Reference
X95/411/52-53
Title
Lease and Release
Date free text
9, 10 Jan 1698
Production date
From: 1698 To: 1698
Scope and Content
i) William North, Stotfold, yeoman and wife Elizabeth
Edward Lawndey, Baldock, Hertfordshire, gentleman and wife Sarah
ii) Thomas Adams, Oxford, apothecary
consideration - £400 paid by ii) to i)
i) release to ii)
... close arable called Nightingalls (6 acres)
... one little close or slip of ground adjoining (1 acre)
... several pieces of land in common fields (40 acres) in occupation of i) as in terrier attached [very detailed]
... common for 3 cows in commonable places in Stotfold
covenant to levy fine of:-
- 50 acres land, 50 acres meadow, 50 acres pasture in Stotfold
signatures: i)
with very long and detailed terrier of lands in common fields. furlong names given, amounting to:
16 acres 2 roods ½ perch in March Field
12 acres 0 roods 0 perches in High Field
11 acres 1 rood ½ perch in Stone Hill and Rayfield
endorsed receipt
witnesses: George Draper, Jo. Alston, Go. Godfrey, Francis Smith
Level of description
item