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Lease, Fordham, Cambridgeshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.931

Scope and Contents

Indenture made between John Fletcher, farmer, of Fordham and Robt. Sharpe, tailor, late of Milton and now of Fordham, executors of the will of Stephen Isaacson, grocer, deceased, late of Milton, and Thomas Mann, yeoman, of Fordham. Witnesseth that J.F. and R.S. for 5/- lease to T.M. for on eyear, to convert use into possession, all that freehold messuage and a close of pasture which S. Isaacson purchased of James Leach of Great Swaffham and Catherine his wife by indentures of 17 and 18 October 1757. Signed by John Fletcher and Robert Sharpe, 2 plain seals. Witnessed by W. Wilkin and John Vail.

Dates

  • Creation: 11 June 1776

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 item(s) (vellum) : vellum

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from H.R. Moulton, 151 Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4, 27 March 1922

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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