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terme by the space of one day and one night at each tyme onelie and 

 not above And farther that neither he the saide Sir John Benet his 

 executors adinynistrators and assigns nor any of them nor any other 

 parson or parsons having or lawfully clayrning or which shall have or 

 lawfully clayrne anie estate or interest of or in the saide premises by theis 

 presentes demysed or of or in any parte or parcell thereof by from or 

 under him them or any of them or in his theire or any of theire right 

 shall at any tyme during the saide terme breake upp eare sowe or con- 

 vert into tillage any parte of the meadowe or pasture groundes before by 

 theis presentes demysed without the speciall lycence of the said Earle 

 his heires and assignes first had and obtained in writing under his or 

 theire handes and seales such pasture ground as at the tyme of such con- 

 verting shalbe knowen to be barren and old layne ground and unfitt for 

 such pasture and such as by the course of good husbandry will be the 

 better afterwardes by being plowed onely excepted If or shall alyen 

 assigne or sett over all his or theire whole estate or interest before by these 

 presentes demysed of or in the before demysed premyses or of or in anie 

 parte or parcell thereof to any parson or parsons bodye politique or 

 corporate (other then to the saide Anne William Benett the sonne and 

 Mathewe Benett or to some or one of them or to the wyfe childe or 

 children of the saide Sir John Benett without the lyke lycence of the 

 saide Earle his heires or assignes in writing under his or theire handes 

 and seales first had and obtained for the same And further that noe 

 parson or parsons clayrning by from or under him the saide Sir John 

 Benett or his assignes or any of them or in his theire or any of theire 

 right or under this presente demyse shalbe retained into the service of 

 any parson or parsons at any tyme during the contynuance of the saide 

 terme and of theire interest therein without the speciall lycence of the 

 saide Earle his heires and assignes first had and obtained in writing 

 under his or theire handes and seales but shall at all tymes being not 

 then otherwyse unmeete and unable for such service in respecte of sex age 

 sicknes or other debillity of bodie be ready to serve and shall serve 

 the kinges majestie that nowe .ys his heires and successors under the 

 conducte of the saide Earle his heires and assignes when and as often as 

 the saide Earle his heires and assignes shall serve in the warrs of his 

 majesties his heirs and successors in his or theire owne proper parson or 

 parsons yf they or any of them shalbe thereunto required by the saide 

 Earle his heires or assignes And the Saide Earle for himselfe his heires 

 executors admynistrators and assignes and everie of them covenaunteth 

 and graunteth to and with the saide Sir John Benett his executors ad- 

 mynistrators and assignes by theis presentes in manner and forme fol- 

 lowing that is to say That he the saide Earle his heires and assignes and 

 everie of them shall and will at all tymes and from tyme to tyme during 

 the saide terme for and towardes the maintenaunce and reparacion of the 

 saide messuage and tofte and all other the premyses before by theis 

 presentes demysed uppon reasonable request to be made to the saide 

 Earle his heires or assignes or to his or theire surveyour woodward or 

 other officer for that purpose to be appointed allowe and by themselves 

 /OL. XXXVI. — NO. CXII. S 



