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A History of the County of Northampton
… Edward, last Barnwell lord of these manors, died in 1602. Leases made by Edward Barnwell of Cransley in 15856 were the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… tenement, and yardland 'to several persons by several leases for 3,000 years for a yearly quit rent.' 54 By the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to Samuel Berd, a Crewkerne yeoman, who was granting long leases of eighths in the following year. 173 Edward's son, … and in 1663 c. 4,000. 336 The granting of 3,000-year leases by the lords of fractions of tenements started in 1599 … leased to tenants for terms of 21 years, although some leases for 99 years or lives and copyhold transactions have …
A History of the County of Somerset
… for two or three lives. 83 In the late 16th century leases for lives were introduced, and in the early 17th century leases for 99 years or three lives. 84 The conversion to … and 44 9 s. 6 d. in 1653. Covenants in such short-term leases imply that the lord continued to graze his own cattle …