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Indenture apprenticing William Laye to John Carter. Endorsed by Sir Thomas Steward and Daniel Wigmore, Archdeacon of Ely.

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Indenture apprenticing Richard Horne to Phillip Lucas of Bury St. Edmunds and Mary his wife.

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Indenture apprenticing Susan Mott to Robert and Elizabeth Gates of Ely.

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Indenture apprenticing Sara Butler to William Barnet and Alice his wife.

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Indenture apprenticing Katherine Garnett to James and Anna Jordan of Ely.

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Indenture apprenticing Mathew Potter to Thomas and Mary Crowne of Ely.

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Indenture apprenticing Marie Bacon to William and Grace Parris of Ely.

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Indenture apprenticing Robert Lord to Thomas Smith.

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Indenture apprenticing Penelope Kempton to Richard and Elizabeth Page.

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Indenture apprenticing Thos. Cory to William Dery of King's Lynn.

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Thos. Lambe leases to Edward Kilborn land in Ely for 13 years, both of Ely.

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Compiled by Samuel Knight DD. Includes statutes, copies of surveys, rentals, plans, notes on Robert Grossteste, charters, list of churches, biographical notes and lists of members of the church, notes on tenants and rents, testimonials to college figures, wills relating to College benefactions, orations, speeches to University of Cambridge Senate, lists of College fellows, copies of decrees relating to University of Cambridge.

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fos 169v-175r: index. fo. 1 (loose): list of sources. On verso of fragment of loose leaf, containing on recto a printed advertisement of lectures by John George Wood FSA, inside front cover: notes on Ely Chapel. inside back cover: 'The Index examined for names of chancellors etc., Se. 26 1815.'

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Receipt for rent of a messuage received by Robert Mauldyn [sic] from Edward Cattell of Ely. Signed by Robarte Maldon.

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Deed drawn up between Daniel and Lionel Goodricke of Ely and John Goodricke of Ely by which the two former surrender to the latter certain property in Ely. Endorsed on back: Goodrick's generall Release to Goodricke.

Scope and Contents Notebook of Samuel Bentham, 124 folios. Fos 1-49 consist chiefly of receipts, valuations and estimates of the vicarage dues of Witchford, the list of those who paid dues having been tabulated, apparently in anticipation, as far as the year 1731. The figures for the years 1724-1731 have been filled in by another hand after S. Bentham's death. Fos 54-117 consist chiefly of extracts from the records of Ely Cathedral and from the proceedings of the Dean and Chapter, including copies of a letter...

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Rough transcript of a Record of a Trial in 1652 relative to a Fishery at Ely between John Taylor and Edward Mitchell.

Scope and Contents Trinity Parish, Ely, vestry book, 272 pages: (p. 1) list of certificates taken in by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish, 1698-1798. The list contains the date, the name of the poor person and the name of the parish from which the certificate came; (p. 65) list of certificates granted and apprentices put out by the same, 1707-1800; (p. 137) list of persons examined or ordered to be removed from the parish, and of those appealing against the assessment of rates, etc.,...

Scope and Contents A collection of the biographies of seven bishops of Ely, 1438-1515, including: (fo. 1) Lewis de Luxemburgh; (fo. 13) William Gray (sic); (fo. 23) John Morton; (fo. 43) John Alcock; (fo. 55) Richard Redman; (fo. 71) James Stanley; (fo. 79) Nicholas West (sic). The lives are numbered XXIV to XXXI, with the omission of XXV. The versos are blank, except for occasional notes and additional matter. Copious references to authorities appear in the margin. Inside the front cover are the bookplates of...