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Examination, Royston, Hertfordshire etc.

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3705

Scope and Contents

The examination of Francis Foster of Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, cordwainer, taken by Edward Nightingale esq, one of the justices of the peace for Cambridgeshire. Foster declares that his one and only legal place of settlement has been Bishop Burton, where he was born and apprenticed. He further says that he married Diana Brett of Kneesworth in St Clement's Church, Cambridge on 14 Sep 1724. Signed by Foster and Nightingale. A certified extract from the marriage register of St Clement's is attached, in which Foster is given as 'of Royston'. It is signed by the minister, Martin Johnson, J Deere, churchwarden, Thomas Nutting, and Thomas Sabberton.

Dates

  • Creation: 10 Nov. 1727

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 collection (paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by W.T. Rowley Esq., 25 August 1943

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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