Mortgage, Manea, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3774
  • Dates of Creation
      19 July 1843
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #188, Robert Negus of Upwell, Cambridgeshire, farmer (1st party), mortgages to Hanslip Palmer of Upwell, gent (2nd party) in the person of Seaman Garrard of Upwell, surgeon (3rd party), Palmer's trustee, his life interest in 17 acres 'fen or marsh ground' in Cranemoor, Manea, Cambridgeshire. Negus further assigns two life insurance policies to Palmer as security for the mortgage. Tripartite indenture, signed and sealed by Negus and Palmer, witnessed by Emma Jane Dow and Edward ?Wandby; duty stamps. Endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date and signatures. Parchment supplied by G Gibbs of the Blackfriars Road, engraving by Silvester of The Strand.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Bedfordshire County Council, 19 March 1947

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