Lease, Fulbourn and Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3808
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1 Sep. 1762 (2 George III)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of 5s, the Revd Richard Fox of Fleet, Lincolnshire, leases a malthouse, kilnhouse, and 18 acres of arable and ley ground in Fulborne [Fulbourn], Cambridgeshire, formerly occupied by William Grave and now occupied by Charles Dawson, together with two cottages and 92 acres in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, formerly occupied by Robert Martin and now occupied by Edward and William Pasheller, for one year to the Revd Charles Beridge LLD, of Alder Church, Lincolnshire, and to Thomas Robert Gates of Spalding, Lincolnshire, gent, at peppercorn rent, as first stage in process of lease and release. Release: Doc 3759. Indenture, signed and sealed by Fox, witnessed by J Nowe (?) and James Lenton; duty stamps.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mr. A.T. Williams Esq of Ampthill, Bedfordshire, 10 March 1948

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