Reference
H/DE1
Title
Lease for further 40 years (see S/AM4, 14) Letters Patent
Date free text
21 Jul 1666
Production date
From: 1661 To: 1666
Scope and Content
(i) H.M. Charles II
(ii) John Ashburnham, Esquire, one of the Grooms of H.M. Bedchamber.
[reciting: lease, 40 years, 15 July 1661. same parties]
-- park or late park called Ampthill Great Park, parcel of the Honour of Ampthill,
Ampthill Warren, East & South; Millbrook fields, West & North; Hoton field, North; Ampthill - Millbrook Way, North;
Ampthill-Hoton way, East & South; Houghton Park, South (650 acres 1 rood)
-- manor house called the Great Lodge
-- brick building called the Stand, near Ampthill Warren
-- the lodge, highway from Ampthill to the Great Lodge, West.
-- park or late park called Brogborough alias Brockborough Park, parcel of the Honour of Ampthill,
Lidlington fields, East; Ridgmont fields, West. (641 acres 3 roods)
-- the Chief Lodge in the North part of the Park in Lidlington
-- the lodge in the South part of the Park in Lidlington
-- Park or late park called Beckerings, parcel of the Honour of Ampthill, Ridgmont fields, North & West;
Steppingley field, South & West; Lidlington field, South & North; Millbrook Warren, South. (707 acres)
-- lodge in the middle of the Park, and little lodge in the part of the Park in Steppingley.
(excepting great trees, timber trees, saplings, mines royal and mines of copper, lead and tin)
@ £40 per annum for Ampthill Great Park, £40 per annum for Brogborough and £20 per annum for Beckerings Parks.
(ii) to plant 30 oak and ash trees each year, and to deliver to the King's Auditor for Bedfordshire every 7 years a terrier.
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