Admission (copy), Sutton, Cambridgeshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3702
  • Dates of Creation
    • 13 Oct. 1807
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Certifying that Ann Custance, copyhold tenant of 'three Menmaths in North Medlands', manor of Sutton, has died, and that Abraham Boston Custance is her eldest brother and heir at law. Also that Abraham is now admitted tenant in the same, upon payment of an undisclosed fine, to the aforesaid land at an unchanged annual rent of 1s. Copy of court roll, examined by Hugh Robert Evans, gent, deputy steward; duty stamp. Lords of the manor are the Dean and Chapter of Ely Cathedral. The steward is James Yorke esq.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by A. Leverington Esq, of Cambridge, November 1943

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