Title | "Deed of covenants respecting Weston Lock etc" between Sampson Lloyd, Joseph Wilkes, John Simmons, Abraham Hoskins, Henry Evans and John England, co-partners in the Burton Navigation and Sir Robert Wilmot, bart, in consideration of a lease of a lock and premises at Weston-upon-Trent to be granted to Burton Navigation and in consideration that Sir Robert Wilmot forbears further proceedings in two actions against Joseph Wilkes and the Company, the Company agree with Wilmot that they will pay £105 in satisfaction of meane profits of the said lock from 10 October 1796 onwards, and also the Navigation to repair the lock or in default to pay £300 - also to pay costs in a dispute with Wilmot: the Navigation to take a new lease from Wilmot of the lock, of the cut or inlet of water communicating between the River Trent and the said lock, of the piece of land between the lock and Kings Mill Weir and another piece of land or osier bed: for 7 years from 25 December 1801: £25 per annum. Dated 16 January |