Crown Lease: for 99 years at £5 rent: Charles II to Anthony Gilby esq.

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'Island or parcel of Sandy ground called the Great Sand or Sink' in the River Humber (5,000 paces in length and 1,500 paces in breadth, containing 3,500 ac.) 'now or late drowned with the waves of the sea and encompassed with banks': Recites a previous lease to Anthony Gilby for 31 years at £5 rent (1 June 1669). Initial portrait of Charles II. Seal has been cut off

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Related Material

Part of an original bundle DRA/527 - DRA/543