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Document Number:0502003
Title:Mortgage
Date:27 September 1866
Price:£55.00
Condition:
Good, consistent with age.
Physical description:
Parchment : 1 sheet 58cm x 77cm with 4 wax seals and duty stamps. Includes a second indenture of Reconveyance of 1874 written on the back.
Summary of contents
PARTIES
John Clayton of Birdham, Sussex. Farmer.
Edward William Johnson of Chichester, Sussex. Gentleman.

SUBJECT
John Clayton is mortgaging land in Birdham, Sussex to Edward Johnson for £78 with the proviso that the sum must be repaid by 27 March next. There is a schedule listing 13 pieces of land including 2 houses and totalling 12 acres.

In the second indenture of 1874, we are told that the sum of £78 is still outstanding, which John Clayton is now paying off, and the property is conveyed back to him
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