Lease [and release] indenture, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.420
  • Dates of Creation
      15 Mar. 1720
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 collection paper paper

Scope and Content

John Rolph of Burwell and Mary his wife sell to William Richmond of Swaffham Prior and Thomas Livermore of the same certain land in Bottisham for the term of one year at a peppercorn rent that they may be in possession and able to take a release. Witnesses: John Edwards, Robert Kent. Two seals are attached.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from John Whitaker, Cambridge (from Hove, Sussex) 13 August 1917 (With this cf Add 5958(14), the original of which was bought from E. Williams, 37 New Town, Hove, Sussex. Mr Whitaker's lot from Hove presumably came from the same vendor.

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