Mercers’ Proportion

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the feast of Phillip and Jacob last past for and under the yearly rent of [...] sterling paiable in such manner and at such days and times and with under and upon such and the like condic[i]on coven[a]nts and agreements as in the aforesaid agreement made by the said commissioners and ffrancis Barnaby beforenamed are conteyned with this further agree ment that the said Richard and his assignes shall within two yeares now next comeing fence inclo se and incoppice with dikes and double quicksett twenty acres of Irish measure of the woods and woodgrounds p[ar]cell of the aforesaid p[re]misses and the same fences and inclosures shall well and sufficiently p[re]serve and keepe during the said terme and allsoe the same twenty acres shall during the said terme p[re]serve and keepe as Coppicewoods from hurt and spoil and upon every ffell that shal[l] be made thereof new incoppice the same with sufficient fences and inclosures in the manner and us age in England and shall allsoe preserve and keep upon every acre of the foresaid twent y acres at every felling and cutting thereof thirty young storiers and thirtie stand alls of oak and ash fit to make timber trees In witnes whereof the said Commissio ners and the said Richard Lee have putt to their hands the day and yeare abo vewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Tho[mas] ffotherley 1639 The marke of Richard Lee

To encoppice twenty acr es

Francis Haward

The said six and twentyeth day of July the the said Commissioners for and on his Majesty’s behalfe by vertue of the said Commission and ffranncis Haward of Camos in the late county of Londonderry gent[leman] doe conclude and agree that the said ffranncis and his assignes shall have and hold all those two townelands called or knowne by the names of the Upper and Lower Monegranes or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or knowne by lyeing and being in Killreaghe in the said late county and now or late in the tenure or occupac[i]on of the said ffranncis Haward or his assignes and conteining by estimac[i]on three hundred acres Irish measure of land pasture woodie ground bogge and wast and all waies and passages to the foresaid p[re]misses or any p[ar]t thereof belonging or therewith formerly enioyed Excepting and res[er]ving unto his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors all that bogg uppon th[e] aforesaid p[re]misses lyeing next onto the towne of Killreaghe for ffuell for the ten[a]nts and inhabitants of Killreaghe for the tyme being and allsoe excepting and res[er]ving unto his ma[ies]tie his heires and successo[rs] the passages and fferry over the River of Bann from the p[re]misses unto the county of Antrim and from the said county of Antrim to the aforesaid p[re]misses with the houses [...]g to the said fferry and two roodes of ground to the said houses next adioining and all timber and timber trees storiers saplings and great trees mynes and quarryes in upon or belonging to the p[re]misses or any part thereof and all such reasonable ways and passages over the p[re]misses for the ten[a]nts and occupiers of his ma[ies]t[ie]s other lands as have formerly binn used and all the river of Bann and all other rivers creekes and streames in the foresaid p[re]misses or any p[ar]t thereof and the soile and ground thereof and all the ffishing and takeing of sallmons Eeles and other ffishe in the said Rivers creakes and streames with free lib[er]ty for his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors and his and their ten[a]nts and ffarmers and the ffishers of the said rivers creakes streames and ffishings to make houses and draw their netts and doe any other thing else whatsoever uppon the p[re]misses concerning the said ffishings for the term of one and twenty yeares from the ffeast of Phillip and Jacob now last past and under the yearly rent of ffower and twenty pounds sterling paiable into the Receipt of his ma[ies]t[ie]s Exchequer in England or unto the hands of the Receivor of his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors for the tyme being for the revenue of Londonderry als[o] Derry and Coleraine or either of them at the feasts

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the feast of Phillip and Jacob last past, for and under the yearly rent of […] sterling payable in such manner and at such days and times and with, under, and upon such and the like condition, covenants, and agreements as in the aforesaid agreement made by the said commissioners and Francis Barnaby beforenamed are contained, with this further agreement that the said Richard and his assigns shall within two years now next coming fence, enclose, and encoppice with dikes and double quicksett twenty acres of Irish measure of the woods and woodgrounds parcel of the aforesaid premises, and the same fences and enclosures shall well and sufficiently preserve and keep during the said term, and also the same twenty acres shall during the said term preserve and keep as coppicewoods from hurt and spoil, and upon every fell that shall be made thereof new encoppice the same with sufficient fences and enclosures in the manner and usage in England, and shall also preserve and keep upon every acre of the foresaid twenty acres at every felling and cutting thereof thirty young storiers and thirty standalls of oak and ash fit to make  timber trees. In witness whereof the said commissioners and the said Richard Lee have put to their hands the day and year abovewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Thomas Fotherley 1639 The mark of Richard Lee

to encoppice twenty acres

 

Francis Haward

The said six and twentieth day of July, the the said commissioners for and on his Majesty’s behalf by virtue of the said commission, and Francis Haward of Camus [Macosquin] in the late county of Londonderry, gentleman, do conclude and agree that the said Francis and his assigns shall have and hold all those two townlands called or known by the names of the Upper and Lower Monegranes [Moneygran] or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or known by, lying and being in Kilrea in the said late county and now or late in the tenure or occupation of the said Francis Haward or his assigns, and containing by estimation three hundred acres Irish measure of land, pasture, woody ground, bogg, and waste, and all ways and passages to the foresaid premises or any part thereof belonging or therewith formerly enjoyed. Excepting and reserving unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors, all that bog upon the aforesaid premises lying next onto the town of Kilrea for fuel for the tenants and inhabitants of Kilrea for the time being, and also excepting and reserving unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors the passages and ferry over the River of Bann from the premises unto the county of Antrim, and from the said county of Antrim to the aforesaid premises with the houses […]g to the said ferry, and two roods of ground to the said houses next adjoining, and all timber and timber trees, storiers, saplings and great trees, mines and quarries in, upon or belonging to the premises or any part thereof, and all such reasonable ways and passages over the premises for the tenants and occupiers of his Majesty’s other lands as have formerly been used, and all the River of Bann and all other rivers, creeks, and streams in the foresaid premises or any part thereof, and the soil and ground thereof, and all the fishing and taking of salmon, eels, and other fish in the said rivers, creeks, and streams with free liberty for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and his and their tenants and farmers and the fishers of the said rivers, creeks, streams, and fishings to make houses and draw their nets and do any other thing else whatsoever upon the premises concerning the said fishings, for the term of one and twenty years from the feast of Phillip and Jacob now last past, and under the yearly rent of four and twenty pounds sterling payable into the receipt of his Majesty’s Exchequer in England, or unto the hands of the Receiver of his Majesty, his heirs and successors for the time being for the revenue of Londonderry, also Derry, and Coleraine or either of them at the feasts

xxiiii pounds