Reference
X448/5
Title
Counterpart Lease
Date free text
1 Feb 1844
Production date
From: 1844 To: 1844
Scope and Content
i) Marquess of Bute
ii) Robert Smith, Luton, builder
i) leases to ii)
... brickground in Luton (2 acres) adjoining Kidney Wood
... liberty to dig chalk, clay or brick earth from said ground and Kidney Wood or adjoining ground of i), but not of his tenants, and to build brick kiln etc. on said 2 acres
term - 25 December last for 14 years
rent - £10 per annum for brickground and privilege for digging clay and brick earth
- for every 1000 tiles (reckoning 1100 to the thousand) - 2s..6d
- for every 1000 bricks (reckoning as above) over 80,000 a year - 2s..6d
brick earth to be used on premises only
if brick earth is exhausted before end of said 14 years, then power to determine lease
signed: ii)
endorsed W A Southam, clerk to W E L Williamson, Luton
Level of description
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