Bargain and sale, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3796
  • Dates of Creation
      14 June 1605 (3 James I)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #80, John Taylor of Biddenden, Kent, clothier, sells to John Claveringe of Gamlingay, clerk, the property described in Doc 3795. Indenture, signed and sealed by Taylor (seal missing), witnessed by Philip Watson, John Standishe, William Clifford and Edward [-ate?]. Endorsed with a financial calculation and, in an 18th-century hand: 'Abutting against the Parsonage / House', 'Clavering sold to John / Bass 2 conveyances', and 'No 3'.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by C.F. Tebbutt F.S.A. of St Neots, 24 February 1948

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