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RefNoKCON/3/1/A/40
AltRefNoCON 3/1/3/5
TitleLease
Description1. Sir John Cotton, Conington, Hunts, Bart. 2. William Sibley, Conington, grasier. 1. to 2. Messuage with outbuildings; the Home Close (7 acres); Millfield (31 acres); Bassetts Field (43 acres) Upper and Nether Blackpitts (36 acres); 3 closes called Sping Closes (8 acres); Great Calves Field (89 acres); Little Hydes (37 acres), in Conington in occupation of 2. with all apps. except timber reserved to 1. For 21 years at £207.10s. p.a. and £10 p.a. for every acre ploughed. Power of distraint to 1. Poor and highway rate to be paid by 2., all other taxes by 1. 2. to do repairs and to spread the dung. 2. to do hedging and ditching. Endorsed: Memo: Agreed before asealing of this lease 2. to have leave to plow Little Hydes (37 acres) for 4 years from Ladyday 1720 and 1. here allows it.
Date10 Jan. 1718
CreatorNameHeathcote family of Conington Castle
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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