Lease

Scope and Content

Lessee: Joan Royle of Carrington, widow of John Royle of Carrington yeo dec'd.

Tenement no.: 24.

Property: a messuage and tenement in Carrington, late in the possession of John Royle and now in the occupation of the lessee, except 2 fields called Ballingers and the Round Loont assigned by John Royle to Thomas Haslam.

Rent: £1 12s 11d ha. Heriot: £4. Consideration: £32.

Surrendered lease: to John Royle dec'd, date unspecified.

Endorsed: i) agreement that, within 6 months of the death of any life, the lease shall be renewed for 3 lives, upon surrender of present lease and consideration of £32; ii) "29 Sep 1757 John Royle of Carrington... yeoman (eldest son of Joan Royle of Carrington widow) to be Lessee".