Papers concerning property in Guilden Morden and Over, Cambridgeshire
Scope and Contents
Includes leases, deeds, assignments, copies of court rolls, letters of attorney and releases concerning land in Guilden Morden and Over owned by the corporation of Beverley, Yorkshire. A full list is available on request.
Dates
- Creation: 1605-1705
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
37 item(s) (37 items paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
All were at one time stitched together, and paginated 1-72. they have now been separated, but items 1, 4, 5, 9, 22, 23, 29, and 31 were gathered and bound, 1905. Items paginated 65-67 are missing.
Other Finding Aids
Full list availble in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Robert Metcalfe DD of Trinity College, Cambridge (d. 1653) and bequeathed by him to his native town, Beverley, Yorkshire. These items appear to be strays from the Beverley Corporation archives. Purchased from J. Corbet Anderson.
Bibliography
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- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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