130 RURAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1C41. 



afterv\'ard.s for 2s. 6d. a land, and lastly for 38. a lande ; but 

 nowe, beinge inclosed, they will lette for thrice as much. 



Letten to Robert Labome the grasse in the Mast-hills" be- 

 longinge to the West hall, Laborne tarme, and Skelton fai-me, 

 for twenty shillinges. 



Of the Spellowe close. 



The Spellowe was letten to Mathewe Bird and Richard Brad- 

 ley of Eastburne, in the yeare 1028, for 4^. 10s.; and to John 

 Browne of Garton, in the yeare lO.Sl, for oL; and in the yeare 

 163G, it was letten to Richard Towse and Bryan Towse of Gar- 

 ton att 5/. 10s. per annum ; I have knowne the fogge of this 

 close letten from Michaelmasse till Lady-day for S'.js. 4t/., con- 

 ditionally, not to putte any sheepe into it ; but nowe of late 

 wee lette the fogge of it for 21. 3s. -id., viz. ; to Christopher 

 Towse, 1630. 



Of the Farre longe close. 



The farre longe close was letten in the yeare 1628, to Thomas 

 Hudson of Tipthorpe and his partners att 12^. per annum, and 

 in the yeare 1630 ior 12/. 10s., and in the yeare 1632, it was 

 letten to William Tompson of Tihthorpe and his three partners 

 att 12/. per annum, togeather with the fower nooked peece ; the 

 farre longe close is aboute some nine acres of grownde. 

 Of the Lords-gai-th. 



The Lords-garth was letten to William Finder in the yeare 

 1628 for 3/. lOs., and in the yeare 1636 to Richard Tows'e and 

 William Finder att 4/. per annum. 



Of the Clmppell-garth. 



The Chappell-garth was letten to Thomas Huggett in the 

 yeare 1628 att 21. 13s. 4(/. per annum, and two dayes dykinge 

 aboute it ; and in the yeare 1 636, it was letten to Edward 

 Lynsley att 3/. 2s. Gd., and hee to pay for the fencinge of it. 

 Of the Medowe Sikes or Mount Sikes. 



The Medowe Sikes is .aboute five acres of grownde, and was 

 letten in the yeare 1628. to Rali)he White and Mathewe Cra- 

 forth att 6/. per annum ; after that it was letten to Edward 

 Towse and Bryan f Towse] att 6/. 10s. per annum, and lastly to 

 Mr. Hodgson, the 28th of March, 1635, till Lady day next en- 

 Kuinge, for 6/. 1 3s. 4rZ. 



Of the West Halls pasture close. 



This close was att the first letten for 6/. 2s. 6(7., but in the 

 yeare 1636, it wa« letten to Richard Deeringe of Eastburne, for 

 6/. i:^. 4f/. 



* Thr modom namo in " Moiikid],s." 



