Quitclaim, Eversden, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3677
  • Dates of Creation
      8 Nov. 1478 (18 Edward IV)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

William Nurse of Tetworth in the parish of Everton, Huntingdonshire, husbandman, and his wife Joan, quitclaim to William Adam of Great Eversden all their right in one acre of arable land lying in the fields of Eversden. One half acre lies next the land of John Carnebrook, with one head abutting on the land of Sir Richard Seyntegeorge to the west, while the other half acre lies in the field called Heydon next to land of John Hert, with one head abutting on the king's highway to the south. Deed poll, no witness. Fragment of red round seal. Endorsed in pencil: '12'.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs R G Harrison, The Little House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, 13 May 1941

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