Lease, Cambridge etc.

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1925
  • Dates of Creation
      19 Aug. 1793 (33 George III)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of 5s, William Anderson of Cambridge, mealman (only son and heir of John and Mary Anderson), leases a tenement in the parish of St Clement, Cambridge, a house and lands in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, now occupied by a Mr Bynge, a windmill and granary in Chesterton, and various freehold properties in the parish of St Botolph, Newnham, for one year to his sister Mary Anderson of Cambridge, at peppercorn rent, as first stage in process of lease and release. See also Doc 1926. Signed and sealed by William Anderson, witnessed by Rebecca Wrattin and John Wood, duty stamp. Form of indenture supplied by Thomas Druce (or Bruce?) of Staple Inn.

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Acquisition Information

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

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