L4/371

Lease (draft; not excuted ) for 9 yrs.; rent p.a. 30 nth., Earl of Kent Mich. Cole of Clophill gent. -- a farmho. in Clophill now occ. Mich. Cole; a cottage occ. Thos. Hare; the '2 Grange Brades', half the Hawbrach, half the sheep's commons, 6 ac. in North Field (of which 6 ac. are at the gate near the house occ. Thos. Yarrow); half the 11 - acre piece; 1/2 ac. at Well Spring; 6 ac. shooting to Pidley Wood close; ''the hither half field and the sallows and the meadows in Hardmead & Hooks''; all formerly let to Thos. Barrick of Clophill, yeo.; except: the timber; the stone pits; the right to hunt, hawk or set; additional rent of 10 per acre ploughed; tenant to bear rates and '' taxes'' except parliamentary ones, and to do repairs (rough timber provided); endorsed: fat turkey to be provided at Christmas.

9 August 1690

From: 1690 To: 1690

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Kent, Earl of,
Cole, Michael,
Hare, Thomas,
Yarrow, Thomas,
Barrick, Thomas

agricultural leases, arable, shooting, yeoman, ploughing, Clophill fields, Clophill Pidley Wood