Conditions for letting demesne lands in Sinderland [to. Dunham Massey], except the tithes and the close called Harshaw Bottoms. The term of years and rent are not specified, but conditions imposed on the tenant include the payment of window tax; keeping windows, gates, stiles, hedges etc. in repair; keeping watch and ward and work in the highways; grinding all malt, corn and grain at the lord's mills; finding straw, rods and sprinkles [sprinklings] for thatching, and thatching as directed; and husbandry clauses re ploughing, sowing with clover, pasturing, manuring and marling. The landlord was obliged to keep the messuage and outbuildings in repair; to pay all taxes except window tax; and to find rough timber for repair of gates and stiles.
Conditions for Letting Sinderland Demesne
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- Dates of Creation1775