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Bennett subsitituted & apointed Commissioners for Seques- 

 tration in the said County have demysed granted Leased lett and 

 to farme lett and by these presents doe demyse grant lett & to 

 farme lett unto Raphe Tomlinson of Knyveton aforesaid husband- 

 man the aforesaid Farme in Knyveton aforesaid in the said 

 County of Darby with the appurtenances thereunto belonging to 

 have & to hold the said Farme to him the said Raphe Tomhnson 

 & his assignes for & dureing the full end & tearme of one whole 

 yeare from the fyve and twentieth of Marche nowe next ensueing 

 to bee fully compleat & ended yeilding and payeing therefore to 

 us & for the use of the State the Rent or sum of fyfteene 

 pounde and two shillings of Currant Englishe money in & uppon 

 the nyne and twentyeth of September & fyve and twentyeth of 

 Marche nowe next foUoweing by even & equall portions And 

 alsoe payeing and dischargeing all and all manner of Taxes due & 

 payeable forth of the premises And likewyse well & sufficiently 

 upholding repairing & maynteaning all houses & out houses in 

 good and sufficient repaire and makeing noe wast of any parte of 

 the premises And it is firther agreed and the said Raphe 

 Tomlinson for hyra & his assignes doe covenant grant & agree 

 to & with the said Raphe Clarke Robert Mellor & Gervase Ben- 

 nett that for every accre of ground which hee the said Raphe 

 Tomlinson shall plowe upp more then what is already imployed in 

 Tyllage without License from the said Committee or some twoe of 

 them shall forfeit to the use of the Commonwealth to bee levyed 

 by distresse & sale the sum of fyve pounds And lastly it is 

 Covenanted & agreed betweene the said parties unto these presents 

 that in case the said Rent to bee behind & unpaid after any of 

 the said tearmes in which it ought to bee paid that then it shall & 

 may bee lawfull to & for the said Committee to enter & distrayne 

 and the distresse there found to take lead dryve away & sell. 

 Given under our hands & seales the xii"" of March 1650 



Sealed and delivered ^ 



in the presence of The marke of ( Seal. ) 



Euw : Clarke Raphe Tomlinson." n / 



W": Flint 



