Admission (copy), Sutton, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.1783
  • Dates of Creation
    • 13 May 1800
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certifying that the late Freeman Cawthorne held 6 acres of copyhold fen or marsh ground in Sutton North Fen, manor of Sutton, at his death. His son and heir, Philip Cawthorne, now petitions for and is admitted tenant in the same at an unchanged annual rent of 2s 8d. Copy of court roll, examined by Hugh Robert Evans gent, deputy steward to Charles Nalson Cole esq; the dean (William Pearce DD) and chapter of Ely cathedral being lords of the manor, duty stamps.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., November 1931

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