Legal Documents

There is a range of different legal documents (out with wills) that provide a host of information about how local residents interacted. In this section we will provide transcripts of some of these documents

Acknowledgements - Thanks to The National Archives, Huntingdon Archives and the Norris Museum for making their documents available.


Date                         Village               Document Type               Document Description                            Link              
August 1626 Keyston CHURCH Non Payment of Tithes Dr John Dunne V Thomas Hilles
15th April 1631 Covington INDENTURE Renting a Shop and Land H Brown from H Negus
Anno 1635 Keyston DEBT Judgement of an Ejectment Edward Maria Wingfield
03rd June 1648 Covington INDENTURE Thomas & George Hawes Annuity on property
14th August 1672 Keyston CHURCH List of Church Property Rectors Holdings
29th March 1690 Keyston INDENTURE Repayment Document Confirming Repayment
Anno 1709 Keyston CHURCH List of Church Land Terriers Keyston Terrar
20th January 1731 Keyston RENT Oliver Nicklis Land Rental Land Rented
24th April 1731 Keyston RENT John Holden Land Rental Land Rented
20th June 1731 Keyston RENT John Holden House Rental Property Rented
13th Jul 1751 Keyston SEQUESTRATION Vacancy for Keyston Rector Sykes and Simons Keyston Church
16th Feb 1753 Keyston PENAL BOND Bonded for Property Anna and Robert Lambe
20th Feb 1753 Keyston RENT ARREARS Property Includes Rent Arrears Thomas Knight pays arrears
Anno 1754 Keyston DEFORCIO Recovery of Land Thomas Knight Land Returned
15th May 1771 Keyston CHURCH Inventory of Chattels Inventory Keyston Church
07th Aug 1790 Keyston BORROWING 16 years later payment occurs Dying Beneficiaries
17th Apr 1800 Keyston CHURCH Repairs to Church and Parsonage Keyston Church Repairs
04th Jul 1806 Covington ENCLOSURE Description of Land Purchase Enclosure of Land
05th Jun 1828 Covington DISSENTERS Petition to Bishop re Worship Mary Browns House
03rd May 1845 Covington ENCLOSURES Rev Binns uses old Act for funds Rev Binns Funds
24th May 1872 Keyston CHURCH Assessment of Current Status Keyston Church Status
10th Nov 1914 Covington INDENTURE Setting up a Congregational church Congregational Church