Mortgage, Showell and Dunthrop, Oxfordshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3934
  • Dates of Creation
      10 Nov. 1596 (38 Elizabeth I)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #3,000 (advanced to Pope), William Pope esq of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, Thomas Chamberlayne esq of Gray's Inn, and Thomas Leeson of Franckton [Frankton], Warwickshire, gent, mortgage various freehold and leasehold properties in Showell, Dunsthorpe [Dunthrop], Brewerne [Bruern], Swackley, Little Twe [Tew?], Hyethrop, and the manor of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, to Robert Chamberlayne esq of Sherborne, Oxfordshire, and Philip Scudamore esq of Gt St Bartholomew's 'neare West Smithfeild in the Suburbes of London'.Indenture of 2 membranes, signed and sealed by Chamberlain, witnessed by Jasper Germyn, Henry Buckerfielde, and George Wilkonsonne.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

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