Reference
KK26
Title
Assignment of Lease
Date free text
30 August 1611
Production date
From: 1611 To: 1611
Scope and Content
i) Elizabeth Lady Hoddesdon widow of Sir Christopher
ii) Thomas Leigh of Stoneleigh esq (cousin & heir of Sir Christopher)
iii) Richard Cartwrighte of London, Thomas Bond, John Panton, Thomas Cowley of the Strand esq
- Lands leased to Sir Christopher Hoddesdon by letters patent of 13 March 1579/8 viz - (for 21 years)
- 3 acres in Eggington called Austins land then in occupation of Richard Gurney (2s rent)
- tenement in Corn market Leighton Buzzard.
- 7 acres arable, then in occupation of William Gibson (34s 8d rent).
- Tenement near tenement of John Blackett, then in occupation of Thomas Collier (16s rent).
- 1 acre meadow then in occupation of Thomas Collier (6s rent).
- Tenement & garden, then occupation of Mary Lownd widow (8s rent).
- Tenement near Nether Cross in Leighton Buzzard then in occupation of Henry Butfield (10s rent).
- Tenement & 7 acres land in Heath & Reach field of Leighton Buzzard, then in occupation of Thomas Haythorne (13s 4d rent)
- . Arable land & meadow in Heath Field of Leighton Buzzard then in occupation of same (3s 4d rent).
All which were formerly endowment of Fraternity of Corpus Christi in Leighton Buzzard.
Covenants: (a) if £160 reserved in KK22 is not paid, property to revert to (i).(b) (ii) to pay rents reserved in L’s P.(c) Letters Patent are to be kept in a chest with 2 locks in Rolls Chapel for remainder of term & after death of (i) they are to be delivered to (iii)
Witnesses: Thomas Chamberlayne, Chrisopher Hoddesdon, Edmund Bolsworth, David Draper.
One seal on tag (conventional) on tag for seal.
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