Surrender (copy), Sutton, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.1785
  • Dates of Creation
    • 14 Aug. 1807
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 collection paper paper

Scope and Content

Certifying that William Cawthorn(e) of Chatteris, farmer, surrenders by the hands of William Jellings and in the presence of William Palmer all his 6 acres of copyhold fen or marsh ground in Sutton Long North Fen 'called the Middle Lot', manor of Sutton, late Peacock's, to the use of the present occupant, his brother Philip Cawthorne of Chatteris, farmer. No consideration recorded, reference to an admission of 13 May 1800 (Doc 1784?). Copy, copied signatures of William Cawthorn, William Jellings, and William Palmer.

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Acquisition Information

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

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