Admission (copy), Sutton, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1779
  • Dates of Creation
      7 May 1777
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certifying that John Wilkin having surrendered on 2 May 1777 by the hands of Henry Porter in the presence of John Ayres his 6 acres of copyhold fen or marsh ground in Sutton North Fen, manor of Sutton, to the use of Thomas Maylin of Sutton, gent, and his heirs (Doc 1778), Maylin is now formally admitted tenant to the property at the unchanged annual rent of 2s 8d. Copy of court roll, examined by Charles Greene esq, steward of the court, duty stamps.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., November 1931

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