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Lease, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3763

Scope and Contents

In consideration of 5s, the Revd William Gale Townley, rector of Upwell, Norfolk, Robert Gregge Hopwood esq, of Hopwood, Lancashire, and Richard Greaves Townley esq, of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, lease 3+ acres in Fulbourn (awarded to the late Richard Greaves Townley esq by the enclosure commissioners for Fulbourn) for one year to John Hancock of Fulbourn, farmer, at peppercorn rent as first stage in process of lease and release. Release: Doc 3764. Indenture, signed and sealed by the three lessors, witnessed by Charles Wodehouse, Daniel Gurney, Mary Gregge Hopwood, James Topham, Charles Mitford, and William Acton; duty stamp. Parchment supplied by Andrew Northcroft of Chancery Lane.

Dates

  • Creation: 3 Aug. 1829 (10 George IV)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Bedfordshire County Council, 19 March 1947

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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