X95/411/163

Counterpart of lease

10 Jan 1774

From: 1773 To: 1774

i) Sir Anthony Thomas Abdy, Albyne, Essex, baronet ii) William Lenton, Wrestlingworth, farmer i) demises and leases to ii) ... messuage or farmhouse in Wrestlingworth ... several pieces arable land (90 acres 1 rood) in common fields of Wrestlingworth i.e. Candle Dean field, Lowsey Bush field, Redfield, Milridy, Hustimore, Broad Green field, Hatley field, and Mullin field ... 7 acres meadow in Wrestlingworth ... Home Close (2 acres) ... Candlestick Close (3 acres) all late in occupation John Lenton deceased, father of ii). Total 102 acres 1 rood timber and mines reserved to i). Also hunting, shooting and fishing term - 10 October 1773 for 9 years rent - £40 per annum - 2 dozen of good, sweet and wholesome young pigeons yearly, to be delivered to the dwelling house of i) in London, at 10 days notice - £10 per annum for every acre of meadow ploughed - 40s per annum for every acre ploughed 3 times yearly, or cropped without making a summer fallow after every 2nd crop - £5 per annum for every acre land sown with hemp, flax seed or teasels various covenants on part of ii) as to husbandry etc. signature: ii) endorsed witnesses: Thomas Barns, Isaac Hindley

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Abdy, Anthony Thomas,
Lenton, William,
Lenton, John

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, Albyns, WRESTLINGWORTH, farmer, agricultural leases, HOUSING, Wrestlingworth farms, arable, Wrestlingworth fields, timber, MINERALS & MINING, hunting, shooting rights, fishing rights, rentals, pigeons, AGRICULTURE, hemp, flax, husbandry