Identity area
Reference code
GB 2198 GC/BUR/D/XIII/22
Title
Two receipts for Mortimers hagabul (hagable) rents
Date(s)
- 1588 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 envelope
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Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
'Acquittances for the rent of 18s. Per annum paid by the College to the Town of Cambridge for Mortimers, by the name of High Gable' [one receipt for 28s.)
[High Gable is termed 'Hagabul' in C.H. Cooper, 'Annals of Cambridge', vol. I. p.60, and explained thus: 'the greater part of the land and houses were charged with small payments called Hagabul to the bailiffs of the town.']