ECR 64 710
Reference code
ECR 64 710
Title
Goldcliff, Coldra, Nash and Christchurch, Monmouthshire: Lease for the Hill Farm
Level
Item
Date
9 May 1651
Extent & medium
1 item
Content description
Counterpart lease for 7 years, indented.
(1) Sir John Trevor of Acton, Middlesex, knight, and Francis Rowse of Acton, esq.
(2) William Keene, sen., of Goldcliff, Mon., yeoman.
Farm and manor house of Goldcliff called the Hill where (2) now dwells, and all lands and appurtenances now in the possession of (2) as undertenant of (1), containing 80 acres, and the tithing barn of Whitstone [Whitson], with tithes appertaining, late in the possession of Morgan Lewes, deceased.
Rent: £55 p.a.
Right of re-entry if rent is 14 days in arrear. Covenant about repair and maintenance. (2) may have timber from Prior's wood for repairs from the bailiff of the manor. (2) indemnifies (1) against charges arising during the term.
Signed by Elizabeth Keene, 1 seal.
Witnesses to sealing endorsed.
Endorsed: Paper Relating to the Cause in Chancery between Whichcott & the Copyhold Tents of Goldcliffe for Arbitrary Fines 1652
In a smaller hand: THis Matter is settled by a Decree in Chancery Ao 1660 a-7
In a third hand: William Keene his Counterpart
This lease was presumably the outer labelled one of a bundle of leases produced in evidence.
(1) Sir John Trevor of Acton, Middlesex, knight, and Francis Rowse of Acton, esq.
(2) William Keene, sen., of Goldcliff, Mon., yeoman.
Farm and manor house of Goldcliff called the Hill where (2) now dwells, and all lands and appurtenances now in the possession of (2) as undertenant of (1), containing 80 acres, and the tithing barn of Whitstone [Whitson], with tithes appertaining, late in the possession of Morgan Lewes, deceased.
Rent: £55 p.a.
Right of re-entry if rent is 14 days in arrear. Covenant about repair and maintenance. (2) may have timber from Prior's wood for repairs from the bailiff of the manor. (2) indemnifies (1) against charges arising during the term.
Signed by Elizabeth Keene, 1 seal.
Witnesses to sealing endorsed.
Endorsed: Paper Relating to the Cause in Chancery between Whichcott & the Copyhold Tents of Goldcliffe for Arbitrary Fines 1652
In a smaller hand: THis Matter is settled by a Decree in Chancery Ao 1660 a-7
In a third hand: William Keene his Counterpart
This lease was presumably the outer labelled one of a bundle of leases produced in evidence.
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