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RefNoKP136/25/73
AltRefNoP136/25/73
TitleHuntingdon's Charity. Terrier of Charity Lands
Description'A Terrare of the Towne Land of Sawston Given by Mr John Huntingdon, Esq. lately deceased made the xxvth day of August 1590 by Thomas Ebden William Gardiner John Campion and John Gardiner being the auncient men of the parish'
A terrier (terrare) is an inventory of land, from terra, the latin word for land.
The document consists of five membranes stitched together into a roll with a tail at either end. The script is typical of the sixteenth century handwriting and is simple to read once the letters have been identified. The roll measures ten feet long and is nine and a half inches wide.
Date25 August 1590
CreatorNameSawston Parish Church
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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