Lease: Whichford

Description

Lease from Sir George Philips of Weston House, baronet to John Philips of Little Compton co. Gloucester, farmer, of a farm in Ascott in the parish of Whichford in the occupation of Robert Wincott. To hold from year to year for the annual rent of £266 and £50 for every acre converted to tillage without permission. Clauses reserving timber and hunting etc. Clauses concerning maintenance and cultivation. Schedule of lands (field names). Signed and sealed by the parties. Witnesses: Samuel Coleman and John Henry Clark. [Philips]