Reference
KK27
Title
Assignment of Lease.
Date free text
30 August 1611
Production date
From: 1611 To: 1611
Scope and Content
i) Sir Thomas Pope Blunt of Tittenhanger, Hertfordshire, Elizabeth Hoddesdon,
ii) Thomas Leigh
iii) Richard Cartwright, Thomas Bond, John Panton, Thomas Cowley
- Rachburye close with woods in same in Heath & Reach, except wood of 20 years growth.
- 2 Watermills under one roof in Leighton Buzzard called Leighton Mills late in occupation of Richard Hye deceased.
Proviso for re entry if £160 reserved by KK22 is not paid. Deeds to be kept in chest at Rolls Chapel.
Recites (1) Lease of Rachbury Close 8 July 1564 by Dean & Canons of Windsor to William Bentham & wife Elizabeth for 79 years at 19s per annum. (2) Lease of mills, 2 January 1603/4 by Christopher Hoddesdon to Sir Thomas Pope Blunt for 60 Years from death of Elizabeth Hoddesdon at £12 2s per annum.
Witnesses: Thomas Chamberlayn, Christopher Hoddesdon, Edmund Bolsworth, David Draper, Thomas Brown.
5 seals on tags armorial & conventional one tag for seal
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