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Draft lease: 15 years; rent per annum £300 + £5 per acre ploughed

1750

From: 1750 To: 1750

St John's College Edward Green senior of Stopsley, yeoman and son Edward ... the manor, grange and farm of Rowney; the capital messuage or manorhouse; Dovehouse close, 5 acres; Barn close, 9 acres; Fern close, 5 acres; Ewe mead, 26 acres; Kettelsey close, 28 acres; arable lands divided into several parcels, 182 acres; the Great Warren grounds next Shefford, 320 acres; a farmhouse in Southill; St Anne's close with 2 pightles, 9 acres; Broomleys, Leys and Scotts closes, 26 acres; the Great Warren grounds next the house, 140 acres; Kettelsey woods, 40 acres; Bushey close or Broomfield, 57 acres; Helves close with lane adjoining, 36 acres; closes called Dunton bushes, Carter's Field, Six Acres piece and Passage headland, 88 acres; Randoll's pightle, 3 acres; tithes on said premises tenant to pay taxes (excluding land tax, quit rents and fee-farm rents); dung and compost to be used on premises; fallow every 3rd year; stock the dovehouses with pigeons and not wittingly kill or destroy them (except young pigeons as usual) but preserve a sufficient stock; do repairs (lightning and tempest excepted); entertain college representatives according to their degree and quality (not more than 6); etc.

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St John's College, Oxford,
Green, Edward

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, agricultural leases, rentals, Oxford St John's College, STOPSLEY, yeoman, Rowney Manor, Southill Rowney Grange, Southill Rowney Farm, Rowney, SOUTHILL, HOUSING, Southill fields, arable, Rowney Warren, Southill farms, woods, Southill Kettlesey Wood, tithes, non-restrictive covenants, taxation, manuring, AGRICULTURE, pigeons, building work, entertainment, accommodation