Assignment of lease, Newnham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1901
  • Dates of Creation
      6 Apr. 1821 (2 George IV)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

On 14 Dec 1814 the master, fellows or scholars of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, leased to Thomas Whittred esq of Newnham, a tenement with garden in Newnham, on a 40-year lease. In consideration of #40, Whittred now assigns the residue of the lease to William Anderson esq of Cambridge. See also Doc 1899, 1900. Signed and sealed by both parties, witnessed by John Finch, duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, signed by Whittred and witnessed by Finch.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., April 1932

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