Lease, Soham, Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.984
  • Dates of Creation
      20 May 1697
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

William Horsley, yeoman, of Soham, for £37 leases to John Norfolk, yeoman, of Soham, two acres of and in Soham, one acre lyeth in Whiten in Soham next the land of Mary Warren E. and of John Chambers, sr., on W. and abutteth upon Wicken Way, which parcel of land one Richard Richardson of Soham, late deceased, bequeathed unto William Horsley, his kinsman, to have and to hold. Signed by William Horsley, with seal attached. Witnessed by Stephen Blowe and William Blowes, jr.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from H.R. Moulton, 151 Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4, 27 March 1922

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