ECR 54 079
ECR 54 079
Eton, Buckinghamshire and other properties: Copy of report
Item
30 September 1758
2 folios
Copy of report by R Herbert, Surveyor General, to the Treasury on the petition of the Provost and Fellows to grant them a new lease of the Christopher Inn with certain lands belonging thereto to fill up their interest therein to fifty years. The premises consist of the Inn, worth about £70 a year, and about 37 acres 3 roods of land lying dispersed in small parcels with other lands, worth about £20 a year. Opinion that a new lease may be granted for a reversionary term of 33 years to be computed from 19 August 1775, when the present term expires, for a fine of £200, reserving a rent of £4 5s. The petitioner should set up boundary stones to ascertain the several parcels. Addressed to William Brookland, esquire, Windsor.
Seal, oval, 13 x 11mm, black wax, applied. Perhaps armorial.
Seal, oval, 13 x 11mm, black wax, applied. Perhaps armorial.
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