| Title | Lease and counterpart for 20 years by Thomas Revell of Carlyngthweyte to Anthony Cooper of Alfreton carpenter, of a house in Alfreton, with a croft adjoining the east side of the Park of Alfreton, and 1 acre of land in the common field abutting on a close called Copthorne and a piece of meadow abutting on the same close. The lessee is not to enter the premises until Michaelmas 1558, but is to hold from Ladyday last. Yearly rent 6s. The lessee covenants to repair the house and hedges. It is agreed that the lessee shall upon eight days' warning, come and work for the lessee who is to pay him wages, casualties of sickness or being in the king's or queen's wars expected. 8 Jun l and 2 Philip and Mary. Counterpart endorsed with a memorandum of assignment to Thomas Berysford, n.d. |