| Title | Indenture of Lease, dated at Norton [Derbyshire], by William Kynwollmerssh clerk, William Babyngton, Peter de la Pole and William Ulgarthorp to John Bullok of Norton, of the manor of Norton with demesne lands and rents of various lands which Robert de Grangia then lately held, excepting Rohagh, Cokhagh and a piece of land in the tenure of John Lord, for the term of sixty years, at a yearly rent of 56s 8d; and in consideration of doing suit at the courts of the lessors, and - on condition that John Bullok should not assign his lease, except to Thomas Bullok his father, Agnes his wife, John, Thomas and Alice, his children by Agnes. |
| Description | Date: Monday next after the Feast of Saint Martin in the 9th year of Henry V.
Vellum: one skin, seal missing.
Notes: compare JC/658. The lease contains interesting details about the repair of hedges, the right of using thorns, underwood and windfalls, the repair of the buildings, the clearing away of brambles, charcoal burning, rights of timber and "sclatestones." |