• Reference
    S/AM149
  • Title
    Lease for 21 years: £60 i) John Earl of Ashburnham ii) Abraham Purser of Houghton Conquest, farmer
  • Date free text
    27 Nov 1730
  • Production date
    From: 1730 To: 1730
  • Scope and Content
    ... messuage and cottage in Clapham late in occupation of William Bonfield deceased; closes: Home pightle ("pikethillls") 2 acres, Spence close (2 acres), Dovehouse close (4 acres), First Baseings (5 acres), Second Baseings (4 acres), Third Baseings (7 acres), Haycroft (19 acres); 1 acre in Oakley mead; all which are pasture or meadow closes; arable: the Warren (4 acres), in Carrol field ½ acre, in Gravel field 1½ acres, in Pear tree field 1 acre; and 3 cow commons; except the dovehouse standing in one of the closes with liberty to feed, draw and carry away the pigions and dung; timber; liberty to hawk and hunt, fish and fowl Tenant to buy from the Widow Bonfield all the hay that she has left, and spend the same upon the premises; and not to mow more than half the pasture or sward and feed the other half Witnesses: Thomas Armstrong, Denis Brien
  • Level of description
    item