Feoffment, [Oakington?], Cambridgeshire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3717
  • Dates of Creation
      17 Sep. 1602 (44 Elizabeth I)
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of an undisclosed sum, Edmund Bendishe of Girton, gent, conveys to Francis Tindall of Cambridge, gent, his six and a half acres of arable and pasture in Okington, Cambridgeshire with 40 ft of meadow in Little Meadow, same place. The property is described in detail. Deed poll, signed by Bendishe, livery of seisin witnessed by Robert Bendish, William Bendishe, Thomas Prior, and William Leache. Seal wanting. Contemporary endorsement: 'Bendish to Tyndall / which he bought of / Halfhed sometymes / Barbers'. Later endorsement: '15'.

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Acquisition Information

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

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