Release of dower, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.422
  • Dates of Creation
    • 24 Nov. 1724
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Alice Ashman of Swaffham Bulbeck, widow of Robert Ashman of the same, releases to Thomas Ashman, her step-son, devisee of her husband's will, all right of dower in certain land in Swaffham Bulbeck, devised by Robert Ashman to Thomas Ashman. Witnesses: Ivy O'Connor, Walter Cradock, junior. One seal is attached.

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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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