ECR 38 287

ECR 38 287

Property in Buckinghamshire: Counterpart of lease

Item

20 December 1640

Counterpart of lease, by the Provost and College to John Dickenson, of Eton, gentleman, upon surrender of a lease to Ann Terry and Thomas Terry, both deceased, of a wharf and wharf close called the Playing Leaze wharfe, together with a little cottage built thereon called the wharf howse, and with all those their Rodd Eightes and Torres set in the Thames near Eton parcel of the Eightes and Torres belonging to their water or weir called Bullockes locke alias Bullox waire, that is all between the weir house set in the Thames to the south and a close of the queen belonging to Upton farm and a close of Robert Barkers, esquire, called Gaine crofte to the north, with freedom to carry and recarry upon the water of the Thames with boat or otherwise and to tie boats there on the water, together with the fishing of Bullockes locke from a mound stone laid at the time of the division thereof as far as the water of the College stretches to south and west, the premises being in the parishes of Eton and Upton, except all trees of elm, oak or ash growing on the premises and except all the water, with the fishing therein, that lies between the new works in the Thames on the south and the playing leazes on the north. From Michaelmas last for 21 years. Rent 40s and 3 bushels of wheat and 3 quarters 4 bushels of malt or their money equivalent.
Signature of lessee. "John Dickinson".
Witnesses: Henry Sayer.
Doubled tag for seal, which has been cut away.