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Expand 1 - Absolute surrenders, bundle no.11 - Absolute surrenders, bundle no.1
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1 - Lease: Sarah Garratt, widow, of Brampton, Hunts., relict of Samuel Garratt, miller, of Buckden Mills, Hunts., to John Garratt: messuage and water corn mills, called Burton Mills, Northants., and freehold and copyhold messuages in Burton Lattimer and Finedon, Northants. on a yearly lease at £105.5s. 5 May, 1838
2 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, jun., gent., of Ely, to Samuel Sturton, chemist and druggist, of Ely: messuage and shop on the Fore Hill, Ely, for 21 years at £40. p.a.. 25 March, 1844
3 - Lease: Rev. John Henry Sparke, of Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk, to Adam Lyon, farmer, of Chatteris: farmhouse with 339 acres land in Downham for 10.5 years at £599.15s.. 6 April, 1846
4 - Lease: Rev. John Henry Sparke to Huntingdon Martin, farmer, of Downham: farmhouse and buildings in Downham, with 50a. in the Hurst, 30a. arable in the open fields, 41a. in North Fen, 48a. at Gravel Head, 27a. called the Long Lots, 56a. in the Fields, fourth part of the right of a sheep walk over the common fields, 150a. called a Furlong Drove, and another 89a., all in Downham, for 12 years at £610 p.a.. Renewal of lease dated 23 March, 1839 for eight years at £517. p.a.. t 1847
5 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, to Henry Palmer, farmer, of Lakenheath, Suffolk: Rectory Farm, Lakenheath, Suffolk, and right of sheep walk for 1080 sheep, for 7 years at £260. p.a.. 1853
6 - Lease: Rev. William Keating Clay, vicar of Waterbeach, to Nathaniel Coxall, farmer, of Waterbeach, with consent of Bishop of Ely: 18a.1r. 34p. glebe land and other pieces of land, totalling 189a.2r.19p., in Waterbeach, for 7 years at £331.12s.6p. p.a.. 16 December, 1854
7 - Lease: John Gillett, farmer, of Littleport, to William Cutlack, brewer, of Littleport: 29a.3r. land in Camel Fen, Littleport, known as Cole's Pieces, for 10 years at £69. p.a.. 16 April, 1856
8 - Lease: Lucy Fisher, spinster, of Brighton, Sussex, and Francis Fisher, Esq., late of Chesterton, now of Cambridge, to Rev. William Selwyn, B.D., Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, with consent of the Master and Keeper and Fellows and Scholars of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge: messuage with coach- house etc. in St. Mary the Less, Cambridge, for 30 years at £70. p.a. for the first five years and then at £60. p.a. Two copies. 5 May, 1856
9 - Lease: Harry Spencer Waddington, Esq., M.P., of Cavenham Hall, Suffolk, to William Harlock, gent., of Ely: farmhouse in Thorney, Stuntney, Holy Trinity, Ely, and Thorney Farm, 385a.3r.18p., for 14 years at £550. p.a.. See also 283/B49/12. 22 December, 1856
10 - Lease: Henry Laurence, gent., of Ely, to William Porter, farmer, formerly of Thetford, now of Stuntney: messuage with piece of garden ground and 111a.2r.6p. land with the old farmhouse, now divided into three tenements, all in Stuntney, for 7 years at £250. p.a.. 1857
11 - Lease: Charles Jasper Selwyn, Esq., of Richmond, Surrey, and Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, to William Little, gent., of Ely: 21a. 1r.12p. land in Dead Hill Field, Ely, for 12 years at £42.. 9 February, 1857
12 - Lease: Harry Spencer Waddington, M.P., of Cavenham Hall, Suffolk, to William Harlock, gent., of Ely: farmhouse in Thorney, Stuntney, with 10a.10p. land, for 14 years at £550., with plan. See also 283/B49/09. 5 October, 1857
13 - Lease: Isaac Taylor, shop-keeper, of Prickwillow, Ely, to Joseph Hamey, police officer, of Fulbourn: shop, messuage etc., in Prickwillowl; John Hamey, farmer, of Coveney standing surety, for 7 years at £20. p.a.. 9 October, 1857
14 - Lease: John Thomas Waddington, Esq., of Twyford Lodge, Southampton, to John Freeman, farmer, late of Deeping Fen, Spalding, Lincs., now of Wimblington: new farmhouse at Stonea Grange, Wimblington, and two new cottages with steam drainage engine and engineer's cottage, and £668a.25p. land, called Stonea Grange Farm, for six years at £1370.. 5 November, 1857
15 - Lease: terms of lease for Lamb Inn, Ely. See also 283/B49/18. 5 November, 1857
16 - Lease: Henry Stevens, gent., of Littleport, to William Cutlack, brewer, of Littleport: 10 acres fen land in Wadload, Littleport, for ten years at £30. p.a. January, 1858
17 - Lease: John Fogg Elliott, Esq., of Elart Hill, Durham, to Charlotte Haylock, widow, of Ely: yard called the Yard of Amery Barns Parva, about 1 rood, with barn and building, and another part of the yard called Sibley's copyhold, and 27a.2r. land in Braham Field at £7.15s. p.a., all in Ely. 1859
18 - Lease: Ebenezer William Harlock and Charles Theodore Harlock, brewers, of Ely, to Mrs. Susannah Paris Waller, innkeeper: an inn, family hotel and posting house called the Lamb, Ely, with stables etc., and the Tap, for 5 years at £60. p.a.. See also 283/B49/15. 11 January and 17 November, 1859
19 - Lease: James Somerset Macer, farmer, of Mepal, to Joseph Macer, farmer, of Coveney: farmhouse at Wardy Hill, Coveney, and 74a.1r.28p. land in Coveney, Witcham and Ely, for 8 years at £130. p.a.. 31 March, 1859
20 - Lease: Rev. John Henry Sparke, of Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk, to Fails Taylor, farmer, of Downham: two pieces land, 16a.16p. and 6a.1r.28p. in Hundred Feet Washes, Downham, with the Holt, 1r.16p., for 6 years at £58. p.a.. 4 October, 1859
21 - Lease: Dean and Chapter of Ely to William Fletcher: 27a.2p. land in Braham Field, Ely, exclusive of the public water course, for 8 years at £70. p.a. {Amery Barns Parva Farm}. 17 November, 1859
22 - Lease: The Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral, Charles Ling, Jabez Jackman, Jesse Skelding, John Meacham, George Bickley, Frederick Helmore, Richard Connot Cross and William Taylor, to John Collin, farmer, of Stuntney: farm in Northney, Stuntney, 113a., with farmhouse and buildings, for 14 years at £226. p.a.. January, 1860
23 - Lease: Rev. John Henry Sparke of Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk, to James Burdock, farmer, of Wisbech St. Mary: farmhouse and three cottages with barns etc., and 162a.1r.10p. land in Elm, for 12 years at £440. p.a.. 12 March, 1860
24 - Lease: The Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral, Charles Ling, Jabez Jackman, Jesse Skelding, John Meacham, George Bickley, Richard Connot Cross and William Taylor to: {a}: Edward Dimock, farmer, of Stretham: 23 acres for 3 years at £43. p.a.. 9 November, 1860 {b}: Frederick Robinson, farmer, of Southery, Norfolk: 23 acres for three years at £42. p.a.. r 1860 {c}: George E. Daintree, farmer, of Fenton, Hunts.: 69 acres for 3 years at £131. p.a.. 21 March, 1860 All land in the Hundred Feet Washes, Coveney.
25 - Lease: John Muriel, surgeon, of Ely, to George Peck, ironmonger, of Ely: dwelling house in High Street, Ely, with stables, brewhouse, fishmonger's shop etc., for 14 years at £80. p.a.. 20 December, 1860
26 - Lease: John Thomas Waddington, esq., of Twyford Lodge, Southampton, to Thomas Richards, farmer, of Wimblington in Doddington: 236 acres in Latches Fen, Wimblington, with farmhouse etc., for 8 years at £364 p.a. 1861
27 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, to William Cave Cranwell, inn keeper, of Ely: the Cutter Inn, with tap yards, malting houses etc., near the Waterside, Holy Trinity, Ely, for three years and then yearly, at £75 p.a. 1861
28 - Lease: John Thomas Waddington esq., of Twyford Lodge, Southampton, to Joseph Jones, farmer, of Wimblington: farm of 244.2r.27p. in Latches Fen, Wimblington, with farmhouse and buildings, for 8 years at £382.10 p.a. 1861
29 - Lease: Charles Cox of Welney to Ebenezer William Harlock and Charles Theodore Harlock, brewers, of Ely: the Royal Standard beer house in Sutton, for 6 and 1/2 years at £16 p.a. 17 July 1861
30 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, to John Bowles, veterinary surgeon and shoeing smith, of Ely: dwelling house with smithy, stables etc., in Saint Mary's Street, Ely, for 7 years at £30 p.a. 1861
31 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, to William Spratt Allden, farmer, of Wood House, Ely: 60a.1r.12p. land in the Hundred Feet Washes, Welney, for 7 years at £90 p.a. 6 August 1861
32 - Lease: Rev. John Henry Sparke of Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk, to Jonathan and William Brown, farmers, of Little Downham: farmhouse with cottage etc., and 330a.2r.31p. land in Little Downham on a yearly basis, at £550 p.a. 3 September 1861
33 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, Rev. James William Field of Braybrook, Northamptonshire and William Kynaston of 4 Gresham Street, London, with consent of Martha Ann Randall, widow, of Cambridge, now of Lansdowne Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, to James Hough, surgeon, of Cambridge: dwelling house with outbuildings in Trumpington Street, Cambridge, for 12 years at £120 p.a. (two copies) 14 February and 5 April 1862
34 - Lease: William Dunn Gardner esq., of Fordham Abbey, to Ebenezer William and Charles Theodore Harlock, brewers, of Ely: dwelling house used as a beer house called the King's Head, in Fordham, with 3 roods land, for 7 years at £20 p.a. 12 May 1862
35 - Lease: Dean and Chapter of Ely to Thomas Dann, sergeant in the Cambridgeshire Militia: 1a.1r.21p. garden ground with barn in Saint Mary, Ely, for 7 years at £12 p.a. 29 September 1862
36 - Lease: Dean and Chapter of Ely to Richard Smith, farmer, of Kirtling (Isaac Knighton, gent., of Fletton, Northamptonshire, being surety): manor house with barns etc., and double cottage, 5a. 30p. land and another 173a.1r.9p. land in Wentworth, for 14 years at £300 p.a. 30 September 1862
37 - Lease: Ann Eaton, spinster, of Ely, and Mary Arber, spinster, of Cambridge, to Isaac Warren, farmer, of Exning, Suffolk: 3a.3r.2p. land in North Field, Burwell, and another 3a.3r.6p. in the same for 8 years at £11.8 p.a. 28 October 1862
38 - Lease: Rev. John Henry Sparke of Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk, to William Brooks, farmer, of Chatteris: 32a.3r.16p. land in the Hundred Foot Washes at Downham, on yearly lease at £58 p.a. (two copies) 1863 and 6 January 1864
39 - Lease: Henry Laurence the elder, gent., of Ely, to William Rickwood, farmer, of Ely: 51a. land at Stuntney, for 5 years at £127.10 p.a. 24 February 1863
40 - Lease: Ebenezer William Harlock, common brewer, of Ely, to Susannah Paris Waller, inn-keeper, of Ely: messuage called the Lamb, used as an inn, family hotel and posting house, and a messuage used as a tap for 7 years at £60 p.a. 6 May 1863
41 - Lease: Mary Ann Waddington, widow, of Twyford Lodge, Southampton, to John Cabred, farmer, of Wimblington: farmhouse at Stonea Grange, Wimblington, with barns, two cottages, steam drainage engine and engineer's cottage, 668a.25p. land, called Stonea Grange Farm, with Barbers Lots, for 8 years at £1370. 28 December 1863
42 - Lease: Rev. Jacob Porter of Thetford, Norfolk, to Samuel Pitchford, farmer, of Sutton: 6 acres with messuage in Haddenham, for 12 years at £20 p.a. (two copies) 1865
43 - Lease: Henry Fincham, yeoman, of Lakenheath Sedge Fen, Suffolk, to William Cutlack, brewer, of Littleport: messuage called the Sedge Sheaf, with outbuildings etc. in Lakenheath, with 16 acres in Sedge Fen, for 7 years at £30 p.a. 1865
44 - Lease: Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, to Henry Palmer, farmer, of Lakenheath, Suffolk: homestead called the Rectory Farm, with land totalling 408a.10p., and right of sheep-walk for 1080 sheep called the Lord's Walk, over the Warren at Lakenheath, Suffolk, for 8 years, at £421 p.a. 12 January 1865
45 - Lease: Robert William Cutlack, brewer, of Littleport, to Thomas Hipple, yeoman, and William Hawkes, farmer, his guarantor, both of Soham Fen: public house called the Jolly Farmers, with 8 acres pasture land in Soham Fen, for £15 p.a. on a yearly basis. 23 March 1865
46 - Lease: Dean and Chapter of Ely to William Fletcher, farmer, of Ely: 27a.3p. in Braham Field, Ely (Amery Barns Parva Farm) for 8 years at £70 p.a. 1 August 1865
47 - Lease: Trustees of the Charity Estates of Catherine Needham deceased, to Robert Palmer, farmer, of Burnt Fen, Ely: 7 acres land in Burnt Fen, and 8a.3r.3p. land in Padnal Fen, Ely for 8 years at £26 p.a. (two copies) 14 June 1866
48 - Lease: Harry Spencer Waddington, esq., of Cavenham Hall, Suffolk, to William Shepperson, farmer, of Underwood, Whittlesey, and William Shepperson the younger, farmer, of Floods Ferry, Doddington: farmhouse with yards etc. at Floods Ferry, and 358a.3r.2p. land and five cottages, on a yearly basis, at £496.3.9. for 1st year and then £516.3.9. afterwards. 10 September 1867
49 - Lease: Henry Warrington, late sergeant in the Cambridgeshire Militia, to Thomas Leeding, farmer: 31a.1r.34p. in Market Way Field, Witcham, for 12 years at £75 p.a. 14 November 1867
50 - Lease: Lucy Fisher, spinster, late of Brighton, now of Surbiton, and Francis Fisher, esq., late of Chesterton, now of Panton Street, Cambridge, sublet to Rev. William Selwyn D.D., Professor of Divinity, Cambridge: dwelling house with 2r.9p. land in Trumpington Road, for 25 years at £60 p.a., with consent of Master, Fellows and Scholars of Corpus Christi College. 2 July 1868
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