P45/25/2

Lease for 21 years; rent p. a. £6 (plus £5 for each acre converted to tillage).

1702-1742

From: 1702 To: 1742

(i) Anthony, Earl of Kent; Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury; Michael Cole of Clophill, gent.; Richard Head of Clophill, gent.; Thomas Costin of Clophill, yeoman; Thomas Rawlins of Cainhoe, gent. (ii) John Radley of Clophill, tailor. A messuage in Clophill between the house of the Earl of Kent. West ; Samuel Austin East; William Burden; North: street; South; late in occupation of Thomas. Bull; - a close adj. 3 ac.; - 8 ac. arable (not described). Witnesses: Edwrad Money, Michael Arnald, Michael Cole. 11 June 1702. Endorsements:- At end of demise it shall be lawful for John Radley to take and carry away "the kitching chimney belonging to itt, the door, floor, the shopp, and a little gate and a parcell of poles adj., a hovel of 3 bays and 3 hoggscoats, about 8 poles of pales, 1 pump, 3 gates, and a set of planks in the barn and the pales cross the yard. 14 December Assignment by Elizabeth Radlee to John Colly, blacksmith. Witnesses: John Day, Matthew Bushbee. 24 Sept. 1742. Release by Elizabeth Colley, widow, to trustees (John Richardson, Thomas. Poynton), who agree to take William Powers as tenant. Witnesses Laurence Cowper, Joseph Samm

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Bruce, Thomas (2nd Earl of Ailesbury),
Grey, Anthony (11th Earl of Kent),
Cole, Michael,
Head, Richard,
Costin, Thomas,
Rawlins, Thomas,
Radley, John,
Austin, Samuel,
Burden, William,
Hull, Thomas,
Money, Edward,
Arnald, Michael,
Radlee, Elizabeth,
Colly, John,
Day, John,
Bushbee, Matthew,
Colley, Elizabeth,
Richardson, John,
Poynton, Thomas,
Powers, William,
Cowper, Laurence,
Samm, Joseph

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