• Reference
    FN379
  • Title
    Lease for 21 years, rent £42, plus £10 per acre of pasture ploughed: (i) George Francklin of Covent Garden, esquire (ii) Laurence Williamson of Clapham, yeoman. A farmhouse, Upper close, 3 acres, adjoining; Meadow close, 1 1/2 acres, pightle, 1 acre, on other side of Carwell lane; Cowbooth close, 2 acres, abutting on Leyfield land and Carwell field; in Clapham, in occupation of Laurence Williamson; 3 acres meadow, 1 1/2 being in Thurne meadow in Oakley field abutting north on Ouse adjacent to Patenam Dams; and 1 1/2 in Stafford meadow, Oakley, containing 3 doles; 61 acres arable land in the common fields of Clapham and Oakley in schedule annexed; Scott's close, Goldington, 20 acres. Witnesses: Richard Daston, James Smith, Alexander Shorte, Richard Robinson. Attached: Terrier of Clapham (good), relating to land in Windmill field, Nether furlong below Bedford way, and Gravell field in the same season.
  • Date free text
    6 Sep 1656
  • Production date
    From: 1656 To: 1656
  • Level of description
    item