Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton leases Rockham Mill, Wroxton and Balscote [Balscott], Oxfordshire, to Thomas Clifford [Cliffard] of Rockham Mill, miller, for 11 years from Michaelmas next, at an annual rent of #12. Timber and brushwood rights are reserved. Lessee to plant trees annually. Clause against sub-letting. Provision for renewal of Pope's lease of the property from Trinity College, Oxford. Indenture, signed and sealed by Cliffard, witnessed by William Colman, John Fissher, Ambrose Holbech snr and Ambrose Holbech jnr.
Lease, Wroxton, Oxfordshire
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- GB 12 MS Doc.3950
- Dates of Creation
- 30 Sep. 1652
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 item(s) vellum vellum
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Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949
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