BS1014

Lease, 12 years, £12 to be paid yearly at Brantfield Place, Brantfield, Hertfordshire: (i) Right Honourable George, Lord Viscount Grandison (ii) Edmund Castell of Higham Gobion, Doctor in Divinity. 30 acres in the occupation of Edmund Castell in Higham Gobion [details given]. Witnesses: Charles Nicholls, Thomas Edwards, Thomas Lawrence

20 Jul 1684

From: 1684 To: 1684

Details given: Parcel of meadow ground called Todgoose Pightles, abutting west on field called Lord Butler's, north on glebeland, east on Hexton Brook and south on land of [-] Crosse. 1 field arable and pasture called Lord Butler's field, abutting west on Tongue's Ground, north on glebeland, east on Todgoose Pightles and south on land of [-] Crosse. Timber excepted. Lessee shall not plough land not ploughed within the past six years nor take more than two crops together off any arable; or shall pay £5 yearly for every acre so ploughed or cropped; he shall not dispose of any straw, stover, fodder or hay but shall yearly spread the same in a husbandlike manner upon the land most requiring it; or shall buy and spread one load of dung, muck or compost for every load of hay etc disposed of.

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Viscount Grandison,
Villiers, George,
Castell, Edmund,
Nicholls, Charles,
Edwards, Thomas,
Lawrence, Thomas,
Crosse

agricultural leases, Doctor of Divinity, field names, Brantfield, HIGHAM GOBION