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Lease, Elsfield, Oxfordshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3919

Scope and Contents

Gilbert Hore esq of Ellesfeld [Elsfield], Oxfordshire, and his wife Margery, lease a watermill called Southscotesmulle in Elsfield, with the associated properties and rights as in Doc 3912, to John and Joan Bell and to the Bells' son John, for their three lives at an annual rent of 66s 8d. Indenture, no witness. Three small pendant red round seals, on tags cut from near-contemporary deeds. Sixteenth-century identifying endorsements. In pencil at top-right: '19'.

Dates

  • Creation: 29 Sep. 1439 (Michaelmas Day 18 Henry VI [29 Sep 1439])

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Damaged by damp, and badly torn along LH edge

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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