CO - Choir
- CO/VC - Vicars Choral and Lay Vicars
  - CO/VC/4 - Property
    - CO/VC/4/3 - Property Deeds
      - CO/VC/4/3/1 - Leases and Counterparts for a Messuage or Tenement in the Close (No 14)

CO/VC/4/3/1/9

Reference code

CO/VC/4/3/1/9

Level of description

Item

Title

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

Date

31 Aug 1834

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 Clerk 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. Signed, sealed and delivered by Edmund Benson and stamped in the presence of Francis Attwood land surveyor and his clerk. 'In the Close. No. 14.' is written on the item (in red ink). The item was previously enclosed within CO/VC/4/3/1/8.

Language

English

Physical Characteristics

Material: parchment

Keywords

Benson, Edmund
Attwood, Francis
The Close