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Lease, Tadmarton, Oxfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3951
Scope and Contents In consideration of œ52, Lady Beata Pope, Lady Frances Pope, and Lady Finetta Pope, sisters and coheirs of the late Sir Thomas Pope Bt, grant a lease in reversion to Robert Pargiter the younger of Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, yeoman, of two and a half yardlands customary, and one yardland demesne, in Tadmarton, formerly in the occupation of Anne Potter, widow, deceased, and now in the tenure of Pargiter, for 99 years or for the life of Pargiter's son Robert, at an annual rent of 35s 9d....
Dates: 12 Sep. 1668 (20 Charles II)
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Lease, Thetford, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.833
Scope and Contents John Thornton, gent., of Soham, Cambs., leases to William Hynckyn, husbandman, of Thetford, Cambs., for a term of 6 years at £18 p.a. The place to be kept in repair, exc. 'the great tymber' and his not to cut or lop trees. Half of the great barn in excepted from the lease and John Thornton etc. is to have impress at any time. Signed by Will. Hynckyn, by a mark which might be W.H. Remains of a seal attached. Witnessed by Oliver Robens, John Peches, Edward Croply, and John Croply (names all...
Dates: 10 Mar. 1587
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Lease, Thetford Manor, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.823
Scope and Contents Robert Thornton, gent., of Downham, in the parish of Wymondham, Norfolk, grants to John Thorneton, gent., of Soham, Cambs., his heirs etc. 'medietatem...illius manerii de Thetford' in I. of Ely, Cambs., now in the occupation of William Hingking, farmer, for the sum of £600 to be repaid on the 10 May 1592 in the south porch of the Church of Soham. The manor came to Robert Thorneton from Oliver Thorneton of Hingham, Norfolk (it seems to have included property lying in the town of Thetford,...
Dates: 13 Apr. 1587-13 Apr. 1591 (29 Elizabeth I)
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Lease to S. Browne, Pampisford, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.741
Dates: 1703
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Lease, Toft and Comberton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3968
Scope and Contents In consideration of 5s, William Eversden esq, of Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire, leases 253 acres in Toft and Cumberton [Comberton], Cambridgeshire, then in the possession of Richard Day and others, for one year to William Pullyn of Carleton End, Norfolk, schoolmaster, and to John Tyrrell of Tasburgh, Norfolk, gent, at peppercorn rent, as first stage in process of lease and release. Indenture of two pages, signed and sealed by all three parties, witnessed by Richard Gallard, Susan Gallard...
Dates: 29 Apr. 1700 (12 William III)
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Lease, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1798
Scope and Contents Lease by Revd Christopher Ansty of Norton, Durham, clerk, to John Hemington esq of Denny Abbey, Cambridgeshire, of his 'mansion house' in Trumpington, together with Paternoster Piece, the Grove, Chestnut Field, and other lands in Trumpington (reserving timber and quarrying rights) for fourteen years at an annual rent of #218. The rent is to be increased by #20 for every acre of specified land converted to arable, and Hemington undertakes to operate a four-year crop rotation system in...
Dates: 1 Mar. 1814 (54 George III)
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Lease, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1799
Scope and Contents Lease by Revd Christopher Ansty of Norton, Durham, clerk, to Capt Henry Humphreys, HM 48th Regiment of Foot, of his farm house and 395 acres in Trumpington (reserving timber and quarrying rights) for twelve years at an annual rent of #790. The rent is to be increased by #20 for every acre of meadow or pasture land converted to arable, and Humphreys undertakes to operate a four-year crop rotation system, and to insure the house against fire for #1,500. Various restrictions on farming methods...
Dates: 1814 (No day or month, 54 George III)
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Lease, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1801
Scope and Contents Lease by the Revd Christopher Anstey of Norton, Durham, clerk, to John Hemington esq of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, of a capital messuage and farm in Trumpington (reserving timber and quarrying rights) for twenty-one years at an annual rent of #860 (deducting landlord's property tax). Hemington undertakes to operate a four-year crop rotation system, and to insure the mansion house against fire for #3,000 and the farm house for #1,200. Various restrictions on farming methods and building...
Dates: 30 Dec. 1815 (Circa, endorsed: 'This lease expires Michaelmas 1836.')
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Lease, Trumpington etc., Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1808
Scope and Contents In consideration of 5s, John Dowsing of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, clerk, leases his farm in Trumpington, 'known by the name or names of Trumpington Huntingtons or Crouchmans', the manor of Tincotts alias Teckingcotts, and further land in Trumpington, Honney Hill in Chatteris, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, in Bardney, Lincolnshire, and in Blagdon, Somerset, for one year to Christopher Anstey DD of Brinkley, Cambridgeshire, and Mary his wife (aunt and heir at law of John Thompson late of...
Dates: 25 May 1748 (21 George III,endorsed as entered in the Bedford Level Company register, 8 Apr 1807)
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Lease, Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3744
Scope and Contents In consideration of #204, the master, fellows and scholars of St John's College, Cambridge, lease to John Hall esq of Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, a farm called Browns with 67 acres of arable land in Weston Colville (reserving timber rights), for 20 years from Michaelmas next, at an annual rent of #6, two quarters of wheat, and two quarters of malt. Clauses regulating aspects of husbandry and against unauthorised alienation. Iindenture, sealed with college seal, duty stamps. With plan of...
Dates: 1 Dec. 1847
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Lease, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1006
Scope and Contents

John Aveling, the younger, husbandman, of Whittlesey, I. of E., Cambs., for 5/- leases to John Boone, husbandman, of Whittlesey, for one year, 5 acres of fen lying in Black Bush, Whittlesey, next the land of John Boone N., and W. formerly William Aveling's and now in occupation of John A. Signed by John Aveling, with seal attached. Witnessed by William Death and William Coane.

Dates: 28 Mar. 1706 (1706 or 1707, 5 Anne)
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Lease, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1007
Dates: 21 Feb. 1711 (10 Anne)
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1011
Scope and Contents Sir John Coell, knight, of Depden, Suff., for 5/- leases to Robt. Mingay, esq., of Ely, for one year...to convert use into possession a messuage lying at the end of the Dooles in Wilburton wherein John Sutton lately dwelt, and 5 acres of fen land called the Dooles abutting upon Skeg Fen and S. upon R. Ouze and another 10 acres and that part of the Dooles late in occupation of Haynes Barley esq. and now of William and John Sancty (or Sucty) abutting upon the Dooles late Master George Towers...
Dates: 26 July 1686
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1013
Scope and Contents Haynes Barlee, esq., of Clavering, Essex, for 5/- paid to him by William Eason, gent., of Bishopp Stortford, Herts., hath bargained and sold...for one year, to transfer use into possession, a piece of ground of 20 acres inclosed with ditches by the R. Ouse, with messuages in the parish of Wilburton and 2 other pieces of fen, containing about 50 acres in Skeg Fen now in occupation of John Browne and formerly of William Younge...To have and to hold for one year...Signed by William Eason, with...
Dates: 20 Sep. 1694
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1016
Scope and Contents Indenture between Thomas Saywell, gent., of Sutton, I. of E., Cambs. And Wiltshire Castell (or Castle), late of Radwell, Beds., gent., of the one part and Walter Walker, esq., of Stretham, I. of E., Cambs., of the other part. Saywell and Castell for 5/- lease to Walker for one year (to transfer use into possession) a messuage with closes containing about 8 acres and a close of 6 acres called the Furze close and another called the Thoroughfare close and another 26 acres all in Wilburton now...
Dates: 4 Dec. 1711
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1019
Scope and Contents

William Hall, gent., of Richmond, Surrey, for 5/- leases for one year (to transfer use into possession) to John Gifford, clerk, of Stoke, Surrey, 22 1/2 acres heretofore in occupation of Thomas Gotobed and now of Thomas Kemp in Wilburton. Signed by William Hall. Witnessed by George Barnadiston and William Hatley.

Dates: 27 June 1726
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1020
Scope and Contents

William Hall, gent., of Richmond, Surrey and John Gifford, clerk, of Stoke, Surrey, for 5/- lease for one year (to transfer use into possession) the 22 1/2 acres stated in MS Doc.1019 in Wilburton, heretofore in occupation of Thos. Gotobed and now of Thos. Kemp, to Thomas Morden, yeoman, of Haddenham, Cambs. Signed by William Hall and John Gifford, 2 seals. Witnessed by W. Rolfe and Aug. Tawell for J. Gifford, and by R. Keane and John Burhill for W. Hall.

Dates: 16 Sep. 1726
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1022
Scope and Contents William Ewin, clerk, of Merton, Norf., for 5/- leases to Anne Pepys, widow, of Impington, Cambs., for one year, to transfer use into possession, various acres of land in Wilburton, among them the Furze Close and Thoroughfare Close, as mentioned in a tripartite indenture of release on the day following this between W.E. and Thomas Ewin, gent., of Cambridge, of the first part, John Walker, gent., of Stretham, I. of E., of the 2nd part and Anne Pepys of the 3rd part. Signed by William Ewin,...
Dates: 24 Oct. 1744
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1023
Scope and Contents Thomas Brand, farmer, of Haddenham, I. of E., for 5/- leases to Matthew Brackenbury, grocer, of Ely, 124 acres of fen ground described in the Lot Book and Wilburton Severals Lot 7, no. 2, part of the 95000 acres of Adventurers Land allotted for the...Bedford Level, formerly in occupation of James Brand, deceased, and now of Elizabeth Sutton, widow, to have and to hold...for one whole year...for transferring use into possession. Signed by Thos. Brand, with seal. Witnessed by John Salmon and...
Dates: 19 July 1791
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1024
Scope and Contents

William Thurlow, farmer, of Grunty Fen farm, I. of E., for 5/- leases to John Martin, farmer, of Outwell, I. of E., for one year, the same 124 acres as in MS Doc.1023...to transfer use into possession. Signed by William Thurlow, with seal. Witnessed by Richard Vitty and John Speechly. On the back is a note, signed by C.N. Cole, Registrar, that the transaction is entered in the Register of the Governors of the Conservators of the Bedford Level.

Dates: 25 July 1791
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Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1665
Scope and Contents Rev. John Henry Browne, Archdeacon of Ely, and Rector of Wilburton, in consideration of the surrender of a former lease and of a certain fine lets to Albert Pell of Montague Place, Russell Square, London, the parsonage of Wilburton for a term of three lives, the lessee to pay in addition to the yearly rent a yearly rent to the curate of Wilburton. John Henry Browne appoints Hugh Robert Evans and Thomas Archer the younger, both of Ely, his attorneys to take and deliver seisin; Albert Pell...
Dates: 20 Feb. 1822 (Date of memorandum: 12 March 1822)
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Lease, Willaston, Oxfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3936
Scope and Contents In consideration of #900, William Pope esq of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, leases to Richard Grene esq of Wilcott [Wilcote], Oxfordshire, the manor of Wollaston alias Wollanxton [Willaston], Oxfordshire, for 21 years from Michaelmas last, at an annual rent of #13 6s 8d. Restrictions on felling of timber. Reference to a lease made by Sir Thomas Pope to John Arden of Willaston on 8 July 37 Henry VIII. Indenture, signed and sealed by Grene, witnessed by Richard Ferrys, Erasmus Chauncy, John ?Duncombe,...
Dates: 3 Nov. 1602 (44 Elizabeth I)
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Lease, Witcham, Cambridgeshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1826
Scope and Contents

In consideration of 5s, Henry Wilks of Ely, miller, leases for one year his c2 acres fen or marsh ground in 'The Hale' [Hale Fen], Witcham, at peppercorn rent to William Nix of Chatteris, gent. The formal preliminary to a release dated the day following (Doc 1827). Signed and sealed by Henry Wilks, witnessed by L Dench and H B Scott, duty stamps.

Dates: 23 Jan. 1839
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Lease, Wroxton, Oxfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3950
Scope and Contents Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton leases Rockham Mill, Wroxton and Balscote [Balscott], Oxfordshire, to Thomas Clifford [Cliffard] of Rockham Mill, miller, for 11 years from Michaelmas next, at an annual rent of #12. Timber and brushwood rights are reserved. Lessee to plant trees annually. Clause against sub-letting. Provision for renewal of Pope's lease of the property from Trinity College, Oxford. Indenture, signed and sealed by Cliffard, witnessed by William Colman, John Fissher, Ambrose Holbech...
Dates: 30 Sep. 1652
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Lease, Wroxton, Oxfordshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3954
Scope and Contents In consideration of œ8, Francis [North, 2nd] Lord Guilford, leases to William King of Balscott in the parish of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, miller, Balam's Mill, parishes of Balscott and Wroxton, with the associated half yardland, formerly in the possession of William Addison and now in the tenure of King, for eight years from the previous Michaelmas, at an annual rent of œ16 (œ8 in final year). Reserving tithes and woods. Replanting clause. King has liberty to remove one of the corn mills on...
Dates: 2 Dec. 1724 (11 George I)
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Churchill, Clementine Ogilvy Spencer (1885-1977, née Hozier, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell) 6
Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910 (Cambridge University registrary) 6
Cockcroft, John Douglas, Sir, 1897 - 1967 (Knight, nuclear physicist and first Master of Churchill College) 6
Donne, John, 1572-1631 (poet and Church of England clergyman) 6
Eton College 6
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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