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D8042 - Barnes family of Chesterfield - 18th-20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8042/582
Title	Agreement between Richard Bonser als. Bonsall of Clay Cross, husbandman, and William Brailsford of Stretton, husbandman
Date	12 Jan [1736]
Description	Whereas Bonser by his marriage to Mary, widow of James Bennett (brother of Brailsford's wife Mary) became possessed of a farm at Stretton, of which Bennett was tenant, and whereas Bennett's only child was James, aged 5; Brailsford having several children, is desirous to secure the farm to the use of James; Bonser agrees that Brailsford may enter upon the farm and lands except the parlour and chamber over, the bakehouse, free Weerty to use the well, the nether part of the orchard up to the gosseberry hedge, the garden at the house end, Little Clary Close (1 acre 1 rood), the Busks (2 acres), 3 acres land on the south side of the Croft, the calf house and liberty for one beast standing in the Outshutt for 16 years, paying Bonser £24 17s 6d; Brailsford to maintain James for 16 years and then to deliver the farm to him; if James dies within the 16 years, the farm to go to Mary Brailsford for life, with remainder to her children; Bonser sells to Brailsford for £46 15s a barley mox in the barn, an oat stack upon a brandrith [tripod or stand], a stack of mixed wheat and oats upon a brandrith, all hay in the barn and manure in the fold or near the house, with liberty to thresh and dress the corn on the premises.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Barnes family of Chesterfield
Format	Document

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