| Content Description | First Party: Sir Francis Holles, baronet, of Wynterbon St Martyn, Dorset.
Second Party: Robert Polson, yeoman, of Highgate, Middlesex.
Lease from (1) to (2) for 39 years or for the lives of the Polson family [specified], of two closes of land in Highgate currently occupied by Francis Blake; reserves to (1) all timber, gravel and sand, ground for making a pond, an island to be made in the middle of the pond and all fish; covenant by (2) to remove all bushes and ferns from the premises and to spread dung; (2) also covenants to construct the pond referred to above [full details provided]; also includes covenants for repairs and maintenance and for the payment of £5 per acre for any land which is ploughed.
Rent: £5 for the first four years and £10 thereafter [payable quarterly]. |