Held at:

Gwent Record Office

Reference:

D.1583.3.11

Source:

Catalogue, Marquess of Abergavenny's Papers held at Hereford Record Office

Title:

Lease for lives - Longtown Castle (counterpart only)

Place name:

Longtown

Date:

1732

Description:

Counterpart of a lease for lives dated 24 June1732

(1) Rt Hon William, Lord Abergavenny.
(2) Lewis Watkins the elder of Longtown, co. Heref, yeoman.

Site of Longtown castle with an ancient house thereto belonging, a meadow of 4ac (boundaries given) and 3 other pieces of arable and pasture land
of 7ac (boundaries given)

For the lives of (2)'s son Lewis aged 20 and Jane aged 23 and Elizabeth aged 15 his daughters.

Rent £3 8 6d for the first year and 18/6d thereafter with 5/- as a heriot and with suit of court.

Witnesses:
John Day jnr and Job Gilbert.

 

 

Observations:

None


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