [Malton], excepting the solar with a room beneath (which is reserved for Joan's use), for nine years from Michaelmas next, at an annual rent of 26s 8d payable half-yearly at Easter and Michaelmas. Indenture, witnessed by Robert Caldecote, Henry Adam, Richard Adam of Orwell, and others. Seal and tag wanting. Contemporary endorsement of quittance.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 May 1395 ('Ibidem' [presumably Orwell], Wednesday after the Feast of SS Gordianus and Epimachus, martyrs, 18 Richard II [12 May 1395])

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Mrs R G Harrison, The Little House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, 13 May 1941

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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