284 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE, 1800-1900 



Majesty's Commission to them directed have divided and set forth the said 

 Manor of Temple Sowerby as foUoweth That is to say first beginning at the 

 foot of Culgarth Beck and so ascending to Saundwithe Sike and from Sannwithe 

 Sike to small Croft Foot, and from the said Croft Foot ascending by the heads 

 of the Crofts belonging to the tenements upon the west side of the town of 

 Sowerby aforesaid and so up to Skidgarth and from thence descending to the 

 water of Eden and so descending as the river of Eden runneth unto the foot of 

 Culgarth Beck and the same so being divided and separated the said tenants 

 did choose and take that part which Ueth upon the west side of Culgarth Beck 

 and Sanndwithe Sike And so the said Christopher Dalstoune hath for his part 

 that part which lieth upon the east side of the said Sike ascending up by the 

 heads of the crofts lying upon the east side of the town and so to the mosses 

 or morasses there as by their Certificate more at large appeareth And further 

 division was made of the mosses or morasses adjoining to the said town in this 

 manner That is to say from the White Stone road being the lands of the Earl 

 of Cumberland right over to the Wliinning Dike which is parcel of the lands 

 of Henry Crakenthorp of Newbiggin Esquire and the said Dalstoun's tenants 

 made their election and choice of that moiety that lieth next adjoining to the 

 town and Queens street being the west end of the said moss or morass and the 

 said Christopher to have the east end of the moss or morass for his part. And 

 also it further appeared by the said Certificate that division is made of a parcel 

 of ground called Moor Lands and the same being separated and divided the 

 said Dalstounes made their election and choice the west part of the said Moor- 

 lands next adjoining to the part elected by them and the said Christopher to 

 have the east part of the said moorlands as by the said Certificate more at large 

 appeareth Now the said Christopher Dalstoune according to the said decree 

 and division and in accomphshment of the same and for that the tenants of the 

 said Manor have yielded relinquished surrendered and given up their title of 

 tenant rights custom and copyhold in the same and agreed to take their several 

 farm for term of years hath demised granted and to farm letten and by these 

 presents doth demise grant and to farm let unto the said John Dalstoune with 

 the lofts crofts and orchards to the said messuage or tenement belonging and 

 next adjoining to the said dwellinghouse with the moiety of the arable land 

 meadows and pastures to his said messuage or tenement belonging with the 

 reasonable common for the pasturing of his cattle of the moors or wastes of the 

 said Manor and turf grass for his necessary fuel and house boot hedge boot carp 

 boot and plough boot to be used and expended upon the premises and not else- 

 where To have and to hold the said messuage or tenement and all the other 

 premises with their appurtenances to the said John Dalstoune his executors 

 and assigns according to effect of the said decree made in this Court and the 

 said division made by the Commissioners from the day of the date of the said 

 decree unto the full end and term and by the whole term of One thousand years 

 now next and immediately following fully to be completed and ended Yielding 

 and paying therefore yearly to the said Christopher Dalstoune and his heirs 



