Reference
W3511
Title
Grant of a lease
Date free text
13 Feb 1786
Production date
From: 1775 To: 1786
Scope and Content
1) Robert, Bishop of London
2) Samuel Whitbread, Esquire, of Bedwell Park, Hertfordshire
Grant by 1) to 2) in consideration of the surrender of a former lease dated 2 Oct 1775 by Richard, then Bishop of London,
to Sir William Brooke of Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, Baronet,
for the lives of Richard Brooke his eldest son, Edward Burr of Ashwell, husbandman, and John Hart of Ashwell, carpenter, and for other considerations,
of a LEASE OF
- Rectory and Parsonage of Ashwell, Hertfordshire
- water mill with pools, waters in Ashwell
with all rights as they were held by John Warren alias Walker junior, John Nichols, and John Baily Senior
except advowson of the Vicarage of Ashwell, and except great trees
To hold for the lives of Richard Brooke (aged 32 thereabouts), Edward Burr (aged 53), and Samuel Whitbread junior
of Bedwell Park, Esquire (now aged 22)
Annual rent: eleven score quarters of clean, good, able, and the better sort of malt
Level of description
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