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same is seized sequestred to & for the use & Benefitt of 

 the Comonvvealtli whereas the said John Merry was heretofore 

 seized of one farme called Durden farme & of one croft called 

 or knowne by the name of Stony Croft «& scituate lying & 

 being in Kniveton in the said county of Derby Now these 

 presents witness that wee Raphe Clarke Robt Mellor & 

 Gervase Bennett substituted & appointed Commissioners for 

 Sequestration in the said county have demised granted leased 

 sett & to farme lett & by these present doe demise etc 

 unto Henry Buxton of Bradbourne in the said county of 

 Derby gent the said farme & close with the appurtenances 

 thereunto belonging to have & to hould the said farme & 

 close for him the said Henry Buxton & his assignes for & 

 during & untill the full end & terme of one whole yeare 

 from the five, & twentyeth of March now last past to be 

 fully compleate & ended yeildinge & paying therefore to & 

 for the use of the State the rent or sume of Eleaven pounds 

 sixteene shillings of currant English Money in & upon 

 the nine & twentyeth day of September & the fyve & 

 twentyeth day of March next following by equall portions & 

 also paying & discharging all & all maner of Taxes due & 

 payable forth of the premises & lykewise well & sufficiently 

 repairing & maintaining all houses & outhouses upon the 

 premises in good & sufficient repair & makeing noe wast 

 of any part of the premises And it is further agreed & the 

 said Henry Buxton for himself & his assigns doth covenant 

 promise & grant to & with the said Raphe Clarke Robt 

 Mellor & Gervase Bennett that for every Aker of Ground 

 which he the said Henry Buxton shall plow up more than 

 what is allready im ployed in Tillage without license from 

 the said Commissioners or some two of them shall forfeite 

 to the use of the Comonwealth to be leyved by distress & 

 sale the sume of five pounds And lastly it is covenanted & 

 agreed upon by & betvveene the said parties unto these 

 present that in case the said rents be behind & unpaid 

 after any of the said Termes when it ought to be paid that 



