Certificate of sale of rents, Swaffham Bulbeck and Bottisham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.439
  • Dates of Creation
      5 Feb. 1788 (Date of Enrolment: 15 February 1788)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

The Commissioners of the Land Revenue contract with Benjamin Barker of Swaffham Prior for the sale of certain rents in respect of land in the above parishes. Signed by the Commissioners: Charles Middleton, John Call, John Fordyce. Receipt dated 14 February 1788, signed by H. Foster, W. Jackson. Enrolment subscribed by John Hooper.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from John Whitaker, Cambridge (from Hove, Sussex) 13 August 1917 (With this cf Add 5958(14), the original of which was bought from E. Williams, 37 New Town, Hove, Sussex. Mr Whitaker's lot from Hove presumably came from the same vendor.

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