| Content Description | The lists begins with what appears to be a entries relating to specific indentures or papers, and evidence suggests that it is for legal purposes as it includes entries for the drafting of a boundary certificate, and briefs for legal suits; the list continues with a note of when rentals were received, such as Lady Day [25 Mar.], Michaelmas [29 Sep.] or Christmas and the year; no further information is provided such as amounts; evidence from within the bundle suggests that this paper was written for the benefit of the 2nd Earl of Clare.
Note that the date has been assumed from internal evidence.
The reverse of the document records an indenture [possibly a lease] made 14 Oct. 1662 in which William Spencer demised to William Scoley 4 messuages, 400 acres of land, 200 acres of meadow, 400 acres of pasture and a fulling mill with appurtenances in Elkesley and West Drayton, Nottinghamshire, for a term of 7 years. |