Lease, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1013
  • Dates of Creation
      20 Sep. 1694
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Haynes Barlee, esq., of Clavering, Essex, for 5/- paid to him by William Eason, gent., of Bishopp Stortford, Herts., hath bargained and sold...for one year, to transfer use into possession, a piece of ground of 20 acres inclosed with ditches by the R. Ouse, with messuages in the parish of Wilburton and 2 other pieces of fen, containing about 50 acres in Skeg Fen now in occupation of John Browne and formerly of William Younge...To have and to hold for one year...Signed by William Eason, with seal. Witnessed by George Banson, Chas. Haynes, and Sam Snoden.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from H.R. Moulton, 151 Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4, 27 March 1922

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