This Indenture made the Sixth day of Aprill in ye third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God Queen of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith &c Annoque Domini 1704 Between Georg Long of Ramsgate in the Parish of St Lawrence in the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent Mariner and Margaret his Wife of the One Part And Silvester Spencer of Ramsgate aforesaid Mariner and William Spencer of the same place Mariner of the other Part Witnesseth That the said Georg Long and Margaret his Wife for and in Consideration of the Sum of Seventeen Pounds of Lawfull English Money to them the said Georg Long and Margaret his Wife in hand well and truly paid by the said Silverster Spencer and the said William Spencer at or before the Ensealing and Delivery hereof The receipt whereof of the said Georg Long and MargaretClick here to read the rest of this document
Gerald has transcribed another of the package of documents relating to the Rising Sun in Ramsgate, it really is rather an attractive document and I will try to get a better picture of the original. It is very difficult to get a piece of vellum that has been folded up for over 300 years to lie flat, as I expect using a hammer is something that professional archivists frown upon, once all of the documents have been transcribed I will lay them out flat somewhere, until they settle down and do some better pictures.
