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Lease, North Leigh etc., Oxfordshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3946

Scope and Contents

Following a decree in chancery, and by way of settlement of her claim to jointure as widow of the late Sir William Pope Kt, Pope's father and brother, William, earl of Downe, and Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, lease to Dame Elizabeth Penyston of Cogges, Oxfordshire, and to her husband Sir Thomas Penyston, Holy Court Farm and Ashford Mill in North Leigh, land in Cogges and Hook Norton, and Enston Farm, Enston[e], Oxfordshire, for 99 years or for the life of Dame Elizabeth, at peppercorn rent. See Doc 3945. Indenture, signed and sealed by both Penystons, witnessed by Ed Brouncker, Erasmus ?Chauncy, Martin Tustian, Ed? Wood, Richard Perkins, G Morton, Thomas Tustian, and Antoni Litlfild.

Dates

  • Creation: 22 June 1630 (6 Charles I)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

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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