County: Leicestershire
Code: L0731
Reference: Leicester, Leicester Record Office
Function: Lease




This endenture made at holt in the Fest of alle halou~ in the yere of the Reign~ of Kyng Herry the sixt after the conquest
of England xxxvi by-twyx~ Thomas Palmer Esquyer on~ [...] oon~ partie and Willyam Marteyn~ of Holt in the counte of
Leycestr~ Myller on the other partie witnessethe that the seid Thomas hathe taken~ and to ferme letyn~ to the seid willam his
too Mylnes of holt þt is to say the wynde Myln~ & the horse myln~ withe the tolle of the seid Mylnes perteynyng And
also the seid Thomas hathe letyn~ to the seid willam A cotage wt [...] lyyng therto and a crofte called the mylncroft
in Holt fore-seid To haue and to hold the seid [...] the tolle and also the seid Cotage wt the gardeyn~ and the seyd croft
from the Fest of Seynt Petur þt is called Lammesse laste paste vn~-to the eende & terme of iij . yer~ thanne next comyng fully
fynnysched and complete Yeldyng therfore yerly to the seid Thomas his heires or his assignes duryng the seid termes ‒
lxvj s . viij d at iiij tymes of the yer~ þt is to say at the Festes of Seynt Marteyn~ the Puryficacon~ of our~ lady the Festes of
Seynt heleyn~ and Lammesse by evyn~ porcions and yf hit happen~ þe seid rent & ferme of ‒ lxvj s . viij d be byhynde in parte
or in alle after any feste foreseid by a monethe vn~-paied that paid hit schalle be lefulle to þe seid Thomas his heir and his assignes
in the foreseid Mylnes the seid cotage & in the seid croft & in euery parcelle of theym to dystreyn~ the dystresses so takyn~ to lede carye
dryve awey and wthold aneinst them~ vn-to þe tyme þt they therof be satisfied & content And if hit happen~ þt the seid rent & ferme
of the seid lxvj s viij d be byhynde in parte or in alle after any feste of the foreseid festes þt it [...] to be paied by a quarter of a yere
Vn~-paied and no sufficeaunt distresse maye be founden in~ þe seid Milnes cotage nor in the seid crofte nor in any parcelle of them
þat þan~ it shalle be lefulle to the seid Thomas his heires & his assignes in the seid Mylnes cotage and in þe seid croft and in euery
parcelle of them~ to reentre to wthold and in þe their fourme estate to haue ayen~ this endenture Notwithstandyng and þe seid Thomas
his heires and assignes shalle kepe reparelle and susteyn~ the seid Mylnes and cotage at his propur cost~ & expnec~ wt alle maner charges
& reparelle to them longyng and perteynyng duryng the seyd terme except Coggyng ronggyng & shrowdyng to the whiche the seyd
Thomas schalle fynde the seid willyam resonable stuffe and if ther be any thynge appeyred in the seid Mylnes or in~ the seid cotag~
by the seyd willyam or by any other in his defaute he shalle reparelle and make it ageyn~ at his propur costys & charges and the seid Thoas
hathe delyuered to þe seid willyam at his entrie ‒ ij horse wt geres to them the price ‒ x . s viij newe Saylle clothes for the seid
Mylnes welle corded wt heerre rope price ‒ xij s . vj billes of Jren~ & steille conteynyng viij . li Jren~ price ‒ xij d a Crewe of Jren~ cont~
xv li & di~ and a chysselle of Jren~ the whiche þe seid willam shalle delyuere to þe seid Thomas his heir ; or his assignes at the eende of
the seid terme in as gode estate as he resceyved or [...] suche as they were appresied at And also the seyd Thomas shalle
fynde the seid horses hey and gresse resonable at his costys duryng the seid terme And ther as the seid willyam is bounden~
by his obligacoun to the seid Thomas in a . som~ of ‒ x . li paiable to the seid Thomas his heyres or executours at þe fest of Pasche
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