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Clay
Family Papers
Bond. John Hankin & William AIling to Matthew Clay.
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Date: 21 January 1717 (old style). This is 21
Jan 1718 by modern reckoning.
John Hankin of Holbeach, Lincs, butcher
& William Alling, of Whapload, Lincs, yeoman, bound to pay £20 to Matthew
Clay of Bourne, Lincs, farmer,
on 21st July 1718.
Signed: John Hankin, William Allin [sic].
Witnesses: (illegible initial, perhaps J.) Bernard and Thomas
Charge.
In other words, Hankin and Alling had
borrowed £20 from Clay, for six months. They were clearly working as partners
and perhaps needed capital for sowing fodder for the following winter, with a
view to getting some lambs to market by mid July to pay for it. It is
interesting that they should have looked to Bourne for the money rather than Spalding, the
larger and to them, nearer town.
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