BS980

Lease for 24 years, £42 3s 4d per annum: (i) Sir Philip Butler, knight, lord of the manor and lordship of Higham Gobion, and his wife Dame Elizabeth (ii) Margaret Masters, widow. The manor and lordship of Higham Gobion with all appurtenances and profits thereof, with all fines, reliefs, heriots, wards and marriage. Various covenants [details given].

1 Apr 1538

From: 1538 To: 1538

Details given: Lessee will maintain all 'Heggyng dychyng clousure and all other fences ... takying sufficient stuff upon the same grounde' and leave them sufficiently hedged ditched and enclosed at the end of the term and will leave all pastures and meadows and arable 'sufficiently stokkyed and grubbed'; also all repairs belonging to the manor and the houses thereof except timber and tiles and workmanship thereof which shall be the charge of the lessor unless the timber be decayed for lack of walling covering with thatch or otherwise by default of the lessee; and at the end of the said time will leave builded sufficiently and repaired all buildings and houses. The lessee shall have sufficient and reasonable 'heybote plowbote harobote cartbote foldbote and fyrebote.'

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Butler, Philip,
Butler, Elizabeth,
Masters, Margaret

agricultural leases, Higham Gobion Manor, HIGHAM GOBION