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Indenture, Hornden-on-the-Hill and Orsett, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.9
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Henrie Holstock of Orsett and William Holstock of Lincoln's Inn, son and heir of Henrie Holstock, sell to Thomas Hackett of London certain lands in the above parishes. Witnesses: Cuthbert Hackett, Peter Francke, Thomas Cassey, Francis Kempe, Edward Clark.

Dates: 18 Apr. 1603
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Indenture, Manor of Cotton and Hulme, Cheshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.88
Scope and Contents Articles of Agreement between Sir Thomas Cotton of Connington, Huntingdonshire, and Thomas Cotton of Cotton, Cheshire. Whereas there was an Agreement dated 22 March 1653 that Sir Thomas Cotton should have an absolute estate made to him of the manor of Cotton and Hulme by Thomas Cotton by a certain date and should reconvey the land to Thomas Cotton for life and an annuity to Elline wife of Thomas Cotton for life from the estate, and defalcation to be made for so much as the estate should fall...
Dates: 23 May 1653
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Indenture of an agreement to levy fine, Thorncote, Northill and Shefford, Bedfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.211
Scope and Contents John Austin senior of Shefford, John Austin junior, of the same, John Aires senior of East Hatley, Cambridgeshire, and John Aires junior, of Beeston, Sandy, Bedfordshire agree with Joseph Baker of Old Warden, Bedfordshire and George Fennell senior of Shefford that they will levy a fine sur conuzance de droit come ceo of certain land in Thorncote, Northill and Shefford, to the respective uses of Joseph Baker, John Austin junior, John Austin senior, and George Fennell senior for the better...
Dates: 2 Apr. 1722
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Babraham, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.849
Scope and Contents An indenture of 4 parts between Elizabeth Morley, a poor girl of about 15, educated at the Charity School, Babraham, of the 1st part, Henry John Adeane, lord of the Manor of Babraham of the 2nd part, the Rev. William Holme, of Emmanual College, Camb., Minister of the parish of Babraham, Jonas Webb the churchwarden and H.J. Adeane and Thomas Tofts, overseers of the 3rd part, and [Miss] Ann Mitchell, mantua-maker, of Little Shelford, Cambs., of the 4th part. Elizabeth Morley is bound as...
Dates: 10 July 1823
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Babraham, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1633
Scope and Contents Samuel Sargent, a poor child of Babraham, with the consent of Robert Jones Adeane, Lord of the Manor, and at the nomination of William Holme, Minister of Babraham, John Phipps, churchwarden, and Richard Tofts, overseer of the poor, puts himself apprentice to Henry Wilson, of Holy Trinity parish, Cambridge, cordwainer, till he attains twenty-one years. Witnessed by Thomas Pelt. Six seals are attached. On the back is a receipt for a sum paid to him by John Phipps for taking the apprentice,...
Dates: 9 Sep. 1819
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Babraham, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1634
Scope and Contents Mary Flack, a poor child of Babraham, with the consent of Robert Jones Adeane, Lord of the Manor, and at the nomination of William Holme, Minister of Babraham, John Phipps, churchwarden, and Stephen Sparrow, overseer of the poor, puts herself apprentice to Mary Lofts, straw-bonnet-maker, of Sawston, for a term of four years. The churchwarden and overseer are to pay to Mary Lofts a certain sum in instalments. Witnessed by Thomas Pelt and Francis Clay. Six seals are attached. On the back are...
Dates: 14 Dec. 1820
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Babraham, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1635
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Elizabeth Morley of Babraham, a poor child, with the consent of Henry John Adeane, Lord of the Manor, and at the nomination of Rev. William Holme, Minister of Babraham, Jonas Webb, churchwarden, Henry John Adeane and Thomas Tofts, overseers, puts herself apprentice to Ann Mitchell of Little Shelford for a term of three years. Witnessed by Francis Clay. Seven seals are attached. On the back is a receipt signed by Ann Mitchell for the sum agreed upon paid by Jonas Webb.

Dates: 10 July 1823
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.336
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John Long Bottisham with the consent of his mother Maria Long of the same puts himself apprentice to William Barham of Ely, harness-maker, a certain sum to be paid to him by the Reverend James Armitage Bonser, Vicar of Bottisham, and William King, churchwarden of the same. Witness: William King junior. On the back are two receipts for the agreed sums signed by William Barham. Witness: Joseph Watts.

Dates: 6 Sep. 1875
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Cambridge

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.94
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John Hancock son of John Hancock of Cambridge with the consent of his father puts himself apprentice to James Metcalfe of Cambridge for a term of six years. An increasing weekly sum is to be paid by James Metcalfe to the father to provide the son with food and lodging. Witness: Henry Markham. On the back are two receipts for the two portions of the sum mentioned paid by the father signed by James Metcalfe. Witnesses: Henry Markham, Charles Wootton.

Dates: 6 Apr. 1818
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Indenture of apprenticeship, Royston, Hertfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3703
Scope and Contents John Taylor, churchwarden of the parish of Royston, Cambridgeshire (sic), and Robert Stamford, overseer of the poor in the same parish, apprentice James Phillips in 'the art or mistery of husbandry' to Mary Fairchild of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. Completed printed indenture, signed and sealed by Mary Fairchild, witnessed by John ?Steves or Stebes (his mark), John ?Iacling (his mark), and by the Cambridgeshire JPs W Pigott and William Eversden, duty stamp. Printed form sold by J Lenthall at the...
Dates: 2 Oct. 1717 (4 George I)
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Indenture of Apprenticeship, Shefford, Bedfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.243
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James Harwood of Clifton, Bedfordshire puts himself apprentice to William Leevitt of Shefford, cordwainer, for a term of five and a half years. The master is to find the apprentice a pair of shoes yearly. Witnesses: Thomas Lewinton, Thomas Giddins. The main portion of the document is printed, names and other specific details being filled in by hand.

Dates: 21 Feb. 1805
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Indenture of [fresh] Marsh, West Tilbury, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.11
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John Essex of Orsett, Essex, grants and confirms to John Fitch of Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex, certain marsh lands in West Tilbury for a certain sum. Witnesses: J. Kinsman, Wm Blackborow, Richard Salter. On the back is a memorandum that seisin was taken 6 June 1666. Witnesses: The same.

Dates: 19 May 1666
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Indenture of recovery and release of lands, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.786
Scope and Contents Thomas Towers of Watlington, Norfolk, gent., releases to Henry Clift of Furnivall's Inn, London, for the 'barring of all estates [?] and remainders' land devised to him and his heir and nephew, John Towers, by his late father George Towers of Godscroft, Norfolk, viz. a messuage of about 40 acres in Wilburton, Cambs., another piece of about 20 acres and fen-land, also in Wilburton in the occupation of Robert Tubbs, and about 17 acres of land and pasture in the occupation of John Hunt, also in...
Dates: 10 May 1699
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Indenture of the Red Lion, Cheapside, London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.28
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Henry Lodge of Shoreditch, Middlesex, Mary his wife, and John Ferris the younger sell to William Genens of the Inner Temple and John Childe of Cliffords Inn a house in Cheapside. Witnesses: John Cock, John Tichborne, Egerton Wegewood, Charles Coxe, William Cock. Endorsed by Thomas Estoniet, Master in Chancery.

Dates: 6 Dec. 1670
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Indenture, Shefford, Bedfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.206
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William Cranfeild of Shefford grants to John Austin of Shefford and Anne his wife, daughter of William Cranfeild, certain premises in Shefford, except a certain buttery and a certain right of way reserved to William Cranfeild, for the term of their lives, after their death to their heirs, and failing such to the heirs of Anne Austin, failing such to the heirs of William Cranfeild. Witnesses: Ann Wiant, Thomas Cantrell.

Dates: 28 Feb. 1691
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Indenture, Wood St., London

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.49
Scope and Contents Joseph Gurney Bevan of London, Mary his wife, Wilson Birkbeck of the same and Hannah his wife let to John Thomas of the same a house in Wood Street in the city of London for a term of sixteen years at a yearly rent. The usual conditions as to keeping the premises in order and proviso for the arrears of rent follow. The agreement may be terminated at the desire of either party at the conclusion of the first two years or the first nine years. Witness: Hannah Plumsted. A schedule of fixtures...
Dates: 5 Sep. 1786 (Second indentured agreement dated 30 Aug. 1788)
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.157
Scope and Contents Counterpart of Doc 156. John Sygore of Writele grants to John Borell of Writele William Wakeryng, chaplain, John Bedell son of William Bedell of Writele, William Parker, William Page and Robert Parker, son of William Parker, of the same certain lands in Writtle, part of which he had with Benedict Sygore and John Fryday Fullere from the gift of John Sygore his father and Isabella his mother, part from the grant of William Trotte, part from the gift of Thomas Cryour, part with William Sygore...
Dates: 2 Feb. 1447
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.161
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Counterpart of Doc 160. John Borell of Writele, William Wakeryng, chaplain, John Bedell son of William Bedell of Writele, William Parker, William Page and Robert Parker, son of William Parker, grant to John Sygore and Emmota his wife certain premises in Writtle for the term of their lives; on their death the premises are to return to the grantors and their heirs for ever. Witnesses: Stephen Coope, John Turnor, John Samone junior, Robert Peese, Stephen Webbe. Two seals are attached.

Dates: 7 Sep. 1447
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.164
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Peter Saveryn of Southwark, Surrey, grants to John Saveryn his relative of Writhyll, Essex, certain lands in Writhyll which he inherited from his father Thomas Saveryn, to him and his heirs for ever, on condition that if John Saveryn pays to Peter Saveryn a certain sum by instalments on certain dates the present indenture should remain in force; if he fails to pay, Peter Saveryn may re-enter. Witnesses: Stephen Reve, William Segore, John Herde.

Dates: 23 Sep. 1451
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.160
Scope and Contents Counterpart of Doc 161. John Borell of Writele, William Wakeryng, chaplain, John Bedell son of William Bedell of Writele, William Parker, William Page and Robert Parker, son of William Parker, grant to John Sygore of Writele and Emmota his wife certain premises in Writtle for the term of their lives; on their death the premises are to return to the grantors and their heirs for ever. Witnesses: Stephen Coope, John Turnor, John Samone junior, Robert Peese, Stephen Webbe. On seal and parts of...
Dates: 7 Sep. 1447
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.162
Scope and Contents Whereas John Borell of Radewell in the parish of Writele is bound to pay John Sigore of the same a certain sum by a certain date; John Sigore grants that if John Borell pays the sum the present indenture should be void; but if he defaults then it shall be lawful for John Sigore to enter certain premises of which John Borell and others are seised and occupy them; if John Borell or the others prevent John Sigore taking such measures, the obligation against John is to be executed. One seal is...
Dates: 22 Nov. 1447
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.155
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Whereas John Sigor of Writell is bound to John Brakely of the same and Jane his wife in a certain sum to be paid by a certain date; John Brakely and Jane his wife grant that if Emmota wife of John Sigor survive him and within three days of his death release to John and Jane Brakeley her claim to a certain messuage in Writell, then the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in effect. Witnesses: William Smart, William Parker, Robert Friday. Part of the seal remains.

Dates: 20 Oct. 1445
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Indenture, Writtle, Essex

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.156
Scope and Contents Counterpart of Doc 157. John Sygore of Writele grants to John Borell of Writele, William Wakeryng, chaplain, John Bedell son of William Bedell of Writele, William Parker, William Page and Robert Parker, son of William Parker, of the same certain lands in Writtle, part of which he had with Benedict Sygore and John Fryday Fullere from the gift of John Sygore his father and Isabella his mother, part from the grant of William Trotte, part from the gift of Thomas Cryour, part with William Sygore...
Dates: 2 Feb. 1447
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Indentures of apprenticeship, Cambridge

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3748
Scope and Contents Four indentures of apprenticeship to John Nicholson snr and John Nicholson jnr of Cambridge, bookbinders: i. and ii. of John Smith, son of John Smith of the parish of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge; iii. Henry Smith, son of John Smith of Cambridge, bookbinder; iv. John Smith, son of John Smith of Cambridge, bookbinder. i. and ii. Completed printed indentures, signed and sealed by: i. John Smith, ii, both John Nicholsons, iii. both Smiths and both Nicholsons, iv. both John Smiths and ?L...
Dates: 20 Oct. 1785-25 Feb. 1820 (Circa, 20 Oct 1785 (25 George III), iii. 1 Mar 1818 (58 George III), iv. 25 Feb 1820????? (1 George IV))
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Index nominum for members of the Universities who took the Protestation ordered by Parliament, Feb. 1642

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3143
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Names written on strips of paper, pasted into volume. fos i-vi, 84-90 and verso throughout: blank.

Dates: 1850 (Circa, inferred from 19th-century hand.)
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Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 (zoologist and religious writer) 6
Gosse, Sir Edmund William, 1849-1928 (Knight, writer) 6
King's College, Cambridge 6
Moore, George Edward, 1873-1958 (philosopher) 6
Niclaes, Hendrik, 1502-? 1580 (German mystic and founder of the sect Familia Caritatis) 6
Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939 (writer) 6
Rennie, John, 1761-1821 (engineer) 6
Roskill, Stephen Wentworth, 1903 - 1982 (naval historian) 6
Royal Air Force 6
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 (Baron Rutherford of Nelson, physicist) 6
Simpson, Donald Herbert, 1920 - 2002 (Librarian of the Royal Commonwealth Society) 6
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister) 6
Welcker, Adair, 1858-1926 (author) 6
Whittle, Frank, Sir, 1907 - 1996 (Knight, Air Commodore, aeronautical engineer) 6
Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell 5
Blake, William, 1757-1827 (engraver, artist, and poet) 5
British Overseas Airways Corporation 5
Clare College, Cambridge 5
Gow, Andrew Sydenham Farrar, 1886-1978 (Classical Scholar) 5
James, I, 1566-1625 (King of Great Britain and Ireland) 5
Keynes, John Neville, 1852-1949 (logician, economist and university administrator) 5
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles, 1901-1971 (archaeologist and parapsychologist) 5
Longmore, Laura, fl1948 - 1998 5
Macalister, Alexander, 1844-1899 (Professor of Anatomy and surgeon) 5
Madden, Sir Frederic, 1801-1873 (Knight, palaeographer and librarian) 5
Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879 (Professor, scientist, physicist) 5
Minns, Sir Ellis Hovell, 1874-1953 (Knight, archaeologist, orientalist and linguist) 5
Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 (zoologist) 5
Saunderson, Nicholas, 1682-1739 (mathematician) 5
Scholfield, Alwyn Faber, 1884-1969 (Cambridge University Librarian) 5
Smith, Sir (Walter Buchanan-, 1879-1944, Knight) 5
Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) 5
Stevenson, Anne, 1933-2020 (poet) 5
Stokes, Sir George Gabriel, 1819-1903 (1st Baronet and physicist) 5
Thomas, Harold Beken, 1888 - 1971 (colonial administrator and historian) 5
Welch, John Hope, 1942- (poet, publisher and teacher) 5
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 (Viscount St Alban, lord chancellor, politician and philosopher) 4
Bartholomew, Augustus Theodore, 1882-1933 (librarian) 4
Bartlett, Sir Frederic Charles, 1886-1969 (Knight and psychologist) 4
Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (biologist) 4
Blunden, Edmund Charles, 1896-1974 (poet) 4
Cambridge University Press 4
Charles, II, 1630-1685 (King of Great Britain and Ireland) 4
Churchill College 4
Elizabeth, I, 1533-1603 (Queen of England and Ireland) 4
Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 4
Falconer, John, 1951 (Curator of photographs, British Library) 4
Foreign Office 4
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