Lease and release, Sutton, Cambridgeshire

In consideration of #45, Jonathan Ilett of Earith, Huntingdonshire, gent, conveys to John Lenton of Sutton, Cambridgeshire, farmer, his two acres of meadow in Sutton 'Meadlands', formerly part of the estate of John King, afterwards of the Revd Stephen Stephens and Ann[e] his wife, late of the Revd Isaac Leather, clerk, and purchased by Ilett from John Laws (Doc 3698). John Brown jnr of Earith, maltster, is named as a third party and a beneficiary under residuary uses for the purpose of barring any possible dower claim by a future wife of Lenton. Indentures, lease (for one year at peppercorn rent) and release in the form of a tripartite indenture, both signed and sealed by Ilett, witnessed by Thomas Fisher of St Ives, attorney, and by his clerk Thomas Lark, duty stamps. Release endorsed with receipt for consideration money, same date, same signatures.

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Presented by A. Leverington Esq, of Cambridge, November 1943

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