Lease indenture, Cambridge, Newnham, Cherryhinton, Chesterton, Girton and Grantchester, Cambridgeshire

The Master and Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, let to John Anderson of Cambridge certain land in the above parishes for a term of twenty years at a rent of a certain sum and certain quantities of wheat and malt; the lessee is to leave good mill-stones at the expiration of the lease; he is to keep and plant willow trees; the lessee is to make a terrier of the land at certain dates; he is to dung the land, and entertain the members of the College and their representatives when they come to view the land; he may not alienate without written licence. Witnesses: Thomas Sharp, Gilbert Woollard. One seal is attached.

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Purchased from G David, Lot 522/3, 24 November 1910

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