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Asia photograph collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302G
Scope and Contents
An untitled album of photographs measuring generally between 65 x 110 mm and 210 x 165 mm, uncaptioned and undated, save one which is a postcard of a man and a woman, on the reverse is written: ‘Sunday, 24th July 38. The album contains a number of blank pages. Subjects include life on a ship (including images of the crew in fancy dress), buildings, groups of people, a ship-wreck, a boat ran aground, harbour scenes, two obituaries (C. Williams. A.B. H.M.S. Kent, killed at Hong Kong Dockyard...
Dates:
1910 - 1940
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Asphalt Lakes, Trinidad
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3075D
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs mounted on card, measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm., with brief typed captions pasted to the mounts. The collection shows stages in the extraction, transportation and refining of pitch from the asphalt lake at La Brea, in the south-west corner of the Island. Raleigh used the pitch from this lake to caulk his ships as early as 1585, declaring it to be the best he had ever used.
Dates:
1965
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Asser: Life of King Alfred
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3825
Scope and Contents
Alfred's will is at fo. 33v. Though not so stated, occasional scribal errors suggest that this is a transcript of the 'Parker' edition, printed London, 1574, but with the Old English letterforms normalised. fos 38, ii-lxvi: blank. fo. 1: signature 'Arundel', presumably Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel (1585-1646, restored to title 1604).
Dates:
1604 (Circa)
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Assessment, Capel and East Bergholt, Suffolk
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.115
Scope and Contents
Mary Walker of Colchester, Essex, lets to George Cousens of Washbrook, Suffolk, certain premises in Capel and East Bergholt, timber excepted, for a term of seven years; the lessee may not let without written licence from the lessor; he may not carry away dung, nor cut timber, he must keep the pump in order, he is to discharge rates and taxes, he is to plant a certain number of trees yearly, he is to plough no more land than is ploughed at present, to prepare straw for thatching, preserve...
Dates:
15 May 1706
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Assessment, East Bergholt, Suffolk
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.114
Scope and Contents
Robert Cole of East Bergholt and Elizabeth his wife covenant with Edward Lewes and Samuel Turner of the same that before a certain date by fine to be levied they will acknowledge certain premises in East Bergholt to be the right of Edward Lewes and Samuel Turner and their heirs; Edward Lewes and Samuel Turner are to stand seised of the premises for the use of Robert Cole and his heirs. Witnesses: John Perse, Abraham Routon.
Dates:
1 July 1621
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Assessment of rates, Beccles, Suffolk
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.113
Scope and Contents
General Quarter Sessions held at Beccles. Order of the Court assessing the parishes of the division in rates for the repairing of bridges and gaols, the relief of poor prisoners, providing material for setting prisoners to work and for passing rogues etc. There follows a list of parishes with the amount of each assessment, divided into the hundreds of Blything, Wangford and Mutford and Lothingland.
Dates:
15 July 1771
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Assignment, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1933
Scope and Contents
As further security on a debt of #1,100 owed to William Garfit Ashton of Cambridge, gent (3rd party), Elizabeth Ayres of Cambridge, widow of the late John Ayres (1st party), assigns to him freehold property in Northampton St, parish of St Peter, Cambridge, and further undertakes to surrender copyhold land in the manor of Madingley, parish of St Giles, Cambridge, in trust, to pay off the debt if she defaults on payment of principal sum and interest. James Spear of 39 Gloucester Road, Hyde...
Dates:
17 May 1851
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Assignment, Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.863
Dates:
7 Dec. 1821
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Assignment, Coveney and Witcham, Cambridgeshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1756
Scope and Contents
Assignment by William Bromley of Gray's Inn, gent and Charles Clubbe esq of Framlingham, Suffolk of three leases for 300 years, 2,000 years, and 1,000 years created in premises at Hale Fen, Coveney and Witcham, in trust to John Curtis and Edmund Alexander Wilson gents, of Montagu St, Portman Square. This at the request of Rosalinda Foss, late of Stockwell, Surrey, but now of Muswell Hill, Middlesex, Capt John Thompson RN and his wife Maria, of Connaught Square, Middlesex - Foss and Maria...
Dates:
19 Sep. 1827 (8 George IV)
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Assignment indenture, Flitton, Bedfordshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.287
Scope and Contents
Whereas by Indenture dated 25 July 1774 Joseph Harrington at the request of Thomas Butcher sold to Robert Butcher of Middle Scotland Yard certain land in Greenfield for the term of one thousand years subject to redemption; and whereas the fee simple of the land is now vested in Daniel Beaumont in trust for Francis, Duke of Bedford; and whereas Francis, Duke of Bedford, by Indentures of Lease and Release dated the previous day and the same date has conveyed the lands to Edmond Williamson of...
Dates:
10 Oct. 1794
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Assignment indenture, Pulloxhill and Flitton, Bedfordshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.285
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Whereas by Indenture dated 16 May 1738 Matthew Deacon of Greenfield, Flitton, granted to Joseph Johnson of Milton Bryan certain land in the above parishes for a term of one thousand years subject to redemption; and whereas by Indenture dated 10 February 1741 Matthew Deacon and Elizabeth his wife granted to John Johnson certain land in the same parishes for the term of one thousand years subject to redemption; and whereas by Indentures of Lease and Release dated 20 and 21 March 1743 certain...
Dates:
10 Oct. 1794
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Assignment, Modbury, Devonshire etc.
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.4099
Scope and Contents
William Champernoun esq declares that he has assigned 'by dede endentid' to Philip Courtenay, Thomas Stonore, Robert Reynell, esquires, and to John Denys of Orle, Harry Drewe and to Sir James Carlway, parson of the church of Dodbroke, the manors of Modbury, Dodbroke, and Brideford, Devonshire, and of Aston Ruhant [Aston Rowant], Oxfordshire, with the advowson of unspecified Devonshire churches, in order that they should secure from the revenues of these lands Â300 to pay Champernoun's debts...
Dates:
1462 (2 Edward IV [no day or month])
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Assignment of 99-year lease to protect inheritance, Reading, Berkshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.4123
Dates:
1691
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Assignment of Arms to Thomas Overbury
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.60.2.2
Scope and Contents
Endorsed: 'Rich. Graves papers of antiquity' (c. 1700).
Dates:
15th July 1569
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Assignment of bond, Woodbury Manor, Cambridgeshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1668
Dates:
19 May 1699
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Assignment of debtor's estate, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.377
Scope and Contents
Whereas by Indenture dated 26 January 1822 all the estate of John William Hobbs of Cambridge, an insolvent debtor, was conveyed to Henry Dance of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Provisional Assignee of the estate of Insolvent Debtors; Henry Dance assigns to William Simpson, of Cambridge, Thomas Wilson of the same and William Bishop of the same all the said estate, to them and their heirs, for the benefit of the creditors. Witnesses: for Henry Dance: Charles Dance; for the remainder: W. G. Ashton,...
Dates:
11 Mar. 1822
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Assignment of lease as security for £200, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.939
Dates:
25 July 1730
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Assignment of lease, Bruern, Oxfordshire
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3929
Scope and Contents
In consideration of an undisclosed sum, John Mylwarde of Burcott, Northamptonshire, gent, assigns the remainder [in effect the full term] of his lease of Sewell Grange and other lands in Brewerne [Bruern], Oxfordshire, to Richard Paramoure, citizen and merchant tailor of London at the same annual rent of #18 19s 6d. Mylwarde's lease, held of his former master Sir Thomas Pope and dated 2 Jan 1 & 2 Philip and Mary, is for 80 years following the expiry of an earlier 50-year lease of the...
Dates:
30 Nov. 1572 (15 Elizabeth I)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1877
Scope and Contents
Recites Doc 1876 to establish John Chambers' title in the Walls Lane property. In consideration of #37, Chambers now assigns same to William Weales gent, alderman of Cambridge. Signed and sealed by Chambers, witnessed by William Roberts, notary public, and William Doyly, endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date and signatures, duty stamps.
Dates:
13 Apr. 1775 (15 George III)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1879
Scope and Contents
In consideration of the sum of #55, William Weales of Cambridge, gent and alderman, assigns the remainder of a 1,000-year lease (at peppercorn rent) of a tenement in Walls Lane, parish of the Holy Trinity, Cambridge, to Thomas Kirbyshire of Cambridge, yeoman. Signed and sealed by Weales, witnessed by Ch Martindale and Richard Sulter, duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date and signatures.
Dates:
22 Mar. 1780 (20 George III)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1882
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In consideration of #50, Thomas Kirbyshire of Cambridge, yeoman, assigns to Charles Jackson of Cambridge, yeoman, the remainder of a lease for 1,000 years at peppercorn rent of a cottage in Walls Lane, Holy Trinity parish, Cambridge. Mark and seal of Kirbyshire, witnessed by Robert Gee, notary public, and by Robert Gee (jnr), his son, duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date and signatures.
Dates:
8 Apr. 1784 (24 George III)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1887
Scope and Contents
On 1 Feb 1791, John Forlow of Cambridge, common brewer, leased to Richard Wallis of Cambridge, grocer, a 'new bricked building' in Post Office Yard, Cambridge, opposite the tenement now occupied by William Jardine Purchas esq of Cambridge (see Doc 1886), for 37.25 years at an annual rent of #4 (see Doc 1890). In consideration of #110, Wallis now assigns the remainder of his lease to Purchas. Signed and sealed by Wallis, witnessed by Ed Randall and William Clarke, duty stamps. Endorsed with...
Dates:
30 Apr. 1791 (31 George III)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1888
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Mary Anderson of Cambridge, spinster (administratrix of the goods and chattels of her mother Mary Anderson of Cambridge, deceased, widow of John Anderson of Cambridge, mealman), assigns the remainder of a 21-year corporation lease (commencing 1787) of the King's Mills and associated grounds between Coe Fen and Sheep's Green, Cambridge, including the ozier plantation called 'Swan's Nest', to her brother William Anderson of Cambridge, mealman, now that he is of age, and as part of the general...
Dates:
17 Aug. 1793 (33 George III)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1891
Scope and Contents
In consideration of #25, James Swann of Cambridge, perukemaker, assigns to Jane Murcutt of Cambridge, widow, the remainder of a lease for 1,000 years at peppercorn rent of a cottage in Walls Lane, parish of the Holy Trinity, Cambridge, subject to Mary Baldwin, spinster's, life estate therein. Signed and sealed by James Swann, witnessed by Robert Gee snr and Robert Gee jnr, duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same signatures.
Dates:
11 July 1795 (35 George III)
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Assignment of lease, Cambridge
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.1892
Scope and Contents
In consideration of #25, Jane Murcutt of Cambridge, widow, assigns to Thomas Coe of Cambridge, whitesmith, the remainder of a lease for 1,000 years at peppercorn rent of a cottage in Walls Lane, parish of the Holy Trinity, Cambridge, subject to Mary Baldwin, spinster's life estate therein. Signed and sealed by Murcutt, witnessed by Richard Vitty, duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date and signatures.
Dates:
24 July 1795 (35 George III)
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