Admission (copy), Sutton, Cambridgeshire

Certifying that Symon Reynolds having surrendered on 23 Sep 1743 by the hands of John Marriot and George Leath his 6 acres of copyhold fen or marsh land in Sutton North Fen, manor of Sutton, late in the possession of Hannah White, to the use of Thomas Coles, son of Ann Coles, widow, and his heirs (with reversion to his sister Sarah Coles), Coles is now formally admitted tenant to the property at the unchanged annual rent of 2s 8d. Since, however, he is only two years old, his mother is appointed guardian. Copy of court roll, examined by Charles Greene esq, steward of the court, duty stamp. Lords of the manor are the dean (Peter ?Allix) and chapter of Ely.

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

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