X647/2

Lease for 6 years

26 Feb 1657/8

From: 1657 To: 1658

1a) William King, Watford, Hertfordshire, husbandman 1b) Frances Straton, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, single woman 2) John Avory, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, husbandman Counterpart of LEASE by 1) to 2) for 6 years at an annual rent of 45s to 1a) and 45s to 1b) - cottage called Gentle Coats where 2) now lives with all buildings in Totternhoe, and - 5 acres of land in Totternhoe and Eyton reserving to Frances Stratton the cottage where she now dwells and the hay barn, with access to the same, and the right “to fetch and Drawe water at the Drawe Well there, and to hang and dry clothes upon the hedges in and about the premises” Signed John Avary witness, mark of Thomas Bunts, signature of William Edge, scrivener [paper – in need of repair]

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Kinge, William,
Stratton, Frances,
Avery, John

DEEDS, agricultural leases, Watford, husbandman, TOTTERNHOE, buildings and land use, rentals, HOUSING, cottages, Totternhoe fields, Eaton Bray fields, EATON BRAY, agricultural buildings, water supply, WELLS, washing, hedging