Lease

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Sir Metcalfe Robinson of Newby, Bart, to Montague Gyles of Clifton, brickmaker, Milnefield Closes and Sandwith Acre, in Clifton, containing 30 acres. Term 40 years. Rent £33 p.a. The lessee covenanted to pay an additional £8 for every acre he dug up or used for making bricks or tiles, not to sow the land with corn during the lat 7 years of his lease, and to maintain all hedges and ditches. Signed and sealed by Montague Giles.

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