Hello listers ........ Am hoping someone can guide me in the interpretation of this Conditional from the Haddenham Manorial Records which I photographed at the Aylesbury Archives Sep 2008. I have tried to trim it down – hopefully without losing any of its meaning… I have no experience with this kind of document, but it would seem to me as if an Elizabeth Loosley lent Joseph Ricketts £100 23rd Apr 1872 which had to be repaid by 23rd Oct 1873 otherwise she effectively took over his premises. Is such a Conditional like a modern-day mortgage? I am assuming the reference to …. "the full sum of One thousand pounds with interest etc" is an error made by the clerk/scribe? It definitely says "thousand" in this case, but "hundred" elsewhere. The premises referred to [No 771] in this document were sold by Joseph Ricketts in 1911. Any help/suggestions much appreciated. Regards Pat in Western Australia Conditional …. on 23 April 1872 Elizabeth Loosley of Moreton (Oxford) …. delivered to the said Steward a certain Memorandum of Surrender … that since the last Court to wit on this same twenty third day of April one thousand eight hundred and seventy two Joseph Ricketts of Haddenham in the County of Buckingham Carpenter one of the Copyhold or customary Tenants of this Manor came before the said Steward and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds sterling to the said Joseph Ricketts in hand paid by the said Elizabeth Loosely Did out of Court in his own proper person surrender unto the hands of the Lord of the Manor by the hands and acceptance of the said Steward by the Rod according to the custom of the Manor ALL THAT customary or copyhold Messuage or Tenement with the outbuildings yard gardens and appurtenances thereunto belonging heretofore in the possession ….. … now converted and occupied in two Cottages or Tenements one of which is in the occupation of the said Joseph Ricketts and the other of Henry Cox together with the Orchard or Close adjoining to the said Cottages or Tenements which is now converted into and used as a garden ground and is in the occupation of the said Joseph Ricketts And which said Messuage Cottages Garden Orchard and premises are numbered 771 on the Plan annexed to the Haddenham Inclosure Award ... and premises the said Joseph Ricketts was admitted Tenant out of Court on the twenty sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty six on the surrender of Thomas Read and John Read Together with all and singular house outhouses buildings ... To the use of the said Elizabeth Loosely and her heirs according to the custom of this Manor SUBJECT nevertheless to and upon this express CONDITION that if the said Joseph Ricketts ... do or shall on or before the twenty third day of October now next ensuing pay or cause to be paid to the said Elizabeth Loosley …. the full sum of One thousand pounds with interest for the same at the rate of Five Pounds per centum per annum without any deduction or abatement whatsoever then the said Surrender was to be void and of no effect otherwise it was to be and remain in full force and virtue ... And it should be lawful for the said Elizabeth Loosley her heirs or assigns in case default should be made in payment of the said sum of one hundred pounds or the interest thereof or any part thereof respectively on the said twenty third day of October next without any further consent or concurrence of the said Joseph Ricketts his heirs or assigns absolutely to sell the said hereditaments ………….