Mortgage indenture, Shefford, Bedfordshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.210
  • Dates of Creation
    • 7 July 1721
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

John Austin junior of Shefford lets to Joseph Welch of Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, certain land in Shefford for a term of five hundred years at a peppercorn rent. If John Austin pays to Joseph Welch a certain sum by a certain date, the agreement is to be void. Witnesses: Matthew Barber, Charles Noy. Part of one seal is attached.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs Charles Williamson of Kempton, Bedfordshire, 20 April 1915

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