Haberdashers’ Proportion

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for the time being for the revenue of Londonderry also Derry and Coleraine or either of them at the feasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equal portions upon condition that th[e] said terme shall cease and be voyd if the said rent or any part thereof shal[l] be behind and unpaid by the space of ffifty daies next after any of the said ffeasts or daies of paim[en]t aforesaid and the said Thomas mc Leland [and] William McLeland or their assignes shall att his or their prop[er] costs and chardges within [...] years now next comeing erect and build and fully finishe uppon the p[re]misses one sufficient and substantiall house of timber stone or bricke after the manner of an English house two storyes highe and conteining sixe roomes att the least and the said Thomas and William or some other able and sufficient ten[a]nt w[i]th his family shall from tyme to time during the said terme be resident and inhabitant in and uppon th[e] aforesaid p[re]misses and shall during the said terme grind att his ma[ies]t[ie]s mill within the late Mannor of ffreemore or proporc[i]on of land called the Habberdashers Proporc[i]on in the said late county of Londonderry all his and their mault corne and graine w[hi]ch he or they shall expend or use uppon the p[re]misses or being ground shall sell to any p[er]son or p[er]sons and pay for grinding thereof to the Miller of the said mill for the tyme being the sixteenth part of all the said mault corne and gr ain and shall do suit at the Court Barron to be houlden for such Mannor as his ma[ies]tie shall erect create or make uppon or within the said Proporc[i]on from three weekes to three weekes if the same shal[l] be soe often held and shall during the said terme keepe susteine and maintain th[e] aforesaid messuagies and all other th[e] aforesaid buildings in good and sufficient reparac[i]ons and shall within seaven yeares now next comeing with dike and double quicksett where quicksett will grow and with other good and sufficient fences and inclosures where quicksett will not grow devide sever and make th[e] aforesaid p[re]misses into twelve sev[er]all closes and the same being soe devided made and severed [and] all other the hedges ditches and inclosures uppon or belonging to th[e] aforesaid p[re]misses shall keepe and maintain well and sufficiently fenced inclosed and quicksetted during the said terme and shall yearly during the said terme sett and plant uppon some p[ar]t of th[e] aforesaid premises twelve young treekes of oake or ashe fitt and likely to grow to be timber trees and the same or others to be sett and plannted in the roomes and steeds of such of them as shall happen to dye shall mainteyne p[re]serve and keepe from hurt and spoile during the said terme and shall att his and their prop[er] costs and chardges during the said terme have and keepe in readines uppon th[e] aforesaid p[re]misses for the service of his Majesty his heirs and successors one pike and corslett and one muskett furnished in such manner as the same shall and may be allowed by the mustermaster of the county in w[hi]ch the premisses are for [th]e tyme being and that uppon reasonable request there shal[l] be allowed and sett out unto the said Thomas and William or their assignes from time to time during the said terme by the Woodward or other officer of his ma[ies]tie his heires [and] successors rough timber for building and repairing th[e] aforesaid house and houseboote in convenient places within the said late county of Londonderry to be spent uppon the p[re]misses [and] not elsewhere And that his ma[ies]tie wil[l] be gratiously pleased to ratifie [and] confirm this agreem[en]t by his l[ett]res patents under the great Seale of England And that the said Thomas mc Leland and William mc Leland shall coven[a]nt and grant thereby for them their heires executors administrators and assignes to p[er]forme what is hereby agreed on their parts In witnes whereof the said Commissioners and the said Thomas mc Leland and William mc Leland have putt to their hands the day and yeare abovewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Thomas ffotherley 1639 Thomas mc Leland William McClelland

One house Twelve closes Twel ve trees One pike and corslet and one Muskett

for the time being for the revenue of Londonderry, also Derry, and Coleraine or either of them at the feasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equal portions, upon condition that the said term shall cease and be void if the said rent or any part thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of fifty days next after any of the said feasts or days of payment aforesaid, and the said Thomas McClellandand William McClelland or their assigns shall, at his or their proper costs and charges within  […] years now next coming, erect and build and fully finish upon the premises one sufficient and substantial house of timber, stone, or brick after the manner of an English house two stories high and containing six rooms at the least, and the said Thomas and William or some other able and sufficient tenant with his family shall, from time to time during the said term, be resident and inhabitant in and upon the aforesaid premises and shall, during the said term, grind at his Majesty’s mill within the late Manor of Freemore or Proportion of land called the Haberdashers’ Proportion in the said late county of Londonderry, all his and their malt, corn, and grain which he or they shall expend or use upon the premises, or being ground shall sell to any person or persons and pay for grinding thereof to the miller of the said mill, for the time being the sixteenth part of all the said malt, corn, and grain, and shall do suit at the court baron to be holden for such manor as his Majesty shall erect, create, or make upon or within the said Proportion from three weeks to three weeks if the same shall be so often held and shall, during the said term, keep, sustain, and maintain the aforesaid messuages and all other the aforesaid buildings in good and sufficient reparations, and shall, within seven years now next coming, with dikes and double quicksett where quicksett will grow and with other good and sufficient fences and enclosures where quicksett will not grow, divide, sever, and make the aforesaid premises into twelve several closes, and the same being so divided, made, and severed, and all other the hedges, ditches, and enclosures upon or belonging to the aforesaid premises shall keep and maintain well and sufficiently fenced, enclosed, and quicksetted during the said term, and shall yearly during the said term set and plant upon some part of the aforesaid premises twelve young trees of oak or ash fit and likely to grow to be timber trees, and the same or others to be set and planted in the rooms and steads of such of them as shall happen to die shall maintain, preserve, and keep from hurt and spoil during the said term, and shall, at his and their proper costs and charges during the said term, have and keep in readiness upon the aforesaid premises for the service of his Majesty, his heirs and successors one pike and corslet and one musket furnished in such manner as the same shall and may be allowed by the Muster Master of the county in which the premises are for the time being, and that upon reasonable request there shall be allowed and set out unto the said Thomas and William or their assigns, from time to time during the said term by the Woodward or other Officer of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, rough timber for building and repairing the aforesaid house and houseboot in convenient places within the said late county of Londonderry, to be spent upon the premises and not elsewhere. And that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to ratify and confirm this agreement by his letters patent under the Great Seal of England. And that the said Thomas McClelland and William McClelland shall covenant and grant thereby for them, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns to perform what is hereby agreed on their parts. In witness whereof the said commissioners and the said Thomas McClelland and William McClelland have put to their hands the day and year abovewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Thomas Fotherley 1639 Thomas McClelland William McClelland

one house twelve closes twelve trees one pike and corslet and one musket