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Description: | Robert Tyrwhytt of Kettleby, knight,
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William Sergyant of Barrow on Humber, yeoman
The capital messuage or manor house of Burnham (in Thornton Curtis) and appurtenant buildings, enclosed grounds, meadows or pasture, sheepwalks, 12a. of meadow in Goxhill west marsh, 20a. of meadow in Worlaby new ings, arable in the fields of Burnham, Thornton and Whitton, commons for cattle in Barrow marsh appurtaining to Burnham manor, the toll of the fair kept at the capital messuage of Burnham, tolls of impounding cattle, waifs, strays, tithes, within the above lands, reserving to Sir Robert ground on the west side of a close called Westthorne close as it is or should be divided by hedge or ditch, from Blackmold field to Whitton meare, from thence following the meare by Worlaby and Bonby to Barton field and so by Barton and Barrow fields as the bounder lies Blackmold again, also one half of all the pigeons from the dovecote at Burnham manor.
Rent: £80.
Tenant covenants to maintain the manor house and all other buildings, hedges and ditches; the tenant to provide meat and drink for 1 sheppard appointed by Tyrwhytt and meet the yearly payment of 20s. due to the parsonage of Thornton for tithes, provision for the tenant to fold sheep once a year from the excepted lands, provision for what happens to crops at the end of the lease.
The mark of William Sergeant & witnesses. | Subjects: | Church Of England Parishes Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 1 Aug 1576 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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