Lease, North Leigh etc., Oxfordshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3945
  • Dates of Creation
    • 23 June 1630 (6 Charles I)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Sir Thomas Peniston [or Penyston] of Cogges, Oxfordshire, and Dame Elizabeth his wife, late wife of Sir William Pope, deceased (1st parties), lease to Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton, Oxfordshire (3rd party), son of William [Pope, 1st] Earl of Downe (2nd party), Holy Court Farm and Ashford Mill in North Leigh, land in Cogges and Hook Norton, and Enston Farm, Enston[e], Oxfordshire, from Lady Day last for 98 years 11 months or for the life of Dame Elizabeth, at an annual rent of #272 6s 8d. See Doc 3946. Tripartite indenture, signed and sealed by both Penystons, witnessed by Ed Brouncker, Erasmus Chauncy, Martin Tustian, Ed? Wood, Richard Perkins, G Morton, Thomas Tustian, and Antoni Litlfild.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

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