Admission (copy), Chatteris, Cambridgeshire

Certifying that in consideration of the sum of #4,950 duly paid to him by the surrenderee, Robert Tingay of Chatteris, farmer, has surrendered to the lords of the manor by the hands of Thomas Sewell gent, steward of the manor of Chatteris Ramsey, his 57 acres of copyhold (much understated in the court records) in Old Halves and 12 acres in Keys Close, Chatteris, to the use of John Warth, 'late of Manea ... but now of Chatteris', farmer, and his heirs. Also that Warth is admitted tenant in the same at the former rents, all of which are specified. Copy of court roll, examined by Thomas Sewell; William Dunn Gardner and the heirs of Thomas Carill Worsley being lords of the manor, duty stamps, rents and fines for the four parcels of land are listed in the LH margin, endorsed in pencil in a contemporary hand.

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Presented by E A B Barnard, FSA, November 1931

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