Mortgage indenture, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.417
  • Dates of Creation
    • 28 June 1704
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

John Nicholas of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire sells to Roger Crispe of Cambridge certain land in Swaffham Prior for the term of one thousand years at a peppercorn rent; if John Nicholas pays a certain sum by a certain date the agreement is to be void. Witnesses: Alexander Appleyard, Robert Carrow. On the back is a receipt for the consideration money signed by John Nicholas. Date: the same. Witnesses: the same.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from John Whitaker, Cambridge (from Hove, Sussex) 13 August 1917 (With this cf Add 5958(14), the original of which was bought from E. Williams, 37 New Town, Hove, Sussex. Mr Whitaker's lot from Hove presumably came from the same vendor.

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