• Reference
    X284/16/3
  • Title
    Lease for Life Parties: (i) Thomas Sheffeld of Tempsford, gentleman, and Anne his wife; (ii) William Whyteacre and Johan his wife Operative Part: - (i) lease to (ii) for their lives at 7/6 annual rent Property: (a) one messuage, yard, hempland, garden and orchard tgoether with a hedge and ditch at the west end in occupation of Robert Towers in Upton End, Tempsford abutting: S on a pightle of John Colbeck; N on a messuage of Thomas and Anne Sheffeld in occupation of William Whyteacre; E on King's Highway; W on croft or close of Thomas and Anne Sheffeld; (b) 2 roods of arable, half an acre of meadow and all the hedons of pasture lying together at the west end of a piece of land of Thomas and Anne Sheffeld on south side of the orchard of John Colbeck. The two roods lay together at the "gannocke" next to 2 roods of late dissolved College of Northill in tenure of Thomas Jelybrond to E. The half acre lay in Mylne Green next to the meadow of the dissolved College of Northill on N. Covanants: - (i) to find timber for repairs and to build a "litle chambre" at N end of (a); - possession in default
  • Date free text
    30 Jun 1551
  • Production date
    From: 1551 To: 1551
  • Level of description
    item