• 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
    item