Mortgage by the Commissioners, Tempsford, Bedfordshire and Hitchen and Bygrave, Hertfordshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.231
  • Dates of Creation
      28 July 1825
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certain of the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament for making navigable the River Ivel from Tempsford, Bedfordshire to Hitchen and Bygrave, Hertfordshire, mortgage to John Driver of Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire, all the tolls to be granted by the Act as security upon a sum lent by him. Witnesses: S. Veasey, William Storkin. On the back is a receipt for the sum lent signed by Isaac Hindley, Treasurer to the Commissioners. Witnesses: the same. Seven seals are attached.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs Charles Williamson of Kempton, Bedfordshire, 20 April 1915

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