Reference
GA2961
Title
Lease of Higham Park Farm, Rushden, Northamptonshire
Date free text
26 Sep 1914
Production date
From: 1914 To: 1914
Scope and Content
Memorandum of Agreement for Lease.
1) Thomas William Strother of Killinghall, County of York Esq. (Landlord).
2) William George Holt, Herbert John Holt, Stanley Montague Holt all of Teaton Grange, Northamptonshire, Farmers (tenants).
Farm, farmhouse and cottages and lands in Higham Park and Rushden, Northamptonshire called Higham Park Farm.
Lands described in Schedule. A=Acres R=Roods P=Perches. Fields marked with ** are arable.
1) Horse Pasture 26A 1R 13P. **
2) West Blackwells 40A 1R 32P **
3) Ravens Back 47A 2R 25P **
4) Broad Coppices 32A 0R 24P **
5) Great Blackwells 31A 2R 33P **
6) Little Blackwells 49A 1R 10P
7) Meadow Blackwells 19A 2R 0P **
8) Leans Close 25A 3R 12P
9) Coppices Hovel 1R 2P
10) Long Coppices 44A 0R 4P **
11) Little Field 18A 3R 25P
12) Dairy Ground 21A 3R 23P **
13) Dairy Ground 19A 0R 7P
14) Orchard 1A 3R 0P
15) Pond at Home 19P
16) Pond in Dairy Ground 31P
17) Kings Quarter 25A 1R 15P **
18) Calves Close 20A 3R 20P **
19) Sixteen Acres 14A 2R 0P
20) North Lawn 37A 0R 13P **
21) Deer Leys 24A 3R 23P
22) Top Furlong of Bottom
Meadow 3A 3R 10P
23) Long Furlong of Bottom
Meadow 4A 1R 36P
24) Wrays Field 37A 2R 30P **
25) Deers Leys (arable)18A 2R 33P **
26) Top Meadow 6A 0R 32P
27) Homestead 4A 1R 35P
28) Cottage at home 12P
29) Long Furlong of Far
Bottom Meadow 3A 3R 27P
30) Broad Furlong of Far
Bottom Meadow 19A 3R 30P
31) Bottom Furlong of Bottom
Meadow 5A 0R 25P
In Higham Park Parish
32) Bencroft 21A 2R 28P
33) Bencroft 16A 3R 24P **
34) Rushden Close 23A 0R 0P
Total 667Acres 3Roods 13Poles.
2nd Schedule lists all grass and meadow, which are not
a) to have more than 1 hay crop taken per year.
b) be converted to tillage on penalty of £50 per annum per acre.
Usual clauses re Timber and Mines etc.
Tenants to reside in farmhouse. Not to underlet premises (except cottages) and shooting rights, which may be required by a tenant of the Sporting rights for the purpose of the better preservation of the same...."without the Landlord's consent in writing but such request shall not be unreasonably withheld if the proposed tenant or assignee is a substantial and responsible person".
'The Tenants shall do their best to prevent new footpaths from being made over any of the said lands or any waste from being enclosed on the footpaths of the said lands'.
Tenant to spend and consume on farm all hay, straw, green crops and fodder, dung and manure produced there EXCEPT can remove hay and straw, if for every tone removed, he brings3 tons of good rotten manure etc.
Tenants to stack in barns and rickyards all corn, grain, hay in last year of the tenancy (corn and grain to be threshed out and all hay, straw, chaft, stubble and fodder to be consumed by cattle). Use of barns till May after Lease completed.
Tenants during last year of tenancy at Landlord's request sow and harrow in seeds among Lent and Summer corn and leave all hay, straw and roots unconsumed 'being paid... a consuming price. Landlord will also pay for unexhausted improvements and for manure produced and not spread.
Rent £350 per annum (+ penalty clause above).
Prepared by Kirby and Son of Harrogate.
Marked on dorse in blue 'B 14'.
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