Conditional assignment of mortgage, Cambridge

Recites Doc 1894 of the day previous. As security for the consideration money detailed therein, William Swann of Cambridge, baker, assigns his lease of the property in Walls Lane, Cambridge, back to Thomas Coe of Cambridge, whitesmith, conditional upon due payment of the #100 and any accrued interest. Nominal repayment date is 24 Sep 1798. Enclosed is Swann's bond in #200 by way of further security. Signed and sealed by both parties, witnessed by John Bones and his clerk Charles Caesar, duty stamps. Endorsed with two receipts for #10 (10 Jan 1799) and for #90 (6 Nov 1801) for the discharge of the mortgage, signed by Coe and witnessed by Richard Coe. Extensive staining caused by damp. Enclosed bond: same date, signed by Swann, same witnesses, duty stamps.

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

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