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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/225
TitleCounterpart of a lease for 21 years from 25 Mar last past by William FitzHerbert of Tissington esq. to Edmund Buxton Goodwin of Tissington yeoman of the Back Moor containing 170 acres, reserving to the lessor access to Dovedale and a stable near the Dove. Rent £52 14s. Lessee not to plough more than 3 acres in the first 3 years of the term; lessee to enclose at his own expense two new brecks, each of 8 acres, and each enclosed with a wall, and each spread over with six cart-loads of lime to an acre, each cartload to contain at least 20 strikes; when the two new brecks have been prepared, the lessee is to plough a piece of land called the Old Breck containing about 8 acres and to lime it in like manner; when the Old Breck has been ploughed 3 years, the lessee may not have ploughed in any one year more than one of the brecks, which are to be tilled 3 years in rotation. If the lessee pastures sheep of persons not resident in or not holding land in Tissington, the lessor is to be entitled to the customary payment of 1d a sheep and ½d a hogg. Lessor to have the right to enclose 1 rood of land adjoining the stable. Dated 6 May
Date1755
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
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