GA2953b

Lease for 6 years from Michaelmas (unsigned) relating to New Farm, Sharnbrook and Colworth.

5 Dec 1779

From: 1779 To: 1779

1) Philadelphia Lee of Totteridge Park, Hertfordshire, widow. Sir William Lee of Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, Baronet. (Testamentary Guardians of William Lee Antonie, a minor) Landlords. 2) James Ward of Colworth, Yeoman. Messuage or Farmhouse with the Barns, Stables, outhouses, Yards Orchards and gardens in Colworth AND all those closes or arable, meadow and pasture land viz:- (A=Acres,R=Roods,P=Poles). Close of land called Home Wood Close (6A, 3R, 30P) about one half pasture and the rest arable). Close of arable land called Barwick Wood Close (11A, 1R, 22P). Close of arable land called Barwick Close (11A, 0R, 28P). All extra - Parochial and Tithe Free. Close of arable land called Middle Ground (10A, 3R, 30P). Close of arable land called Sheep Ground (16A, 2R, 18P). Close of land called Bull Ground (16A, 1R, 20P). (One half arable rest meadow). Close of Meadow called 'Plowed' (Ploughed) Ground alias Ivy Close (11A, 1R, 10P). Timber rights Reserved. Rent £70 per annum. £10 per annum for every acre converted from pasture to tillage without the Landlord's permission. Marked on dorse in blue 'B. 14'.

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Lee, Philadelphia,
Lee, William,
Antonie, William Lee,
Ward, James

estate leases, agricultural leases, Sharnbrook New Farm, Totteridge, Hartwell, COLWORTH, yeoman, Sharnbrook Colworth Park