Feoffment, Cambridge

In consideration of an undisclosed sum, Robert Cason (or Cawsen) of Waldringfield, Suffolk, butcher, and his wife Isabel, daughter of the late Edmund Lambert of Cambridge, tailor, convey to John Harvie of Cambridge, draper their tenement in the parish of All Saints, Cambridge, formerly occupied by John Holstocke and now occupied by John Harrison, tailor. The property in question lies between the land of Robert Lane, alderman of Cambridge, to the south, and that of Richard Lambert (currently occupied by Roger Jackson, baker) to the north, abutting at the eastern end upon the Dolphin Inn, and at the western end upon the High Street. Deed poll, signed 'Robert Cawsenn' and [possibly] with the mark of his wife, seal[s] wanting, livery of seisin witnessed by John Harrison, Nicholas Collin, John Norkot, and others. Contemporary endorsement: 'Robert Cason & / Isabella his / wife to John / Harvey'.

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Purchased from Alan Keen, Ltd., London, July 1945

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