Description:

Lease for lives with counterpart, July 25, 1757

(1) Rt Hon William Lord Abergavenny

(2) Charles Thomas of par Clodock, carpenter

An old, decayed cottage, garden and lands of 3 acres on Lower Mescoed and in the possession of (2).

For the lives of Mary, wife of (2), aged about 28, Charles aged about 12, and James aged about 8, 2 sons of (2) and Mary his wife.

Rent 1/6d pa with 1/6d as a heriot and with suit of court.

Witnesses: E Staples, John Pankhurst; Thomas Beavan, John Gilbert

Endorsed: Note re livery of seisin by John Gilbert, 26 Jan, 1758. Witnesses: Thomas Beavan and Charles Thomas the elder. With attached receipt for £15 being a fine paid by (2) to (1) for the granting of a new lease, 26 Jan, 1758.

Observations:

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