Lease indenture, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.457
  • Dates of Creation
      11 Dec. 1668
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Susan Dod of Whittlesford lets to Edward Dod of Helions Bumpstead, Essex, one half of Whittlesford rectory for a term of twenty-one years if Susan lives so long; the lessee is to pay in addition all rents etc. due to the Crown or the ecclesiastical authorities; in case of default the lessor may distrain. Witnesses: John Weetley, Thomas Nightingale, Richard Turner. One seal is attached.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from G. David, Cambridge ('Lot 607'), 9 May 1917

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Related Material

cf. B. F. C. Atkinson, 'Whittlesford Rectory and the Askham Family', Cambridgeshire Antiquarian Society Proceedings 32 (1932), pp. 47-50