Parties: (1) Magdalene College, (2) John Purchas
Counterpart lease for 10 years from Michaelmas Day 1806.
Parties: (1) Magdalene College, (2) John Purchas
Counterpart lease for 10 years from Michaelmas Day 1806.
Valuation of fixtures left at the White Bull Inn by James Cook and taken by the College. Receipt for what was taken.
Ground plan of buildings in Bridge Street belonging to St John's College which show the position of the Three Swans.
Certificate of land tax in connection with the White Bull Inn.
Exoneration from land tax in connection with the White Bull Inn.
Plan of the White Bull Estate.
c.1545 Miles Prance a plot of land and in c.1548 he bought the four old chantry cottages nearby and set about building the inn that became the Half Moon. This was completed in 1552.
In 1580 Miles Prance died and left the Half Moon to his son John.
In 1628 Magdalene College bought Half Moon from Simon Prance.
[Ref: Capturing Cambridge website: https://capturingcambridge.org/centre/quayside/half-moon-inn/]
In the box is a letter addressed to Dr Richard Luckett giving an overview of the history of the site and which leases in this bundle seem out of place (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6).
Parties: (1) Thomas Smith alias Clark (executor of the will of Elizabeth Tolleworthe) and others, (2) William Bell, John Rotherford, Robert Moorelions, and William Cape.
Parties: (1) William Bell, Robert Morelions, and William Cape, (2) John Hedyngley and his wife, Thomas Cobbold, Hugh Rankyn, and William Elton
Parties: (1) Prior and Convent of Barnwell, (2) John Hedyngley (brewer and Burgess of Cambridge)
Lease of a tenement in St Clement's Parish for 41 years from Lady Day 1498.
Parties: (1) Prior and Convent of Barnwell, (2) Thomas Alreth (carpenter)
Lease of 'a Holy Cherche yerd' by Cambridge Castle for 99 years.
Parties: (1) John Hedyngley and Johanna his wife, Thomas Cobbold, Hugh Rankyn, and William Elton,
(2) William Stephenson and his wife, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Burgoyn, Thomas Gotson, William Pykerell, and Oliver Stalys their heirs and assigns
Conveyance - Edmund Samay, John Bury, William Synderton, and John Thyrlby of a parcel of a messuage and garden adjoining in St Clement's parish.
Deed connected to the Half Moon Inn. Recorded in the Muniments as 'Clennock deed' missing.
Parties: (1) John Prance, (2) John Towers
Lease of a messuage in St Clement's parish of three cottages in Hailstones Lane adjoining the messuage and another messuage in the same parish in which the said John Towes dwelt for 10 years, from Christmas Day 1595.
Parties: (1) John Prance, (2) Thomas Whiteside
Lease of a messuage and five cottages for 7 years from Christmas Day 1603.
Indentures of fine - Thomas Fountain Cuff (plaintiff) and John Andrews and his wife (deforciant) of a messuage and garden (later The Half Moon Inn).
Parties: (1) John Prance, (2) Thomas Whiteside
Counterpart of a lease of a messuage and premises and five cottages in the same parish for 7 years from Christmas Day 1611.
Probate of the will of John Prance of Doddington whereby he gave all his house, in the parish of St Clement's to Margaret his wife so long as she should be a widow and after he gave his house called 'The Half Moon' to his son Simon Prance and his heirs.
Indentures of fine - Margaret Prance and Simon Prance (plaintiffs) and Thomas Prance and his wife (deforciant) of a messuage with the appurtances in Cambridge [connected to land that later became The Half Moon Inn].
Parties: (1) Simon Prance (gentleman), (2) Richard Ashbey
Lease of the messuage called 'The Half Moon' for 10 years from Christmas Day 1618.
Bond from Richard Ashbey for the performance of covenants of his lease of the Half Moon Inn.
Indentures of fine - John Stokes (plaintiff) and Robert Rogers and Agnes his wife (deforciant) of a messuage and the appurtances [Half Moon Inn].
Parties: (1) Simon Prance, (2) John Smyth of Magdalene College
Feoffment of a messuage called 'The Half Moon'.
Bond given by Simon Prance for levying a fine for use of John Smith. In connection with The Half Moon.
Indentures of fine - John Smith (plaintiff) and Simon Prance and Ann his wife (deforciants) of one messuage with appurtances (the Half Moon Inn).
Parties: (1) John Smith, (2) Nicholas Coventry
Counterpart of the lease of one messuage and appurtenances for 21 years from Lady Day 1635 with inventory of fixtures [connected with the Half Moon Inn].
Plan of the Half Moon estate and of the Ship Inn belonging to Jesus College, Cambridge, endorsed with an agreement between the Master and two Fellows of each College.
Parties: (1) Magdalene College, (2) Alice Coventry
Counterpart of the lease of The Half Moon for 10 years from Michaelmas Day 1659.
Parties: (1) Magdalene College, (2) John Allen
Counterpart of the lease of The Half Moon for 10 years from Michaelmas Day 1663.