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Lease, Mitcham and Clapham, Surrey

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3747

Scope and Contents

In consideration of the surrender of a former lease to Peter St ?Ellon, dated 1758, the master, fellows and scholars of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, lease to William Cole of Clapham, yeoman, a cottage and various scattered premises amounting to about 35 acres arable land in Mitcham and Clapham, Surrey, including Byegrave Close, Charborne Close, Byegrave Mead, Holmes Mead, and Balam Mead, formerly in the occupation of John Cole, for 21 years from Michaelmas last, at an annual rent of #16, with two shillings consideration for the bursar of the college. Timber rights reserved. Clauses regulating aspects of husbandry and against unauthorised alienation. Indenture, sealed with college seal, duty stamps.

Dates

  • Creation: 21 Dec. 1773 (14 George III)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Parchment damaged by damp

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Alan Keen, Ltd., London, July 1945

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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