Reference
W2807
Title
Lease (counterpart): 12 years; rent per annum £133
Date free text
20 Mar 1784
Production date
From: 1784 To: 1784
Scope and Content
Denis Farrer Hillersdon of Elstow, esquire
Thomas Whitworth of Elstow, yeoman
-- a farmhouse in Elstow in the occupation of Thomas Whitworth;
2 homesteads therewith held;
5 closes (Home, Fisher's, Croft, Bonest, Perkins'), 29 acres;
11 acres meadow in Cow meadow;
9 acres midsummer ground in Scotch Fens, Elstow;
2 acres lammas ground in Abraham's meadow;
178 acres in the common fields of Elstow, Bedford St. Mary, Kempston & Wilstead;
in Sharp Field 38 acres; in Bedford Field 20 acres; in Mother Field 53 acres;
in Kempston Field 4 acres; in West Brook Field 61 acres; in Kempston Hardwick Field 2 roods;
in Wilstead Field 1 rood;
all in the occupation of Thomas Whitworth;
13 acres in the common fields of Elstow (no details);
3 acres meadow in Cow meadow;
late in the occupation of Gilbert Dossiter, now Thomas Whitworth;
except the trees; and reserving to the landlord liberty of ingress and egress,
and of hunting, fishing and fowling; tenant to pay £5 extra per acre ploughed;
to pay window taxes and parish rates; to use dung on the farm; and to keep premises in repair;
may lop such trees as have usually been lopped;
witnesses. James Cox, Whitley Sale, clerk to Mr. Lovesey
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