Feoffment, Cambridge

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3714
  • Dates of Creation
      16 Mar. 1569 (11 Elizabeth I)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of an undisclosed sum, Robert Cason (or Cawsen) of Waldringfield, Suffolk, butcher, and his wife Isabel, daughter of the late Edmund Lambert of Cambridge, tailor, convey to John Harvie of Cambridge, draper their tenement in the parish of All Saints, Cambridge, formerly occupied by John Holstocke and now occupied by John Harrison, tailor. The property in question lies between the land of Robert Lane, alderman of Cambridge, to the south, and that of Richard Lambert (currently occupied by Roger Jackson, baker) to the north, abutting at the eastern end upon the Dolphin Inn, and at the western end upon the High Street. Deed poll, signed 'Robert Cawsenn' and [possibly] with the mark of his wife, seal[s] wanting, livery of seisin witnessed by John Harrison, Nicholas Collin, John Norkot, and others. Contemporary endorsement: 'Robert Cason & / Isabella his / wife to John / Harvey'.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Alan Keen, Ltd., London, July 1945

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