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Expand 1 - Registers and Service of the Church1 - Registers and Service of the Church
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Expand 3 - Benefice: glebe, tithes, etc.3 - Benefice: glebe, tithes, etc.
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Expand 8 - Vestry and Parochial Church Council8 - Vestry and Parochial Church Council
Expand 13 - Overseers: settlement papers13 - Overseers: settlement papers
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Expand 18 - Overseers: miscellaneous pre-1834 documents18 - Overseers: miscellaneous pre-1834 documents
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Collapse 28 - Final miscellaneous records28 - Final miscellaneous records
1 - Copy of Articles of Agreement concerning common rights in Cottenham, dated 20 November 1596
2 - Copy of Articles of Agreement concerning common rights in Cottenham, dated 20 November 1596
3 - Orders concerning rights of common
4 - Orders concerning rights of common
5 - Orders concerning rights of common
6 - Orders concerning rights of common
7 - Decree in Chancery
8 - Opinion of counsel on request to alter wording of a decree dated 3 February 1609 (Thomas Pepes and others v. Edmund Bendishe), concerning rights of common and sheepwalks
9 - Order that report concerning Thomas Pepes and others v. Edmund Bendish (see P50/28/8) be ratified, unless defendant shows cause to the contrary before the end of term
10 - Bill in Chancery: Dean and Chapter of Ely (lords of the manor of Pelham) and Talbot Pepis of Impington (farmer of this manor), requesting that a writ of subpena to attend Court be served against Thomas Hobson and others (Christ's College, St. John's College, King's College and various free and copyholders of Cottenham)
11 - Bill in Chancery: Thomas Hobson and others (as in P50/28/10) on behalf of all the inhabitants of Cottenham requesting that John Manby, rector, be brought to Court so that the inhabitants can continue their "peaceable useing and ordereing of the commons"
12 - Exemplification reciting a commission to examine witnesses in Chancery, between Thomas Hobson and others, plaintiffs, and John Manby and others, defendants
13 - Letter from John Manby, requesting search in the Registry of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, for Agreement dated 20 November 1596, between William Hind (and others) and Samuel Fleming (and the inhabitants of Cottenham)
14 - Exemplification of a Decree in Chancery confirming the Articles set down by Lord North
15 - Acknowledgement of trespass on Cottenham lands and payment of trespass money as demanded by the town officers; also, promise to pay for any further trespass; nine signatories from various villages
16 - Indictment: Richard Seymour senr. v. James Glover and John Cook for impounding cattle pastured in the Holme, on 1 August 1738
17 - Statement of case (as in P50/28/16): Richard Seymour senr. of Westwick v. James Glover (fen officer) and John Cook (steward)
18 - Letter from William Greaves of the Inner Temple, concerning preparations for bill; requesting information about chancery proceedings in 1707 and the name of the landlord who should be made a party to the bill (see P50/28/19)
19 - Bill in Chancery: Edward Haddow and James Glover, on behalf of the inhabitants and commoners of Cottenham v. Thomas Buck and Richard Seymour claim that Articles of Agreement were broken by defendants, by pasturing cattle on the Holme whilst they only have the right to pasture sheep there; asks that Articles be ratified once more in court (2 copies)
20 - Letter from Mr. Squire to Mr. Cropley, attorney at law, concerning various cases; includes copy of the order in Haddow v. Buck, giving defendents one month to answer bill (see P50/28/19)
21 - Letter from Mr. Squire to Mr. Cropley, attorney at law, concerning various cases; includes copy of petition by defendants in Haddow v. Buck asking that a further two weeks be granted in which to put in their answers to the bill, with grant of same and various comments on the case (see P50/28/19)
22 - Letter from Mr. Squire to Mr. Cropley, attorney at law, concerning various cases; includes copy of answers to bill in Haddow v. Buck (see P50/28/19), sworn in court on 27 September 1740
23 - Letter from Mr. Squire to Mr. Cropley, attorney at law, concerning various cases; includes copy of exceptions taken by plaintiffs to defendants' answers to bill in Haddow v. Buck (see P50/28/19 and 22)
24 - Acknowledgement by John Brigham of having no right of cartage over Cottenham Common; promise to pay 1s yearly to fen reeves for permission to do so and to repair bank, bars and ditch over which he carts
25 - Abstract of writ of execution of a decree in chancery dated 18 October 1669, confirming the Articles set down by Lord North (see P50/28/14 for full copy); with brief endorsements of 1821 and 1822
26 - List of documents, including exemplification dated 10 December 1646 (P50/28/12) and two decrees confirming the Articles set down by Lord North, dated 22 November 1664 and 18 October 1669 (P50/28/14)
27 - Plan of ground between Chittering Hill gate and the lot bars, showing names for each lot in 1757, followed in some cases by the name of the present holder (in 1808)
28 - Account book: "Mr. Thomas Ivatt's Officers Accounts". Entries consist largely of payments for ditching, embanking, etc.; also for digging clay and gravel (and receipts for same), running of Clare Fen Mill, mowing, mole catching, etc.
29 - Transcript of Chancery proceedings of 7 February 1584, between Sir Francis Hind of Madingley and John Pepys, George Pepys, Richard Scott, Thomas Brigham, Thomas Haddow, concerning disputed rights of pasture
30 - "Common Rights at Cottenham and Stretham" by W. Cunningham, edited for the Royal Historical Society; printed volume 1910
31 - Lease for term of 6 years. All the hay or first crop of grass yearly growing on 51/2a. of meadow in Forth Fenn (otherwise Furth Fenn), Landbeach
32 - Lease for term of 21 years. William Fordam to William Dale, of a moiety of a close in Alborowe, for the yearly rent of 35s.
33 - Fragment of great seal of Charles I (approx. one quarter)
34 - Lease for term of 99 years. 12acres in Barr Fen, Over
35 - Fragment of bond to perform covenants, John ....to William Pepys and others July
36 - Brief note of accounts, referring to a Mr. Bankes
37 - Probate copy of will of John Hunt of Cottenham, yeoman, dated 3 December 1717, proved by Consistory Court of Ely
38 - Rough statement of accounts [?lawyers]
39 - Rough note concerning bequest of Mr. [?Thomas] Kidman and land to which his heir at law has a legal claim
40 - Admission (manor of Harlstones). A commonable house and parcel of land
41 - Admission (manor of Harlstones). Property as in P50/28/40
42 - Lease for term of one year of 4a. of arable in Cottenham
43 - Admission (manor of Crowlands). 21r. of marsh in Smithy Fen.
44 - Tracing of plan of Stourbridge Fair, Cambridge
45 - Agreement of John Papworth with Thomas Ivatt and Jeremiah Cross, fen reeves, to sell and relinquish any claim to a wall (by the Engine House) for the use of the parish to erect a blacksmith's shop; £3 consideration
46 - Volume of transcripts
47 - Probate copy of will of John Wayman of Willingham, farmer; dated 30 March 1827 with three codicils, dated 14 July 1833, 26 August 1833 and 30 March 1834; proved in the Consistory Court of Ely
48 - Subscriptions cut from foot of deed (parchment): John Frere, William Cross, John Male, John Morlin Goode, Joseph Bull
49 - Newspaper cutting from the Illustrated London News showing article about fire at Cottenham and an illustration: "Scene of the fire at Cottenham - sketched from Lambs' Corner"
50 - Abstract of title to the manors of Crowlands, Lyles and Sames, from 4 December 1828 to 2 October 1860; with a second copy and extracts
51 - Papers relating to the Cattle plague of 1866 and the Cottenham Relief Fund
52 - Parody of graces to be offered to the University Senate at Christ's College lodge (Latin)
53 - Prints of archaeological finds
54 - Transcript of various Willingham parish accounts, including expenses of fen reeves, 1567, debts owing to the town 1790 and accounts for 1590
55 - Notebook containing extracts from various sources concerning the history of the Isle of Ely and Cottenham, at the time of the conquest and later
56 - Extract from "Artists Rambles in Cambridgeshire" concerning Cottenham Village College
57 - Rough note of names
58 - Rough note of manors and amounts
59 - Printed article: Earthworks at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, the supposed site of a Roman Camp or Settlement by C.H. Evelyn White (from the transactions of the Cambs and Hunts Archaeological Society)
60 - West Wickham national school teacher's agreements, between the managers and Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, to serve as schoolmistress, and between the managers and Mrs. Frances Kate Mitchell, to serve as assistant, both from 1 April 1905
61 - Newspaper articles reporting on annual meetings of the Cambridge Nursing Association in 1907 and 1913
62 - Addenbrooke's Hospital recommendation paper for 1 October 1923 to 30 September 1924 (printed)
63 - Typescript list of the names of Cottenham fields, roads, etc. (135 names)
64 - Article on Thomas Tenison (born in Cottenham 1636) reprinted from the Brixton Free Press
65 - Notes on the Cottenham war effort
66 - Transcript from manuscript in British Library (Harl.5011), describing Cottenham fens at the time of Sir William Hind
67 - Jubilee dinner programme for Cottenham United Football Club (printed)
68 - Programme of horse show, gymkhana and horticultural show, by Cottenham Recreation Association (printed)
69 - Programme of Open Sports meeting, including cycle racing and athletic events, by Cottenham Recreation Association (printed)
70 - List of inns in Cottenham, indicating those still licensed; note added that these were put into the parish magazine May 1956
71 - Printed verse about Cottenham Parish Council election on 7 May 1958 entitled Misguided Missiles by P.F. Franklin; note added by Rev. Maurice that £29 raised from sale of these (2 copies)
72 - Sunday Club Master Register
73 - Diary of church events
74 - Diary of church events
75 - Diary of church events
76 - Misc. family history papers
77 - Misc. images of the church and grounds
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