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| Document Number: | 0806006 | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Counterpart Lease | |||||||||||||
| Date: | 25 November 1854 | |||||||||||||
| For Sale: | £30.00 | |||||||||||||
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| Poor. A contaminating liquid has splashed the outside and created a dozen small holes (largest 7cm across). About 10 words are illegible. | ||||||||||||||
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| Parchment : 1 sheet 71cm x 59cm with 2 wax seals, 2 signatures and revenue stamp. | ||||||||||||||
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| PARTIES
William GEARE of Lincolns Inn Fields, London. Gentleman. Joseph HUNT of Broadway Hill, near Ilminster, Somerset. Yeoman. Joel HUNT of Curry Mallet, Somerset. Yeoman. SUBJECT Joseph and Joel Hunt are taking a 21 year lease on property at Wambrook, Dorset. It consists of a farm called Oatlands with 83 acres of land at a rent of £40 per annum. There are many conditions specified relating to 'good husbandry' of the land, including an additional rent of £10 per acre for any pasture or orchard put to other uses. | ||||||||||||||
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