Lease, Cambridge

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.1886
  • Dates of Creation
      18 Oct. 1790 (30 George III)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #225, John Forlow of Cambridge, common brewer and alderman, leases to William Jardine Purchas esq of Cambridge, his tenement in Post Office Yard, Cambridge, recently occupied by Forlow's late father, John, for 37.5 years from the previous Michaelmas, at an annual rent of #8. Signed and sealed by Forlow, witnessed by John Purchas and Peter Robinson, duty stamps. Endorsed: 'No 1'.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., April 1932

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