Lease, Mitcham and Clapham, Surrey

In consideration of the surrender of a former lease to Peter St ?Ellon, dated 1758, the master, fellows and scholars of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, lease to William Cole of Clapham, yeoman, a cottage and various scattered premises amounting to about 35 acres arable land in Mitcham and Clapham, Surrey, including Byegrave Close, Charborne Close, Byegrave Mead, Holmes Mead, and Balam Mead, formerly in the occupation of John Cole, for 21 years from Michaelmas last, at an annual rent of #16, with two shillings consideration for the bursar of the college. Timber rights reserved. Clauses regulating aspects of husbandry and against unauthorised alienation. Indenture, sealed with college seal, duty stamps.

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

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Parchment damaged by damp