Suzanna Kemp, widow, of Great Shelford, for 5/- leases to Alice Rodgers (wife of John Rodgers, yeoman, of Gt. Shelford) and Christopher Rodgers their son, singleman, a messuage of about 1/2 acre, abutting on the common High Green of Gt. Shelford and 1/2 acre of arable land near Church pit balke commonly called Swets towes, in occupation of John Rodgers, for a term of 6 months, paying one penny at the end of it, in order to convert use into possession...Signed by Suzanna Kemp, her mark, seal with initials A.B. Witnessed by [? Bening?] and William Hinkell.
Lease, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
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- Dates of Creation12 May 1712
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description1 item(s) vellum vellum
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Purchased from H.R. Moulton, 151 Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4, 27 March 1922
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