CO/VC/4/3/1/6

Reference code

CO/VC/4/3/1/6

Level of description

Item

Title

Lease from the Procurator and Commonalty of Vicars to the Reverend Edmund Benson

Date

4 Aug 1820

Quantity & Format

1 sheet

Description

Lease between the Procurator and Commonalty of Vicars of the Cathedral Church of Sarum on the one part and the Reverend Edmund Benson of the Close on the other part. The Procurator and Commonalty of Vicars lease to the said Edmund Benson the messuage or tenement with the gardens and appurtenances within the Close of the Canons fronting on the south to the King's highway within the Close which leads westward towards the Church and abuts on the north upon the walls of the Close, to have and to hold for 40 years. The annual rent was 20 shillings to be paid at the 4 feasts of the year. 'In the Close No. 14.' is written on the item (in red ink).

Language

English

Physical Characteristics

Material: parchment

Keywords

Benson, Edmund
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