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LIGHTHORNE
Catalogue reference: DR 98/1757
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This record is a file about the LIGHTHORNE dating from 1 May 1640.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DR 98/1757
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Title (The name of the record)
- LIGHTHORNE
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1 May 1640
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lease from Sir Thomas Pope of Wroxton, co. Oxon. kt. to William Townesend of Lighthorne co. Warwick yeoman and Susan his wife and Thomas Townesend of Warwick innholder for £75 of a messuage and 1 3/8 yardland and 2 closes of greensward in Lighthorne then in the occupation of the said William Townesend, except the timber trees of oak, ash and elm and the tops thereof, and the bodies of thorn, willow, sally, maple and crab trees, but including lopp and shred of the same, to hold 3 lives at a yearly rent of 28s. 10½d. and two fat capons, subject to heriot and suit of court of the manor of Lighthorne, and the carting of one load per annum of Bedworth or Wedgebury cole containing three quarters of a buttrice from the pit to the mansion house at Wroxton, Sir Thomas paying the pithead cost plus 2s. 6d. per load, and the grinding of corn and grain for the tenants' own use at Lighthorne mill.
Dated 1 May 16 Charles.
Signed: Tho. Pope
Seal on tag broken.
Witnesses: Rob: French, Henry Comperz, William Williams
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Parchment, 26½ x 20½ in. Holed through at one point
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/966fa823-98a7-4016-be06-a3a2892b0c2e/
Series information
DR 98/1748-1797
Miscellaneous deeds, Warwickshire and Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire
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This record is held at Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Within the fonds: DR 98
VERNEY (LORDS WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE) OF COMPTON VERNEY
Within the series: DR 98/1748-1797
Miscellaneous deeds, Warwickshire and Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire
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LIGHTHORNE