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Drury, William, of Earith, gent

Catalogue reference: S/B/SP/74

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S/B/SP/74
Title
Drury, William, of Earith, gent
Date
2nd July 1674
Description

The Commissioners of Littleport took from him 100a land in Whelpmore at Littleport which he bought 10 or 12 years ago; the Corporation has not paid him 40s per annum for land taken from him in Sutton Meadlands; nor any compensation for 10a between Earith and Mepal taken when the counterbank of the Old Bedford River was made; also Roger Jenyns esq and Anthony Hammond esq dispossessed him 6 months ago of a freehold house at Welney by virtue of a lease from the Corporation: asks for redress.

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Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ea88184b-88d4-496f-8d11-7db6c3851838/

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Drury, William, of Earith, gent