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- 6 May 1839 (Creation)
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Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Mr Richard Barber.
Lease of 10 messuages or tenements and premises in the parish of St Andrew the Great in Cambridge for 40 years from 5 April 1838 [1-10 New Square]. Rent: £13 4s 0d. Includes a colour plan showing the size of the plots, the land to the south belonging to Charles Humfrey and the proposed division between the heirs of Richard Barber.
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The lease states that:
Richard Barber is a gentleman and that he built the 10 messuages
The messuages are in New Square which is part of a close known as Gravel Close
The plan shows the proposed division between Richard Barber's heirs with numbers 1-2 and 8-10 marked in red and to go to Mr Joseph Symonds Watts and numbers 3-7 marked in blue and to go to Reverend George Barber