Mortgage, Newnham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1857
  • Dates of Creation
      26 Oct. 1698 (10 William III)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #60, Austin Reynolds of Cambridge, baker, mortgages (through a nominal lease for 500 years at peppercorn rent) his tenement in Newnham, currently occupied by Francis Yaxley, to Edward Whipham of Cambridge, gent. Nominal repayment date of capital sum and interest (#61 6s) is 27 Apr 1699. Signed and sealed by Reynolds, witnessed by ?Philip Reynolds, notary public, and Ann Reynolds, duty stamps. Endorsed with signed receipt from Reynolds for the #60, same witnesses and date.

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Acquisition Information

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

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