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Lease for 7 years; rent per annum £274 + £2 per acre ploughed

12 Oct 1655

From: 1655 To: 1655

i) Owen Brett of Rowney, esquire ii) Peter Whittamore of Rowney, yeoman ... a capital messuage, mansion or manor house in Rowney, Southill; Dovehouse close, 5 acres; Kettelsey field, 28 acres; Fearme close, 5 acres 1 rood, adjoining the lane from Shefford to the manorhouse; a close of pasture called Kettelsey wood, 40 acres; Broomefield close, 57 acres; Barn close (late in occupation Thomas Thorowgood), 9 acres; Ewe meads, 26 acres; (late in occupation John Raymond; arable ground (late in occupation George Astrye, esquire), 45 acres; (sometime parcel and taken out of a ground containing 103 acres, as it is already measured and enclosed with quickset hedges, in part of Shefford Field; parcel of the demesne; and belonging to the said manor or grange of Rowney); arable ground (late in occupation John Deare), 20 acres; (also parcel of above 103 acres, and now severed and divided with quickset hedges; arable ground (also late in occupation John Deare), 23 acres, (part of same 103 acres, and now similarly divided); arable ground (late in occupation John Raymond), 16 acres (part of same 103 acres, and now similarly divided); one other parcel of arable ground, parcel of a field called Shefford Field and belonging to the manor or grange of Rowney, divided with quickset hedges into 5 sundry divisions, commonly called New Field, in occupation John Rayman (sic), 121 acres; also a tenement or dwellinghouse; all barns, stables, etc. on Rowney great warren; also 2 parcels of the said great warren as the same is now to be divided into 3 parts; except 18 acres in occupation Thomas Randall; and except the timber; usual clauses as between landlord and tenant witnessed: Oliver Bromhall, T Mayhew junior, William Wakefield, seal on tag: (armorial) St John's College no. xxxii, 34

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Brett, Owen,
Whittamore, Peter,
Thorowgood, Thomas,
Raymond, John,
Astrye, George,
Deare, John,
Randall, Thomas,
St John's College, Oxford

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, agricultural leases, rentals, Rowney, yeoman, Manor of Rowney, HOUSING, Southill fields, arable, agricultural buildings, stables, Rowney Warren, timber, personal seals & coats of arms, Oxford St John's College