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Document Number:				0504095
Title:	Lease
Date:		29 September 1855
For Sale:			£62.00
Condition:
Good consistent with age
Description:
Parchment : 2 sheets 60cm x 70cm with 6 wax seals, 5 signatures, 2 revenue stamps. Plan of the property on the back of the second sheet together with a second indenture of 1858.
Summary of contents:
PARTIES John Frederick LEES of Werneth within Oldham, Lancashire, England. George LEES of Werneth within Oldham, Lancashire, England. Benjamin FIELDING of Oldham, Lancashire. Provision Dealer. Reuben COOPER of Oldham, Lancashire. Grocer. Samuel DEAN of Oldham, Lancashire. Shoemaker. James BAILEY of Oldham, Lancashire. Druggist. SUBJECT John and George Lees are giving a 900 year lease on property on Oldham to the other 4 parties at a rent of £62/15/-d. The property consists of a plot of 2325 square yards on the West of Wood Street, bounded on the East by Lord Street. In the second Indenture of 1858 3 of the lessors surrender the residue of the lease to John and George Lees. For some reason, Benjamin Fielding is not a party to this surrender. We are told that John Lees (the grandfather of the 2 parties to this contract) acquired 999 year lease on their property in 1809.
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