Mortgage, Sutton, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.1775
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20 Oct. 1755 (29 George II)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #110, Alice Hobson, widow, and Richard Hobson, yeoman, both of Chatteris, lease their 10 acres of adventurers' ground in Sutton to Agnes Jenyns of Doddington, widow, for 100 years at peppercorn rent. Repayment date (of #112 5s, including interest) is 20 Apr 1756. Jenyns undertakes not to enter the premises until that date is past. Signed and sealed by Alice and Richard Hobson, duty stamps, endorsed as entered in the Bedford Level Company Register on 5 Dec 1755. Signed receipt for the #110 on verso, same date.

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Acquisition Information

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

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