Admission (copy), Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1740
  • Dates of Creation
      17 Dec. 1781 (22 George III)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certifying that, at a special court, Robert Grimditch of Chatteris, gent, exhibited an indenture tripartite relating to a sale of some 16 acres in Croload and elsewhere, manor of Chatteris Ramsey, late in the possession of Richard Camps, bankrupt (Doc 1739), and that Grimditch was admitted tenant to the various parcels of land at the existing rents. Copy of court roll, 2 sides, Isaac Strong steward; John Carill Worsley, Deborah his wife, and the heirs of Samuel Tarry lords of the manor, duty stamps, the fines and rents are listed in the LH margin on both sides, which also carries notes on subsequent disposals of some of the properties.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., November 1931

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