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GRANTOR: Thorney Abbey. GRANTEE: Robert Smyth, yeoman, and Eleanor his wife. PLACE...
Catalogue reference: LR 14/892
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This record is about the GRANTOR: Thorney Abbey. GRANTEE: Robert Smyth, yeoman, and Eleanor his wife. PLACE... dating from 21 Hen. VIII. in the series Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series E. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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LR 14/892
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Date (When the record was created)
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21 Hen. VIII.
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Description (What the record is about)
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GRANTOR: Thorney Abbey. GRANTEE: Robert Smyth, yeoman, and Eleanor his wife. PLACE OR SUBJECT: Demise, indented, for 74 years, of the farm (fermeholde) called the parsonage of Stanground. COUNTY: Hunts.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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English.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Farming
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LR 14
Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue: Ancient Deeds, Series E
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