Memorandum release from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 'Doctors Common', London
Scope and Contents
Statement of case in a dispute between Robert Mason and others the doctors of doctors' commons, plaintiffs, and the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, outlining the terms of leases dated 1555 and 1567 by which the College holds a messuage from the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral. Paper ends: 'The doctors of doctors' commons have taken leases of the colledge at fines and rents theis 100 yeares, and never till of late que[st]ioned the same, and most of the doctors doe still take leases on fines and rents. The only question is whether the lease of the deane and chapter be a trust for the doctors.'
Dates
- Creation: 1656 (Circa 1656/1661, undated)
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Extent
1 collection (Slightly torn along centre fold paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased at Sotheby's, Lot 19, 13 April 1981
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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