Lease, Fordham, Cambridgeshire

Indenutre made between Elizabeth Hill, spinster, of Fordham, and John Gates, yeoman, of the same. For £23...E. Hill sells to J. Gates a piece of land in the occupation of Richard Chapman at a place called Hurts Croft, between the land of William Randall S., and the enclosure of William Coote N., abutting on a common foot-path E., and on the highway from Soham to Newmarket to W...And Elizabeth declares the lands to be free of all incumbrances from herself or from former occupiers, such as Thomas Hynson, deceased, late father of William Hynson, gent., of Fordham, or by William of Frances Hynson, deceased, or their heirs etc. Signed by Elizabeth Hill, with seal attached. Witnessed by John Langforde, Roger Tyler, and Samuel Sargeant.

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

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