• Reference
    WY713-714
  • Title
    Conveyance. £20. Lease and Release. (i) William Penn. (ii) John Blaykling of Sedber, Yorkshire, yeoman and Thomas Holmes of Sedber, Yorkshire yeoman. -- 1,000 acres land. Witnesses: Benjamin Griffith and Thomas Cox.
  • Date free text
    13, 14 Jun 1682
  • Production date
    From: 1682 To: 1682
  • Scope and Content
    Recites Letters Patent of Charles II, 4 March 1681, granting to William Penn:- a tract or part of land in America, with islands, bounded east by the Delaware River from 12 miles distant northward of Newcastle town to the 43° of northern latitude and extending west 5° in longitude, bounded south by a circle drawn at 12 miles distance from Newcastle northwards and westwards to the beginning of the 40° of northern latitude and then by a straight line westward to the limit of of longitude above mentioned.
  • Level of description
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