Assignment of lease, Cambridge

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1879
  • Dates of Creation
      22 Mar. 1780 (20 George III)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of the sum of #55, William Weales of Cambridge, gent and alderman, assigns the remainder of a 1,000-year lease (at peppercorn rent) of a tenement in Walls Lane, parish of the Holy Trinity, Cambridge, to Thomas Kirbyshire of Cambridge, yeoman. Signed and sealed by Weales, witnessed by Ch Martindale and Richard Sulter, duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date and signatures.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., April 1932

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