• Reference
    P74/25/11
  • Title
    Lease (21 years)
  • Date free text
    19 Mar 1763
  • Production date
    From: 1763 To: 1763
  • Scope and Content
    1)a Lewis Odell Overseer of the poor of the parish of Biddenham b John Savill Overseer of the poor of the parish of Biddenham 2)a Edward Pinkard, Cranfield, butcher b Ralph Pulley, Cranfield, butcher Lease by 1) to 2) from 5th April 1763 for 21 years in consid. £9 rent p.a. & £5 rent p.a. for each acre of pasture converted to tillage - cottage or tenement at Cranfield occ. Joseph Purryer, undertenants or assigns - 9a; 3 closes or enclosed pastures at Cranfield now or late occ. Joseph Purryer or assigns provided always sd. rents. paid. If unpaid for 50 days 1) can expel 2) from the prems. 2) repair & maintain sd. prems. & lop trees, hedges not under 8 years old & use 20 carts of "goode, rotten Mucke Dung" on the land at their own expense.
  • Level of description
    item