| Description | Sir Robert Leycester of Nether Tabley appointed that Merriell his daughter, should receive an annual rent of £15 a year, until she was 17, if he died before that date, & after she reached the age of 17, she should receive an annual rent of £60 a year. If she married her marriage portion was to be £1,200. Peter Leycester was to have £40 a year in rents after Sir Robert’s death, and also another annual rent of £30.
Signed Robert Leicester.
Aug 20 1681
Seal in red wax, on a tag. Top margin indented. Copy in Book of Evidences III. F.73b.
Attached is a deed.
Sir Robert reserved the right to alter the provisions of the above indenture at any time during the life of Meriell, his wife, with her consent.
Signed Robert Leicester.
Seal in red wax, on a tag. Top margin indented. |