Reference
L15/6
Title
Lease 21 yrs. 24.16s.0d. Rent 3.2s., 1 capon, 2 hens.
(i) Hen., Earl of Kent.
(ii) Thos. Slade alias Webbe of Park End, Thurleigh,
husb.
-- a messuage in Park End, Thurleigh; in Slade's occ.;
Park close, adjoining Park Wood; Crosse close, at
the South end of the green or street of Park End;
24 1/2 ac. in the common fields of Thurleigh:-
in Little Field 6 ac.;
in Park End Field 9 ac.;
in South alias Sow Field 9 1/2 ac.
-- Wood and underwood are excepted from the lease.
The tenant shall reside with his 'whole famelye and
howsholde and keepe howse upon the premisses;'
he shall also carry out repairs and maintain
ditches and fences and do 3 carriage-duties
annually (as in 15/5). He may lop willows and
maples, and the following specified trees:-
in Park close 6 ashes;
in Cross close 30 ashes.
Witnesses Giles Blofeld, Wm. Allen.
Slit for seal tag (seal missing).
(J989)
Date free text
1 August 1583
Production date
From: 1583 To: 1583
Level of description
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