Release of dower, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire
Scope and Contents
Alice Ashman of Swaffham Bulbeck, widow of Robert Ashman of the same, releases to Thomas Ashman, her step-son, devisee of her husband's will, all right of dower in certain land in Swaffham Bulbeck, devised by Robert Ashman to Thomas Ashman. Witnesses: Ivy O'Connor, Walter Cradock, junior. One seal is attached.
Dates
- Creation: 24 Nov. 1724
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Extent
1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from John Whitaker, Cambridge (from Hove, Sussex) 13 August 1917 (With this cf Add 5958(14), the original of which was bought from E. Williams, 37 New Town, Hove, Sussex. Mr Whitaker's lot from Hove presumably came from the same vendor.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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