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CD1052
Title
Lease:
Date free text
16 Jul 1827
Production date
From: 1827 To: 1827
Scope and Content
i) Stephen Thornton, Moggerhanger, Esq
ii) Samuel Danes, late of Great Staughton, Hunts, now of Everton, farmer
i) releases to ii)
-farmhouse etc at Everton called Portmahon Farm
-land belonging (280 acres)
late in occupation John Howe, then i) and now of ii) reserving to i)
-all timber with liberty for i) to enter on the land to cut down the same
also right to enter the premises to view the condition and repairs and right to shoot over said premises
term -7 years from October 1826
yearly rent-£200
-£20 per acre for every acre of meadow converted into tillage without consent
ii) agrees to keep glass windows in good repair, will provide sufficient wheat straw for thatching the barns and various other conditions as to husbandry
signatures both
endorsed witness: George King, solicitor, Potton. Notice that ii) is not confined to the four field system of farming. However he shall leave as much land as he found at his entry, when he leaves the farm.
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