| Description | Lease of water mill in Cuddington for 21 years
20 November 1497
English
10" x 8 1/2"
[1] Party 1 Sir Randulph Brereton, knight. Party 2 Rawlyn Lord of Kudynton. [Cuddington]
[3] leases water mill with attached water supply and dam {[3-4] and other appurtenances}
[4] in Kudynton
[6] to hold from the feast of St Martin in Winter last passed
[7] for 21 years
[9] paying 30s "of usuell money of England" yearly
[10] on the feasts of the Nativity of St John the Baptist and St Martin in Winter by equal portions. Distraint is allowed in case of non-payment.{[13]}
[16] On termination of the lease the thickness of the mlllstones is specified (upper 5 inches, lower 3 inches).
[18] Rawlyn to maintain mill and dam in good repair
[20] Warranty clause
[23] Witnesses Raufe [Ralph] Brereton, gentleman, Philip Aldersey,
[24] Richard Overton of Cudynton and many others. Given at Cudynton 20 November {Kudynton [Cuddington]} {Overton}
[25] 13 Henry VII [1497].
Pendant seal partly broken, no impression visible.
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