Reference
L1/81
Title
Lease (mutilated) 21 yrs. Rent. 6.13.4. ,
6s.0d. ; 5s.0d. ; ? 1.
(i) Sir Hy.Grey
(ii) Jn. Elyott of Blunham, fuller.
- (Mill?) house newly built at the north end of a
close of past. called Nether Grasse Crofte and a
fulling mill with four going 'stokkes' and two
going 'wheelys' with their appurtenances standing
....... also the mill 'yate' and the several
'pistary' and fishing on the same gate and on the
mill dam above the said fulling mill as far as
the said timber work extendeth both afore and
behind the same mill and also all the several
fishing ........ said manor of Blunham from the
said mill dam unto the corn mill in Blunham afore-
said called the master, fellows and scholars of
St.John's College, Cantab. mill and also all the
osiers holms that the said Sir Hy. hath .......
of the same water between the said fulling mill
and the said corn mill.
- Also Nether Grasse Crofte, and all other premises
before let to (ii)
- Rents above for mill, fishing, osiers and
pasture.
- (ii) to keep in repair as far as the new
foundation is 'be goon of both sides of the
water' and when any of the standing 'stokkes'
decay the (i) to set up new at his own cost.
- (ii) to have the water coming at all times to
the said fulling mill on such like 'right'
course as it doth the date of these presents,
without ..... other person and if it shall
happen the water of the said river at any time
during the said term to break out of the said
river there of any of the banks of either of
the sides of the river there into a ditch
thereunto adjoyning ...... of the said Hy. and
the ground belonging to Th. Sheffeldes that (ii)
to repair the banks at own cost.
- (i) cov. to keep (ii) harmless from parson of
Blunham
- (ii) to mantain going gear, viz: the wheels the
'extrees' and all manner 'eyerne warke', i.e.
chains, 'hokes', daggeshoys' of iron for t .....
'pottyarde' and nails and also shall 'furre the
feete and the shankes and also the armes of the
wheelys and the rawnsoms of the stokkes and all
the tappetes of the stokkes and all the nodylles
of the two (?pottys)....
same mylnes belonging takyng alwey of the foreseyd
Sir Hy.Grey all manner of timber and even of elm
at every time when it shall be needful and also
(ii) shall make the workmanship and settyng up
thereof from time to time at his own cost.'
- (i) to repair the dams on Grasscroft side from
the new foundation of the timber at the north
end of the close to southend of the same
- no sub-letting
- Seal and witnesses lost.
- This document was used as cover for acct. book
of ca. 1565 and about an inch strip has been cut
from the right hand side.
Date free text
6 May 1538
Production date
From: 1538 To: 1538
Level of description
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