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Document Number:0502007
Title:Lease
Date:19/05/1713
Price:£99.00
Condition:
Somewhat discoloured but otherwise very good and clearly legible for its age.
Physical description:
Parchment : 1 sheet 36cm x 60cm with 1 black wax seal and revenue stamp
Summary of contents
PARTIES
Joseph Edmonds of The Holt, Parish of t Stephens, Hertfordshire. Yeoman.
John Barns of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. Mealman.

SUBJECT
Joseph Edmonds is giving a 21 year lease on a cottage in Abbots Langley to John Barnes at a rent of £5 per annum.

The lease includes the liberty to draw water at the well of the farm house to "carry the same to the said cottage at all convenient times and seasons as often as need shall require".
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