<County: Leicestershire>
<Code: L0731>
<MS reference: Leicester, Leicester Record Office>
<Text: Lease>


This endenture made at holt in the Fest of all halou@ in the yere of the Reign~ of Kyng Herry the sixt after the conquest
of England xxxvi<?> by-twyx~ Thomas Palmer Esquyer on~ t<ill><1-2 chars></ill> oon~ partie and Willyam Marteyn~ of Holt in the counte of
Leycestr~ Myller on the other partie witnesseth that the seid Thomas hath taken~ and to ferme letyn@ to the ˆ [seid] willam his
too Mylnes of holt þt is to say the wynde Myln@ & the horse+myln@ with the tolle of the seid Mylnes perteynyng And
also the seid Thomas hath letyn~ to the seid willam A cotage wt <ill><1 letter></ill>ardeyn~ lyyng therto and a crofte called the mylncroft
in Holt fore-seid To haue and to hold the seid Mylne<ill><2-4 chars; hole></ill> the tolle and also the seid Cotage wt the gardeyn~ and the seyd croft
from the Fest of Seynt Peter þt is called Lammesse laste paste vn~-to the eende & terme of iij . yer~ thanne ˆ [next] comyng fully
fynnysched and complete Yeldyng therfore yerly to the seid Thomas his heires or his assignes duryng the seid termes
lxvj s~ . viij d at iiij tymes<?> of the yer~ þt is to say at the Festes of Seynt Marteyn~ the Puryficacon~ of our~ lady the Festes of
Seynt heleyn@ and Lammesse by evyn@ porcions and yf hit happen@ þe seid rent & ferme of lxvj s~ . viij d be byhynde in parte
or in all after any feste foreseid by a moneth vn@-paied that paid hit schall be lefull to þe seid Thomas his heir and his assignes
in the foreseid Mylnes the seid cotage & in the seid croft & in euery parcell of theym to dystreyn~ the dystresses so takyn~ to lede carye
dryve awey and wthold aneinst them~ vn-to þe tyme þt they therof be satisfied & content And if hit happen~ þt the seid rent & ferme
of the seid lxvj s~ viij d be byhynde in parte or in all after any feste of the foreseid festes þt it ough<ill><1 char></ill> to be paied by a+quarter of a+yere
Vn@-paied and no sufficeaunt distresse maye be founden in~ þe seid Milnes cotage nor in the seid crofte nor in any parcell of them
þat þan@ it shall be lefull to the seid Thomas his heires & his assignes in the seid Mylnes cotage and in þe seid croft and in euery
parcell of them~ to reentre to wthold and in þe their fourme estate to haue ayen@ this endenture Notwithstandyng and þe seid Thomas
his heires and assignes shall kepe reparell and susteyn~ the seid Mylnes and cotage at his propur cost~ & expances wt all maner charges
& reparell to them longyng and perteynyng duryng the seyd ˆ [terme] except Coggyng ronggyng & shrowdyng to the which the seyd
Thomas schall fynde the seid willyam resonable stuffe and if ther be any thynge appeyred in the seid Mylnes or in~ the seid cotag~
by the seyd willyam or by any other in his defaute he shall reparell and make it ageyn~ at his propur costys & charges and the seid Thomas
hath delyuered to þe seid willyam at his entrie ij horse wt geres to them the price x . s~ viij newe Saylle+clothes for the seid
Mylnes well corded wt heerre rope price xij s~ . vj billes of Jren@ & steille conteynyng viij . li Jren@ price xij d a Crewe of Jren@ cont~
xv li & di@ <dimidium> and a chyssell of Jren@ the which þe seid willam shall delyuere to þe seid Thomas his heir ; or his assignes at the eende of
the seid terme in as gode estate as he resceyved or ell<ill><parts of 2 words; hole></ill>pryce suche as they were appresied at And also the seyd Thomas shall
fynde the seid horses hey and gresse resonable at his costys duryng the seid terme And ther as the seid willyam is bounden~
by his obligaconn to the seid Thomas in a . som~ of x . li paiable to the seid Thomas his heyres or executours at þe fest of Pasch~ <remaining three lines largely illegible>