Lease (Counterpart) (demise lease set and to farm let)

Scope and Content

Parties 1. Arthur Viscount Irwin

2. John Hardwicke the younger of Colton, yeoman

Consideration: payment of rents, &c.

Parcels a kiln and part of an orchard and a garth called Ashgarth, Broadclose, 4 acres, the pinfold close, 2 acres, the Lepershaw close, 4 acres, the Lepershaw Leys, 2 acres, West royd, 1 & 1/2 acres, and 6 acres 20 per. of arable in the fields of Colton, being parcel of the manor of T.N. Except timber, quarries and mines, save wood for repairs;

Term 21 years

Rent £8. 1s. 6d. a year payable at Pentecost and St.Martin's;

£5 a year for every acre plowed, eyred, broken up or converted into tillage during the last 3 years without licence first obtained, other than such parts of the arable land as lie in the common fields; 1 capon and 1 hen on 1st Jan.

Covenants for re-entry if rent unpaid for 20 days or premises

assigned without licence;

2. to pay rents and taxes;

for repair and good husbandry;

for quiet enjoyment;

suit of court and mill;

2. to plant 6 oak, ash or elm trees and to carry one ruckle or wainload of coal to Temple Newsam mansion house;

to keep a greyhound or spaniel;

for quiet enjoyment.

Sig. 2. seal, red wax appl on fold, lett.

Witnesses (endorsed): Georg Copperthwaite, Jonathon Lambert.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Parchment 24 x 14 indented.