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SJCR/SJES/2/3/AWH/4
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- 1429-1800 (Creation)
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16 items. Paper and parchment
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Includes: rentals of marked land for Westbury Manor,and Kirby Manor, lands pertaining to the Cambridge fee, quit rents and heriots in Ashwell; also includes a list of tenants. Names mentioned in the documents are Elizabeth Clerk, Stephen de Cambridge, John Kirby, Elizabeth Swetcoke and John Swetcoke.
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Accruals
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The documents were originally organised according to their drawer number (D97) and then given an individual number. The drawer number has been removed and replaced with AWH/3 but the individual document number has been retained. Thus D97.155 is now SJES/2/3/AWH/4/155.
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59: Terrier of College farm at Ashwell, by Abraham Hart. (1794)
152: Terrier and rental marked 'H' of land held by John Kirby and formerly by Stephen de Cambridge (1429-1435)
153: Terrier and rental marked 'I' of lands held formerly by John Kirby, now held by John Swetcoke. (1476-77)
154: Terrier marked 'T' of Cambridge fee [now] belonging to [John] Swetcoke. (1477)
155: Rentals marked 'F' of lands which form part of Westbury Manor, held by John Kirby and then by Elizabeth Swetcoke (1429-1481)
156: Rental marked `G' of lands held by Elizabeth Swetcoke (1481)
157: Rental of lands held by Elizabeth Swetcoke
158: Rental marked `F' of lands [held by Elizabeth Swetcoke (also known as Clerk)]. (1498)
159: Amended rental of Ashwell [lands of Elizabeth Clerk widow]. (1524)
160: Amended rental of the lands of Elizabeth Clerk widow. (1524)
161/1: Rents received on behalf of mistress [Elizabeth] Clerk, of Coventry. (1501)
161/2: Rental of lands at Ashwell Herts [held by Elizabeth Clerk]. (1519)
161/3: Rental of lands held by Elizabeth Clerk widow at Ashwell Herts. (1524)
162: Terrier of lands held by Elizabeth Clerk, `both as of Cambridge [fee] by charter and by copy of court roll', with dates of acquisition. (1526)
163: Terrier and rental marked `D' of lands of Elizabeth Clerk as held formerly by John Swetcoke. (1476-1481)
164: List of six tenants of Kirby in Ashwell manor Herts. (1722-1775)
165: An account of free & copyhold lands quit rents & heriots at Kirby in Ashwell man or Herts; inserted is a note re Ball's copyhold. (1800)