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Brandon manorial survey records, May 1, 1589; April 3, 1670; 1680

 Series — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS E112

Dates

  • Creation: May 1, 1589; April 3, 1670; 1680

Language of Materials

Latin

General

Family papers - Memo of agreement with the town of Brandon, Suffolk regarding education and custody of Dockyn, Christopher and Edmund from Baron Dockyn, found on inside back cover of volume, dated 1680.

Deed - Copy of Court Roll in Southhall, Norfolk, found on inside front cover of volume, dated April 3, 1670. Also a copy of John Page's resignation of a messuage in Weeting to William Miller, seneschal of the Lady of the Manor of Southhall.

Manorial survey for Brandon, Suffolk is the bulk of the volume, dating from May 1589. Includes names of tenants, type of tenancy, boundaries, area, rent. Prepared for John Browne, Surveyor-General of the Queen's lands in Suffolk, by a jury of tenants. Paged i-xii, 1-101, [18]. Pinned to page i is a single leaf receipt to Mr. Richard Brewster from William Fuller, dated April 5, 1787, for "an old Field Book and an old Terrier of Lands in Festwell."

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