Lease

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William Robinson, Alderman, and William Robinson, Gent, his son, to James Howden of Clifton, miller. The newly built tenement in which the said James Howden dwelt, a backside and ½ acre of land in Clifton. Conson. 30s. Term. 21 years from the feast of St Martin in Winter, 1611. Rent. 30s p.a. to be paid at the lessor’s house on the Pavement. The lessee was to maintain the house and at the end of his lease to leave all doors, ‘chamber boardes’, locks, keys, glass, and other things which Wm. Robinson, sen. (interlined; or James Howden) set therein. He was to plant 6 young ashes, 6 willows and other ‘quicksettes’ in the hedgerows each year, and do suit and service at the court of William Robinson held for the manor of Roclife. Paper. Wafer seal. Attached is a bond of James Howden and Thomas Goodrick, Husbandman, to William Robinson, in £40, for performance of covenants.

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