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Indexed by surname at the beginning of the volume. 258 pages, written in several hands.

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Miscellaneous collection of documents, including fines, recoveries, admissions, surrenders, leases and releases relating to Willingham, Dullingham, Carlton and Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, and Great Bradley, Suffolk. Many papers concern the Darby, Cooke, Turner, Smoothy, and Billingsley families.

Scope and Contents Property documents relating to Pell family of Wilburton Manor. This collection has been organised in chronological order and includes wills, enfranchisements, extinguishments, accounts and a variety of land transfer documents.Historic England's official list entry for Wilburton Manor includes the following information:Wilburton Manor had come into the possession of Sir Albert Pell in 1817. Sir Albert died in 1832, and his widow the Hon Lady Margaret Letitia Matilda...

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A collection of court rolls and books relating to the Manors of Chesterton and Wicken with deeds, wills and other associated documents.

Scope and Contents A substantial number of the records within the collection concern the administration of the various estates and manors before their purchase by Vanneck. There are lengthy series of medieval court records for the manors of Aldham, Cratfield, Huntingfield, Laxfield, and Leiston Abbey, dating from the 13th century. A few medieval account rolls, rentals and surveys also survive. There is a volume for a Court of “Hethwarmot” (c1504-1518), which dealt with matters relating to right of wreck, ie...