Catalogue description Lease for a year

PARTIES:

1. Thomas Greenwood late of Easington House, Oxford and now of Wallingford, Berks, esq.

2a. Charles Greenwood of Wallingford, gent.

b. Samuel Churchill of Deddington, Oxford, gent.

SUBJECT OF TRANSACTION:

A manor or reputed manor of Easingdon otherwise Easington with rights members etc. all lands and domesnes to said manor belonging capital messuage or manor house and farm called Easington Farm with offices outhouses barns stables and other edifices etc. all which said capital messuage etc. are in parishes of Easingdon otherwise Easington, and Chalgrove, Pirton, Cuxham, Goldar and Lewknor and occup. said Thomas Greenwood manor or reputed manor of Chibnes otherwise Chibnish otherwise Chibbenhurst within parish of Cuddesdon with rights members etc. capital messuage or manor house and farm called Chibnes otherwise Chibnish otherwise Chibbenhurst site and precinct of said manor house with the offices etc. several closes to said messuage belonging containing together by estimation 150 a. which said capital messuage etc. are within the liberties of Chibnes etc. and now occup. Thomas Smith as tenant and all other those messuages etc. in Chibnes etc. and now in occups. - as undertenants to said Thomas Smith all which last mentioned manor etc. in Chibnes etc. were heretofore the estate of John Greenwood of Chibnes who purchased same from William Webb and Jeremiah Redwood and were devised to said Thomas Greenwood by will of Thomas Greenwood his late father deced.

Premises as cat. no. Amb/III/17

In consideration of 5/- paid by 2. to 1. 1. leases the premises to 2. for term of one year at peppercorn rent.

CONSIDERATION:

2. pays 1. 5/- peppercorn rent.

PLACES:

EASINGTON AND COXHAM (both parish of Cuxham with Easington CHALGROVE, PYRTON, LEWKNOR, GOLDER (Parish of Pyrton), CHIPPINGHURST (Parish of Cuddesdon and Denton)

SIGNATURE:

Thomas Greenwood

ENDORSEMENTS:

(a) Witness to Sealing: Wm. B. Sheen, Wm. Webb,