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Copy award of William Boyce of Lewes St Ann, yeoman, and John Mills of Westmeston,...

Catalogue reference: AMS 1419

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AMS 1419
Title
Copy award of William Boyce of Lewes St Ann, yeoman, and John Mills of Westmeston, yeoman, arbitrators between Nathaniel Webb and John Bradford both of Falmer, yeomen
Date
20 Oct 1724
Description

Recites: disputes between NW and JB; bond in £100 to abide by arbitration, 3 Oct 1724

Parties to execute mutual releases for past trespasses; JB to remain in the house where he lives during the term of the lease of the copyholds, paying NW £1 5s Od a year while he enjoys the Upper House, and the house he now lives in during the lives, paying NW £3 a year; JB to enjoy the Hay Crofts and the two Knowle Fields (28a) for 7 years at £1 5s Od, paying a third of the repairs of NW's stables and the necessary repairs of his house

NW to enjoy the house he now lives in during the term of the copyhold lease and the Old Forge Field and the three Santfey Jefferys Fields (33a), paying half the repairs of the house JB lives in

Detailed provision for the pasture of 'the flock of sheep to be kept between them in equal number'

W: Edward Russell, John Bridger

Further agreement for the joint repair of the barns at Falmer now divided between them

W: John Langford, Henry Bean

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Language
English
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Hove Library Accession 2023 Flint

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Copy award of William Boyce of Lewes St Ann, yeoman, and John Mills of Westmeston, yeoman, arbitrators between Nathaniel Webb and John Bradford both of Falmer, yeomen