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Document Number:0505006
Title:Mortgage
Date:06 August 1860
Price:£55.00
Condition:
Good, consistent with age,
Physical description:
Parchment : 1 sheet 45cm x 68cm with 1 wax seal and revenue stamp.
Summary of contents
PARTIES
John BALE of Bickenbridge, Ilfracombe, Devon. Yeoman.
Samuel PETTIFER of 67 Marsham Street, Westminster. Gentleman.

SUBJECT
John Bale is borrowing £625 from Samuel Pettifer on a mortgage on a messuage, farm and premises called Bickenbridge in the parish of Ilfracombe, Devon. The names of about 18 fields or closes are listed, totalling about 54 acres.

Receipts have been added on the back for the repayment of £300 in 1872 and £325 in 1875.
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