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ECR 02 008

Reference code

ECR 02 008

Title

Piddlehinton, Dorset: Counterpart indenture of lease of manors

Level

Item

Date

15 October 1568

Content description

Indenture of lease, for £30, by William Daye, Provost, and the College, to Henry Lowman and Owen Hillarye, of Pudelhinton, yeoman, of the manors of Pudelhington, and Litell Charleton [Charlton Parva], with all their appurtenances (excepting the advowson of the church and rectory of Pudelhinton and the impropriate parsonage or prebend in Stowerminster Marshall [Sturminster Marshall] with the advowson of the vicarage there), to hold for 40 years from Michaelmas last, for a total rent of £33 1s 5d. The lessees shall provide food and lodging for the lessors, and their horses, for 2 days and 3 nights not more than twice each year. Signatures of "Henry Lowman," "Owen Hillary."
Seals, red wax, on doubled tags. (1) Oval, 15mm. A star or sun W.D. (2) Oval, 15mm. A head in profile.

Attached by a parchment tongue is a bond by the lessees in £200 to the Provost and College, the condition of which is that, if the conditions of the accompanying indenture are observed, the bond shall be void.
Signatures, and Seals on Tongues, as above.
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