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ECR 38 052

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ECR 38 052

Title

Property in Buckinghamshire: Indenture of bargain and sale

Level

Item

Date

18 July 1856

Content description

Indenture of bargain and sale, by lady Elizabeth Wells, of Holme Wood, co. Huntingdon, widow, for 10s, to the Rev. Thomas Carter, clerk, vicar of Burnham, of a cottage or tenement with garden and outbuildings adjoining at Cippenham in Burnham bounded on the north and west by property belonging to Mr Weatherhead, on the east by a cottage and garden belonging to John Holmans and on the south by a lane called College Lane; the premises being now in the tenure of James Baker, who has the right to the same for his life at a rent not exceeding £5. To the use of the vicar of Burnham for the time being, upon trust to apply the rent, after expenses paid in keeping the premises in repair, towards the support of the village school of Cippenham. A coloured plan of the property in the margin of the deed.
Signature of the grantor.
Witnesses: Henry Goodford, of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman, Thomas Sharpe, butler to W. Wells, esquire.
Seal, oval, 16 x 13mm, red wax, applied.

An attached schedule, sworn before a commissioner of oaths on 22 July 1856, testifies to the authenticity of the document.

An endorsement states that the document was enrolled in Chancery on 22 July.
[Public records office, close roll 1876 part 77 c.54/14974].
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