Reference
L14/70
Title
Lease (counterpart) for 10 yrs,; rent p.a. 160 & 12 young pigeons;
Amabella, Dowager Countess of Kent
Dan. Brace of Pegsdon, gent.
-- a farm in Over Stondon, occ. Ric. Lilly, then Jn. Walker
decd.; 60 ac. in the fields of Over and Nether Stondon,
Shillington and Meppershall; purchased by (i) from
Thos. Laurence;
landlord reserves timber; his servts. to enter fallow
fields acc. to custom of country to prepare for
sowing at Lady Day before expiry of lease;
tenant to maintain hedges and ditches & enclosures,
maintain springs in woods, have customary lopping of
trees, pay ' all scotte lotte taxes assessments and
impositions', pay 5 per acre if pasture converted
into tillage, to have allowance for gateboot and
stileboot;
witn. Thos. Jones, Wm. Southwood, Geo. Noble;
seal on tag: (conv.)
Date free text
20 March 1661-1662
Production date
From: 1661 To: 1662
Language
English
Level of description
item