Lease, Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3687
  • Dates of Creation
      10 Mar. 1562 (Possibly 1563?, 5 Elizabeth I)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 collection paper paper

Scope and Content

In consideration of #4, Richard Godfrey of Great Eversden, husbandman, leases to Richard Adam of the same, husbandman, his close called ?Dunnhines in Eversden aforesaid, from Lady Day next for six years. No rent is mentioned. Clauses to protect trees and hedgerows. Both parties enter into bonds of #10 for sure performance of the covenants. Indenture, unsigned, witnessed by Crystofor Rychemond, John Wyckkes, William Wyckkes, and others. Seal wanting. Endorsed in contemporary hand: 'Eversden'.

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Acquisition Information

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

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