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Lease for 30 years from 29 Sep [1521] at 5 shillings


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    Lease for 12 years at £20 6s 8d

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    (1 deed). In Latin. Repaired, with significant loss of text. Description: Lawrence [Champion], abbot of Battle, to Thomas Orwell of Aylsham the rectory of Aylsham in Norfolk called Netherhall with all the tithes and commodities belonging to it the rent payable at the abbot's inn by Battle Bridge in Southwark; detailed husbandry covenants; bond in £40, TO with James Bromstede and Robert Bromstede, to be void in TO keeps the covenants in this lease given at the chapter house endorsed: stock of the rectory of Aylsham: first an oast hair, next 3 ladders [unfinished]

    HM 82455

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    Lease for 7 years from 24 June 1484 at £8 6s8d

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    (1 deed). In Latin. Repaired, with some loss of text. Description: John [Newton], abbot of Battle, to John Alayn the elder of Hempstead the chapel, tithes and lands of Hempstead in Essex recites bond in [?10] marks by John Alayn the elder, John Alayn the younger, Richard Chinnery and Coote, 10 Dec 1484, to be void if JA keeps the covenants in this lease

    HM 82454

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    Records removed from Volume 65

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    Phillipps number: 9934 volume 1 Deeds of property in Ongar, Stanford Rivers, and the Priory of Berden; four maps of the manor of Gubbions by Thomas Peachy, 1608; map of a house and land called Flips in Marks Tey by JC, 1672; all Essex.

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    Grant of a watercourse and covenant…

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    (1 deed). In Latin. Repaired, with some loss of text. Endors: c 1590: an indenture for the maintenance of a water-course to the water mill of Bodiam and discharging the abbot for scouring the ditch etc. Description: John [Crane], abbot of Battle with Edward Dalngeregge knight and wife Elizabeth The abbot and convent grant the watercourse and ditch to ED with power to enter [their lands] to repair whenever necessary ED grants that although by ancient custom the abbot and convent are bound to maintain the ditches against the demesne lands of Bodiam manor, they shall be exempt as far as concerns the ditches in which the leat runs The abbot and convent grant in return that whenever the bay or walls (wallas) require repair, ED may place timber, earth and other necessaries on the wall which he constructed on the lands of the abbot and convent and not elsewhere. ED covenants to maintain a drainage system (corrivale: see OED 'corrivate') called Wallgripp which he has built on the lands of the abbot and convent for the better draining of the lands adjoining the wall carry along the walls and cut and dig in them to make repairs, reserving to themselves the way which they have by the gift of William de Bodyham deceased which extends from Salehurst by hedges to their land [recte from the common way between Salehurst and Bodiam over William's land through the gate of William Borde his man called Bordesgate to their meadows - see Battle cartulary HEH BA Vol 29 f.109, ESRO (XA3/19)], so that there should be a bridge at the expense of the abbot and convent at the place where they are accustomed to have entry and exit, and that the bridge should be moved away after any work has been done so that it should cause no injury to ED in the watercourse or wall If any damage occurs to the meadows by defect of maintenance of the ditches, walls or drainage system, the damages are to be assessed by four men of law and paid to the abbot and convent within fifteen days with provision for double damages if no payment made within six months and triple damages thereafter. ED and wife bound in £10 Given at Battle

    HM 82453

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    1910, Sep.30. Santa Catalina Island Company. Annual statement, fiscal year 1910

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    The collection consists of personal and business correspondence, political papers, account books, legal documents, and land papers related to the Patton family, and is particularly focused on the activities of George Smith Patton (1856-1927). Topics covered include railroads, Patton's senate campaign, irrigation, land sales, and the development of the San Marino area. Notable businesses represented in the collection include the Wilmington Transportation Company, Porter Brothers Co., San Gabriel Wine Company, Alhambra Addition Water Company, the Lindsay Water Development Company, Garvey Water Company, Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Banning Company, Pasadena Electric Light and Water Company, and the Santa Catalina Island Company. Notable individuals represented in the collection include Ruth Wilson, Annie Wilson, Anne Wilson Patton, James DeBarth Shorb, George Hugh Smith, Collis P. Huntington, Henry E. Huntington, Arthur J. Hutchinson, William Banning, William Reeves Banning, James P. Donahue, Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, William Howard Taft, Frank Putnam Flint, Ellen Banning Ayer, Robert W. Patton, Arvin Harrington Brown, and Benjamin Davis Wilson.

    PF 257.

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    1895, Sep.30. George Smith Patton, 1856-1927. Lease for building on Main Street in Los Angeles to J.B. Blanchard. Los Angeles, Calif

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    The collection consists of personal and business correspondence, political papers, account books, legal documents, and land papers related to the Patton family, and is particularly focused on the activities of George Smith Patton (1856-1927). Topics covered include railroads, Patton's senate campaign, irrigation, land sales, and the development of the San Marino area. Notable businesses represented in the collection include the Wilmington Transportation Company, Porter Brothers Co., San Gabriel Wine Company, Alhambra Addition Water Company, the Lindsay Water Development Company, Garvey Water Company, Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Banning Company, Pasadena Electric Light and Water Company, and the Santa Catalina Island Company. Notable individuals represented in the collection include Ruth Wilson, Annie Wilson, Anne Wilson Patton, James DeBarth Shorb, George Hugh Smith, Collis P. Huntington, Henry E. Huntington, Arthur J. Hutchinson, William Banning, William Reeves Banning, James P. Donahue, Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, William Howard Taft, Frank Putnam Flint, Ellen Banning Ayer, Robert W. Patton, Arvin Harrington Brown, and Benjamin Davis Wilson.

    PF 171.