License of alienation, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1654
  • Dates of Creation
      10 Sep. 1813
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Whereas the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Peterhouse, Cambridge, by Indenture dated 16 March 1808 let to Rev. Samuel Hunt of Stamford, Lincs., certain land in the manor of Chewells, Haddenham, for a term of twenty-one years with the proviso that the lessee might not alienate without the written licence of the lessors; the Master, Fellows and Scholars of Peterhouse grant special licence to Samuel Hunt to let the premises to Thomas Nix the younger of Somersham, Hunts., and William Nix the younger of Coveney, Cambs., provided that Thomas Nix and William Nix execute a bond for payment of rents and performance of covenants.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by S. Gaselee, M.A., 20 February 1930

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