146 PROCEEDINGS FOR COMPOUNDING. 



"Whereas the Estate reall & personall of Thomas Cooke of 

 Melburne in the said County of Derby Esq'^ is seized & sequestred 

 to &: for the use & benefitt of the Comonwealth & whereas the 

 said Thomas Cooke was heretofore seized of divers Messuages 

 Landes & Tenements 



situate lying & being in Melburne in the said County of Derby 

 now these presents wittness that we Robert Mellor and Gervase 

 Bennett substituted & appointed Commissioners for Sequestrations 

 in the said County Have demised granted Leased sett & to farme 

 lett &: by these presents doe demise grant sett & to farme lett 

 Unto George AUestrey of Derby gent all & every those Closes 

 or parcells of Ground inclosed called by the name of Willson end 

 the Lodge Close the Meadowe Close the Come Close way in 

 Holford, Stattfeild Harthill the long Pitts & the Milne Close 

 with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging To have & to hold 

 the said Closes Hay & parcell of ground aforesaid to him the said 

 George AUestrey & his assignes for & dureing & untill the full end 

 & terme of one whole yeare from the five and twentyeth day of 

 March now last past to be fully compleate & ended yeilding & 

 paying therefore to us to & for the use of the State the Rent or 

 sume of One Hundred Twenty & Eight poundes of Currant 

 English money in & upon the Feast day of S' Michaell the 

 Archangell the Annuntiation of the Virgin Marie now next 

 ensuing by even and equall portions & also paying & discharging 

 all & all Manner of Taxes due & payable forth of the premises & 

 likewise well & sufficiently upholding repaireing & Maintaining 

 all houses & outhouses upon the premises in good &: sufficient 

 repaire & makeinge noe wast of any part of the premises. And 

 it is further agreed & the said George AUestrey for himselfe & his 

 Assignes doth Covenant grant & agree to & with the said Robert 

 Mellor & Gervase Bennett that for every Aker of ground which 

 he the said George AUestrey shall plow Up more then that 

 is allready imployed in Tillage without license from the said 

 Commissioners or some two of them shall forfeite to the Use of 

 the Commonwealth to be levyed by distress & sale the sume of 

 five pounds And lastly it is Covenanted & agreed Upon by & 



