BS386

Lease: Right Honourable William, Lord Lempster [Leominster], to Thomas Clayton of Tingery [Tingrith]. The barn in Wood End in the manor of Westoning, and 29 acres of arable land in the common fields of Westoning known as North Hill, King’s Hill and Stocking; and also Barn Close (3 acres), Grass Close (5 acres) and Tingery Close (3 acres) and a moiety of two meadows called Pignell and Flake (2 acres) for four years for an annual rent of £16 plus the sum of £4 a year for every acre subsequently converted to ploughland. Witnesses: Henry Hunt, R Bartlett. On dorse: Agreement by Daniel Atkins senior of Eaton Bray [?scrivener], William [-] Gutteridge of Tillsworth, husbandman, Henry Atkins of Bournend in the parish of Norchurch [Northchurch, Berkhamstead], Hertfordshire, blacksmith, to lease from Lady Lempster the above lands, and the messuages and lands now in the possession of Mathew ?Ranst for three years, for annual rent of £56. They further agree to execute a counterpart lease, and to enter into bond for £100 to perform covenants in the said lease.

30 Sep 1693, later agreement 13 Apr 1717

From: 1693 To: 1717

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Lord Lempster,
Fermor, William,
Clayton, Thomas,
Hunt, Henry,
Bartlett, R,
Atkins, Daniel,
Gutteridge, William,
Atkins, Henry,
Lady Lempster,
Ranst, Mathew

agricultural leases, Westoning Manor, field names, husbandman, blacksmiths, TINGRITH, WESTONING, EATON BRAY, TILSWORTH, Berkhamstead, Northchurch [Hertfordshire]