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Expand 1 - Absolute surrenders, bundle no.11 - Absolute surrenders, bundle no.1
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Expand 6 - Abstracts of title, bundle 16 - Abstracts of title, bundle 1
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Expand 12 - Agreements, bundle no.112 - Agreements, bundle no.1
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1 - Agreement: John Growse, surgeon and apothecary, of Hadleigh, Suffolk, agrees to take into partnership John Thomas Muriel, surgeon and apothecary of the same, for £800.. 27 February, 1854
2 - Agreement: deed of partnership between Caroline Rattee widow of James Rattee, and George Kett the elder, late foreman to James Rattee, both of Cambridge. 1856
3 - Agreement: deed of partnership between William Brand, grocer and draper, late of Chatteris, but now of Feltwell, Norfolk, and George Remington, late draper's assistant, of Feltwell, for five years; each to pay £300 into the business. April, 1857
4 - Agreement: Dean, Rev. Harvey Goodwin, D.D., and Chapter of Ely Cathedral, through Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, their agent, let to Roper Whiteman, contractor, of Chief's Lane, Ely, 9a.2r.25p. land in Bridge Fen Wash on a yearly lease, for £25. p.a.: with list of Rack Rental holders. 10 July, 1861
5 - Agreement: Rev. John Henry Sparke, of Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk, agrees with John and Thomas Jackson, railway contractors, of Eltham, Kent, who are building a railway from Spalding to March for the G.N.R., the temporary use of 7 acres land in Elm in the occupation of James Burdock, farmer, of Elm, for the obtaining of gravel etc. for the railway, for twelve years. With a sketch plan. 1864
6 - Agreement: of co-partnership of Caroline Rattee, widow of James Rattee of Cambridge, and George Kett, wood and stone carver, of Cambridge, to carry on the partnership. April, 1864
7 - Agreement: of co-partnership between Albert Davies, M.D., of Ely, and Robert Muriel, surgeon, of Ely, on equal terms; two copies. 1 July, 1865
8 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between Henry Warne, aged 15, son of James Warne, wine merchant's assistant, of Ely, and Susannah Blott, widow of John Blott, grocer, of King's Lynn, for five years, for £40., £20. being paid by James Warne and £20. by H.R. Evans, agent for the Dean and Chapter of Ely. 26 April, 1867
9 - Agreement: Elizabeth Bennington Dench, spinster, of Ely, and Emily French, widow, of Lowestoft, Suffolk, let to Edmund Chipp, Esq., Mus. Doc., organist of Ely Cathedral, a dwelling house with garden etc. in Palace Green, Ely, on a yearly tenancy at £45. p.a.. 7 May, 1867
10 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between William Ingram Pashler, aged 16, son of William Pashler, plumber and glazier, of Ely, and Arthur Deck, pharmaceutical chymist and druggist, of Cambridge; for £99, board and residence supplied. 3 October, 1867
11 - Agreement: John Freeman, builder, of Ely, agrees with Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, for alterations and additions to Sutton Vicarage, for £300.. 29 February, 1868
12 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between William John Prior, son of John Prior, labourer, of Ely, and Thomas Woods, stone mason, of Ely, for five years, for £25., of which £10. is to be paid by the Dean and Chapter of Ely Cathedral, and £15 by J. Prior. 5 June, 1868
13 - Agreement: Hugh Robert Evans, agent for the Dean and Chapter of Ely Cathedral, lets to Charles Mainprice, wine and spirit merchant, of Ely, a barn, coach house etc., known as Amery Barns Parva, for seven years at £15. p.a.; two copies. 1868
14 - Agreement: Cawdle Fen Commissioners agree that George Green, gent., of Ely, tenant of Braham Farm, belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England, shall continue to drain his farm through Cawdle Fen. 28 November, 1868
15 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between Frederick William Saberton, son of William Saberton, gent., of Ely, and Robert Muriel and George Murray Sinclair, surgeons and apothecaries and co-partners, of Ely, for five years at £90., board and residence supplied. 9 December, 1868
16 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between William Ingram, aged 15, son of John Ingram, gardener, of Ely, and William Henry Taylor and Alfred Wilkinson, grocers, of Ely, for £20., paid by H.R. Evans, Treasurer to the Dean and Chapter of Ely. 10 February, 1869
17 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between Frank Whittaker Wastnage, nephew of John Alchin, gent., of the Elms, Forest hill, Kent, and Thomas Addison Hills and Edward Hills, printers, book-sellers and stationers, co-partners, for five years for £70.. 27 February, 1869
18 - Agreement: Lydia Allden, widow of Wood House, near Ely, lets to Richard and John Freeman, builders, of Ely, 1 acre land in North Fen, Ely, for six years at £4. p.a.; two copies. 14 April, 1869
19 - Agreement: Articles of agreement for co-partnership between Hugh Robert Evans, solicitor, and William Johnson Evans, his son, solicitor, in 'The Upstairs Business'. 24 May, 1869
20 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between Herbert Berridge, son of James Berridge, clerk, of Basingstoke, Hants., and Alfred White, land surveyor etc., of Basingstoke and Greywell, Hants., for three years for £50. paid by the executors of Caroline Lovis Rattee, widow, of Cambridge:- George Kett the elder, wood carver, Henry Lee, boot-maker, and George Kett the younger, wood carver, all of Cambridge, she having left £100. in trust for apprenticeships; two copies. 13 July, 1869; 28 March, 1870
21 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between William John Cropley Swift, son of Mary Swift, widow, of Ely, and Robert Muriel and George Murray Sinclair, surgeons and apothecaries, co-partners, of Ely, for five years for £29.19s.. 20 March, 1870
22 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between Alfred Vail, son of Joseph Vail, tailor, of Ely, and George Stocker, whitesmith and bellhanger, of Ely, for four years, for £20. paid by H.R. Evans, agent for the Dean and Chapter of Ely, Stocker to pay Alfred Vail 3s.6d. a week for first year, 5s. for the second year, 7s. for the third year and 9s. for the fourth year. 8 June, 1870
23 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between Edward Dalzell, aged 16.5, son of John Alexander Dalzell, organist, of Exning, Suffolk, and George Arthur Roper, chemist and druggist, of Burwell, for three years for £25., of which £20. is paid by the Dean and Chapter of Ely through H.R. Evans, their agent, and £5. by J.A. Dalzell. 28 July, 1870
24 - Agreement: memorandum of agreement for co-partnership between Thomas Addison Hills and his son, Edward Hills, printers and stationers, of Ely. 15 August, 1870
25 - Agreement: between Charlotte Yarrow, widow, of Thetford, and Thomas Thwaites Ball, coprolite merchant, of Burwell for digging coprolites on land at Thetford.; two copies. 1 September, 1870
26 - Agreement: Articles of apprenticeship between William Ernest Evans, aged 20, son of Eliza Ann Evans, widow, of St. Albans, Herts., and Charles Bidwell, surveyor, and land agent, of Ely, for three years, for £199.19., board and lodging supplied by Bidwell. 28 September, 1870
27 - Agreement: transfer and sale of the White Hart Inn in the Market Place, Ely, from Arthur Frank Thomas, inn-keeper, and Ann, his wife, widow of James Cheshire, inn-keeper, formerly keeper of the White Hart, to William Hodson, farmer, of East Barnet, Herts., for £600.; the Inn was owned by the Feoffees of Needham's Charity. 29 September, 1870
28 - Agreement: Henry Hazel, farmer, of Ely, sells to Charles Dawson, merchant, of Little Shelford, all the coprolites in or under 1 acre land in Smith's Fen, Thetford, for £70.. 29 September, 1871
29 - Agreement: between Mary Ann Waddington, widow, of Twyford Lodge, Hants., and her tenants, John Cabread Jones, Thomas Richards and Enfield Jones, farmers, of Wimblington, regarding use of and payment for the steam drainage engine erected on the farm of J.C. Jones; two copies. 5 November, 1871; 2 July, 1872
30 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans and Charles Bidwell, gent., of Ely, let to George Read, farmer, of Whittlesea, the farm and buildings in Norfolk Fen, Lakenheath, 96a.3r.23p. land on a yearly tenancy at £126. p.a.. 21 October, 1872
31 - Agreement: Robert Dawbarn the younger and Frederick John Wise, gent., of March, agents for Richard Dawbard, gent., of Wisbech, let to Elmer Shrewsbury, farmer, of Littleport, a farm, 136a.3r.36p. and 20a.2r.21p. called Finchams Farm at Stonea in Wimblington for seven years at £330. p.a.. 30 August, 1873
32 - Agreement: Robert Murfitt, watch maker, of Littleport, sells to William Cutlack, brewer, of Littleport, the inheritance in fee simple of three roods arable land in Port Furlong in the Hemp Field, Littleport, for £100.. 17 December, 1873
33 - Agreement: John Haddock, farmer, of Sutton, sells to Benjamin Haddock, farmer, of Sutton, his fourth share in two steam thrashing machines and apparatus, for £90.. 24 June, 1874
34 - Agreement: Rev. George William Darby of Ferefield Rectory, Norfolk, lets to William Rowell, farmer, of North Fen, Ely, 9 acres land in North Fen, for eight years, at £18. p.a.. 10 August, 1874
35 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans and Charles Bidwell, gent., of Ely, let to William Flack, farmer, of Lakenheath, Suffolk, farm of 96a.3r.23p. in North Fen, Lakenheath, on a yearly lease at £95. p.a.. 31 December, 1874
36 - Agreement: the Ven. William Emery, Archdeacon and canon of Ely Cathedral, lets to Rev. Richard Winkfield, headmaster of the Grammar School, Ely, a dwelling house in the Gallery, Ely, on a quarterly basis at £10. p.a.. 1879
37 - Agreement: Frances Read Banks, a spinster, of Stretham, lets to Charles Wright, farmer, of the same, 7a.2r.18p. allotment on a yearly basis at £15. p.a.. 29 December, 1881
38 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans, gent., of Ely, lets to Anne Janes, widow, of the same, a dwelling house in St. Mary Street, Ely, on a yearly basis at £30. p.a.; two copies. 24 August, 1852 and 1882
39 - Agreement: on partnership between Briggs Savidge, brewer, of Stretham, and his son, John Henry Savidge of the same. 23 March, 1882
40 - Agreement: Articles of clerkship between Rev. Frederick Henry Gray of Hockliffe, Beds., and William Johnson Evans, solicitor, of Ely, to take his son, George Robert Gray, as articled clerk for five years for £262.10s., Evans to supply board and lodging. 9 December, 1882
41 - Agreement: Ebenezer William Harlock, common brewer, of Ely, lets to Robert Ingle, corn merchant, of the same, a dwelling house in Broad Street, Ely, with outbuildings etc., on a yearly basis at £25. p.a.; two copies. 6 April, 1883
42 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans, gent., of Ely, lets to William and Thomas Cole, farmer, of Witchford, 20a.39p. land in Witchford for eight years at £50. p.a.; two copies. 19 April, 1883
43 - Agreement: William Pate, Esq., of Ely, lets to Edmund Thomas Chipp, Mus. Doc., organist of Ely Cathedral, a dwelling house with garden, etc., in Palace Green, Ely, on a half yearly basis, at £55. p.a.. 6 October, 1885
44 - Agreement: William Pate, Esq., of Ely, lets to Robert Joselyn, corn merchant, of Ely, a messuage with corn merchant's office, granary, stables etc., in St. Mary's Street, Ely, on a quarterly basis at £30. p.a.. 6 October, 1885
45 - Agreement: indenture of apprenticeship between Lionel Barber, aged 18, son of George Henry Barber, gent., of 13, St. Swithin's Lane, London, and Charles Bidwell, surveyor, of Ely, for three years, for £250., Bidwell to provide board and lodging etc.. 26 March, 1887
46 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans, equitable mortgagee in possession, of Ely, lets to Joseph Sorrell the younger, foreman, of Ely, a piece of garden ground in Hills Lane, Ely, with summer house, two lodges and a pump, on half yearly basis at £6. p.a.. 15 September, 1887
47 - Agreement: William Pate, Esq., mortgagee in possession, lets to John Musson, farmer, of Downham, a farm homestead and eight acres land in Downham Fen, on a yearly basis, at £23. p.a.. 6 October, 1887
48 - Agreement: George Coy, farmer, of Ely, lets to Henry Tansley Luddington, President of and on behalf of the City of Ely Cricket Club, ground on Mill Road, Ely, with the use of a lodge, as a cricket ground, on yearly basis, rent £9. p.a.. 29 March, 1890
49 - Agreement: Alfred Williamson, grocer, of Ely, lets to Mary Elizabeth and Agnes Legge, spinsters, of the same, a dwelling house in St. Mary's Street, Ely, quarterly, at £12. p.a.. 11 April, 1890
50 - Agreement: Edward James Scotcher, banker's clerk, of Ely, and Robert Peach, estate agent, of Leicester, executors of Henry Stone White, let to Henry Spencer Richardson, builder's foreman, of 25, Herbert Street, Chesterton, house where lives, quarterly, at rent of £12. p.a.. 19 February, 1892
51 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans, gent., of Ely, lets to Arthur Francis Wheeler, gent., of same a dwelling house in St. Mary's Street, Ely, yearly, at rent of £30.. 14 April, 1892
52 - Agreement: William Cutlack, brewer, of Littleport, lets to Joseph Searle, farmer, of Waterbeach, three acres land with barn and out-buildings in Chittering Fen, Waterbeach, yearly, at £8. p.a.; two copies. 3 December, 1892
53 - Agreement: Martin Pate, Esq., of Ely, mortgagee in possession, lets to Thomas and George Clark, farmers, of Haddenham, a messuage and butcher's shop with 2 acres garden on Main Street in Haddenham, and an allotment, 2r.30p. called the Sandpit, yearly at £25. p.a.. 2 November, 1895
54 - Agreement: William Johnson Evans, solicitor, of Ely, lets to William Ward, farmer, of Witchford, a cottage with garden etc., in Witchford, yearly at £8. p.a.. 28 May, 1896
55 - Agreement: indenture of apprenticeship between Frederick William Hughes, aged 18, son of Edward Hughes, brewer's clerk, of Ely, and Thomas Tertius Noble, A.R.C.M., organist of Ely Cathedral, for two years for £20.. 1 March, 1897
56 - Agreement: J.K. Rodwell, estate agent, of Bury St. Edmunds, on behalf of Sarah Mary Pritchard Rayner, widow, of Trescawen, Isle of Anglesea, and her Trustees, lets to Martin Pate, Esq., of Ely, a dwelling house in St. Mary's Street, Ely, with gardens etc. for 21 years at £60. p.a.. 17 June, 1899
57 - Agreement: Martin Pate, Esq., lets to Everard Lavender Porter, butcher, of Haddenham, 10a.2r. land in Hoghill Drove, Haddenham, known as Cockles Ground, yearly at £15.15s. p.a.. 5 October, 1899
58 - Agreement: John Charles Evans, chemist, of 6, High Street, Harborne, Staffs., lets to Whybrow Cross, farmer, of Stuntney Road, Ely, 6 acres land in Further Middle Fen, yearly at £26.10s. p.a.. 1 November, 1900
59 - Agreement: Further articles of clerkship between Cecil Wilfrid Evans, aged 23, son of William Johnson Evans, solicitor, of Ely, and Peter de Lande Long, solicitor, of 17, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, for about ten months to complete his five years of service. 4 December, 1899
60 - Agreement: Martin Pate, Esq., of Ely, lets to Everard Lavender Porter, butcher, of Haddenham, 8a.2r. arable land in Hoghill Drove, Haddenham, known as horseshoe Ground, yearly at £12.15s. p.a.. 31 December, 1900
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Expand 15 - Assignments, bundle no.115 - Assignments, bundle no.1
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