Lease, Willaston, Oxfordshire

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3936
  • Dates of Creation
    • 3 Nov. 1602 (44 Elizabeth I)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

In consideration of #900, William Pope esq of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, leases to Richard Grene esq of Wilcott [Wilcote], Oxfordshire, the manor of Wollaston alias Wollanxton [Willaston], Oxfordshire, for 21 years from Michaelmas last, at an annual rent of #13 6s 8d. Restrictions on felling of timber. Reference to a lease made by Sir Thomas Pope to John Arden of Willaston on 8 July 37 Henry VIII. Indenture, signed and sealed by Grene, witnessed by Richard Ferrys, Erasmus Chauncy, John ?Duncombe, John Brooke, and Edward Salter.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Lord Fairhaven, 9 April 1949

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