Lease to John Trimmer of claypits in Farnham Great Park
Winchester Bishopric Estate - Bishop's Register of Leases
Transcribed by Peter Tipton 11 Nov 2006
Hampshire Record Office document reference 11M59/E2/155644page 41
- Lease to John Trimmer, husbandman, of land called Claypits within the former Farnham Great Park , with rights to dig and sell clay for 11 years at £14 per year dated 20 Dec 1668
Transcription of part of lease:
unto the said John Trimmer all that peece or parcel of ground commonly called clay pitts as the same is now divided situate lying and being in the parish of Farneham aforesaid within the late disparked Parke heretofore called the Great Park at Farneham containing land now in the occupation of William Piggott lying towards the East and the lands now in the occupation of Thomas Dymarsh the older lying on the West North and South part which said ground conteyneth by estimation Twenty Acres more or less together with free licence and liberty to digg all sorts of clay in the old pitts there and in any other parts and parts of the said ground and to take upp sell carry away and to dispose of the same clay and every part thereof and the money to be received for the same to take and dispose at his will and pleasure and to have the use and behoof of him the saide John Trimmer his executors and assigns Togeather also with all usuall wayes passages profitts comodities and appurtenances to the said peece or parcel of ground and clay pitts belonging or apperteyning (except and always reserved out of this present lease and demise unto the said Lord Bishop and his successors all woods and underwoods timber and trees now standing or growing or being or which at any time during the terme hereby granted shall be standing growing or being in or upon the premises or any part thereof with liberty to cutt or carry away the same And also except the herbage and feeding of the said parcel)
Hampshire Record Office document reference 11M59/E2/155644page 35
Lease to William Piggott, Woollen Draper, of lands called Cowlease, Limebill and Claypitt Field, part of Farnham Great Park for 4 score and 17 years dated '20 Feb Charles I 18 ' at £30 per annum plus 20 pounds of good loaf sugar"**
(The date is confusingly stated as 1665 in the lease book, but Charles I's 18th regnal year was 27 Mar 1642 to 26 Mar 1643 ie 22 years earlier than 1665 but 17 years earlier than Charles II's succession. So unless I have made a ghastly mistake this document seems to be an attempt to backdate the lease into the period of the Commonwealth. If this is correct then it will have significance as to who was providing the potters' clay from Claypit Woods during the Commonwealth since this lease definitely includes Claypitts)
Transcription of part of lease:
And shall and will also at his and theire owne proper costs and charges well and sufficiently repair support #### uphold and kepe the hedge or same between the Clay Pitt Feild aforesaid and a close called Swing Swang Close now in the occupation of Isaac Walton #### and all other hedges and ditches gates stiles bridges fences (?) and inclosures.
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