| Title | Lease (counterpart) for 97 years by 1. Anthony Rooper of Eltham, Kent, esquire, and Mary his wife to 2. James Tailor late of Trent, Somerset, yeoman and Alice Fletcher of London, widow, reciting D 779B/T 180-182, and for £140 leasing close of meadow or pasture called New Close alias Hallow Close, lately inclosed out of the common fields of Weston and containing 100 acres, now in the tenures of William Phipps, Nicholas Slighe and Anthony Rooper, meadow or pasture called Cotte Close containing la., in Rooper's tenure, part of the demesne lands of the manor of Weston and comprised in the recited deed. Rent 12d. The premises are and shall remain of annual value of £14 above reprises.
Dated 27 March 20 James
Endorsed in contemporary hand `Mortgage' |