82 



THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



Extent. 



Entry. 



Rent. 



Miscrop- 

 ping. 



Execution 

 of improve- 

 ments. 



Repairs. 



This indenture, made the day of , between 



of , in the county of York, on the one part, and 



of and of , in the same county, farmers, of 



the other part, witnesseth that, in consideration of the rents hereinafter reserved, he, 

 the said , doth hereby demise, lease, and to farm let unto the 



said ,his executors, administrators, and assigns, all that messuage 



and farm-buildings, and all those pieces or parcels of land now or late in the occupa- 

 tion of , situate in the townships of , 

 or one of them, in the county of York aforesaid, containing , 

 be the same more or less, to hold the said premises, with the appurtenances, unto, 

 the said , his executors, administrators, and assigns, as to all such 

 parts of the said farm as for the time being shall be in tillage from the 2d day of 

 February, and as to all the remainder of the said premises from the 6th day of 

 April , for the term of one whole year from those respective times, and thence- 

 forth from year to year, so long as both parties shall agree, yielding and paying there- 

 for yearly during the continuance of this demise the clear yearly rent of 

 of lawful English money, free from all taxes, charges, and assessments whatsoever, 

 except the property-tax, by four equal quarterly payments at Ladyday, Midsummer, 

 Michaelmas, and Christmas-day, Old Style, in every year ; the first payment thereof to 

 be made at Midsummer , and also paying in manner, and on the days before men- 

 tioned, the further yearly rent or sum of 10 of like money (to be recovered by distress, 

 aa in cases of rent in arrear) for every acre of meadow or pasture ground, parcel of 

 the said farm, which the said lessee, his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall 

 plough up or convert into tillage without the consent in writing of the said lessor 

 or his agent, and so proportionably for a greater or less quantity than an acre, the 

 first instalment of such additional rent to become due and be paid on fhe first of 

 the said quarter-days which shall next happen, after every such ploughing up or 

 conversion. And whereas the said , at the request of the 

 , hath undertaken to execute, on the behalf and at the expense 

 , certain works for the drainage of the said lands, 

 and hereby agree with the 

 , that on the execution of the said works the 

 and , their executors, administrators, and assigns, 

 will thenceforth pay unto the said , his heirs and assigns, an 

 increased yearly rent for the said lands hereby demised, equivalent to five per cent 

 upon the amount of the moneys to be expended in the said works of drainage, such 

 additional yearly rent to be paid by equal quarterly payments on the days and times 

 hereinbefore appointed for the payment of the rent hereinbefore reserved in every 

 year, and to commence from the 6th day of April next following the execution of such 

 works ; and the said and , for 

 themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, do hereby covenant with the 

 said , his heirs and assigns, that they, the said 

 and ' , or one of them, shall pay unto the said , 

 his heirs or assigns, the said reserved yearly rent of , and all further 

 increase of rent which may become due as aforesaid, at the times before mentioned 

 for the payment of the same, and all taxes, charges, and assessments, except as 

 aforesaid ; and shall, at their own expense, during their occupation of the said farm, 

 keep in good repair and condition all the buildings, ditches, drains, and water- 

 courses, hedges, fences, gates, stiles, and bridges, upon the said farm, and leave the 

 same respectively in good repair and condition on quitting the said farm ; and in case 



of the said 

 Now the said 

 said 

 said 



