Admission (copy), Great and Little Eversden, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3684
  • Dates of Creation
      1 June 1530 (22 Henry VIII)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certifying that John Laurens has on his deathbed surrendered a messuage and close called Robynsones, by the hands of the steward John Marten, to the use of his wife Joan, and that Joan is accordingly admitted to the same at an annual rent of 6s 8d. Copy of court roll, manor of Great and Little Eversden. Unidentified lord of the manor. Sealing tag. Endorsed in later (?seventeenth-century) hand: 'Eversdon'.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs R G Harrison, The Little House, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, 13 May 1941

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