Mortgage indenture by the Duke of Buckingham, Over, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.5
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20 July 1622
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Whereas the King by letters Patent dated 5 August 1619 has granted to George Marquess of Buckingham the manor of Over with its rights and appurtenances, part of the possessions of the dissolved monastery of Ramsey, for ever, to be held of the King in free and common socage only at a certain yearly rent; George Marquess of Buckingham sells the manor to Richard Miller and Samuel Paske, both of London. Witnesses: Richard Graham, Bar. Juckes, Thomas Fotherley, Gabriel Marshe. Endorsed by William Byrde. With autograph of the Duke of Buckingham, and witnesses.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by I. E. Foster MA, Trinity College, 8 June 1911

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