Sale of land, Newmarket, Suffolk

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.966
  • Dates of Creation
      6 Sep. 1653
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Robert Godfrey, glover, of Newmarket, Suffolk, for £70 paid by Christopher Webb, of Isleham, yeoman, have granted and sold to him a parcel of land called the New Millhill and one Wyndmill thereupon...situate in the fields of Dylton Valens, Cambridge, between the lands belonging to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, on E. and lands sometimes of [Christfer?] Funston [Frinston?] of Newmarkett, W., the College lands on S. and N. upon the highway from Newmarket to Dullingham, which lands R. Godfrey lately purchased of Henry Disborowe, miller, late of Newmarket, on 29 July 1622. Signed by Robert Godfrey. Witnessed by Roger [Jackson?], other name illegible [? Webb].

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from H.R. Moulton, 151 Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4, 27 March 1922

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