Lease, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire

In consideration of 5s each to the two male lessors, Stephen Apthorpe snr of Gamlingay, grocer, Mary his wife, and their son Stephen Apthorpe jnr of Gamlingay, single man, lease a tenement and various closes at the eastern end of Gamlingay, for one year to William Beck of Earith, Huntingdonshire, gent, at peppercorn rent as first stage in process of lease and release. No subsequent release appears to have survived. Signed and sealed by both Stephen Apthorpes and by Mary Apthorpe (one seal wanting), witnessed by John ?Mason, Richard Duke, clerk of Mr Nevill of Staple Inn, William Haward, clerk of Mr Hopkins of Staple Inn, and Thomas Turpin. Endorsed in contemporary hand: 'Close behind ?Welser whereon a house / formerly stood'.

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Presented by the Curator, Bedford Modern School Museum, 16 November 1942

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Damaged by damp