Mortgage

Scope and Content

PARTIES:

1. John Lake of Wheatfield, Yeoman.

2. Edward New of Tettesworth,

Cordwainer.

PROPERTY: Tenement in Watlington in

Munting or Hog-Lane, with buildings and

lands attached, and 184 acres of arable

land in the open field of Watlington.

CONSIDERATION: 10s.

COMMENTS: By a deed of 25 Mar 1747, 1

was lent £230 by 2. Now 1 mortgages the

above land to 2 as security for the

loan.

The deed bears an endorsement, dated 21

Nov 1753, recording repayment of the

mortgage.