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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.

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Dates

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

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

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