W2808

Lease (counterpart): 15 years; rent per annum £215 (clear of all taxes but land tax)

28 Dec 1784

From: 1784 To: 1784

Denis Farrer Hillersdon of Elstow, esquire Ann Willis of Elstow, widow -- a farmhouse in Elstow in the occupation of Ann Willis; 7 closes (Home, Hips, Moss, Meadow, Tithes Leys, Avenue pightle, Gossard orchard), 52 acres; New close, 11 acres; 23 acres meadow in Cow meadow; 189 acres in the common fields of Elstow:- in Mother Field 59 acres (no details) in West Brook Field 70 acres in Sharp Field 59 acres; 8 acres in Bedford St. Mary; 18 acres in the common fields of Kempston; 1 acre in the common fields of Cardington; all now in the occupation of Ann Willis; witnesses. James Cox, Whitley Sale, clerk to Mr. Lovesey; tenant to pay £5 extra per acre ploughed, to use dung on premises, to keep house and buildings (windows and clay walls) in good repair after landlord has put them in repair; to find own straw for thatching; to allow successor to enter on fallow 5 April before expiry of term; tenant may lop trees usually lopped

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Hillersdon, Denis Farrer,
Willis, Ann

agricultural leases, rentals, ELSTOW, HOUSING, Elstow farms, Elstow fields, Bedford fields, Kempston fields, Cardington fields, Bedford St.Mary, KEMPSTON, CARDINGTON, tenancy, non-restrictive covenants, timber