Receipt and release, Whaddon, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1504
  • Dates of Creation
      8 Oct. 1656
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Nicholas Tempest, son of Thomas Tempest of Whaddon, deceased, acknowledges that he has received from his brother, Thomas Tempest, administrator of his father's goods, the sum of £200 due to him under his father's will, and releases to Henry Pickering of Whaddon and his trustees all claim and interest in the manor of Whaddon or other lands in the county. Witnessed by William Tempest and Hester Perkins.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Messrs. Hodgson through Messrs. Bernard Quaritch, 18 May 1929

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