Lease: Long Compton

Description

Lease from Sir George Philips of Weston House, baronet, to Simon Walton of Long Compton, farmer, of a farm in Long Compton in the occupation of the said Simon Walton. To hold from year to year for the annual rent of £464 and £50 for every acre converted to tillage without permission. Clauses reserving timber and hunting etc. Clauses concerning cultivation and maintenance. Schedule of lands (field names). Signed and sealed by the parties. Witnesses: John Henry Clark, Charles Murton and Samuel Coleman.