Town of Coleraine

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The [...] day of July in the fifteenth year of his Majesty’s reign Annoq[ue] D[omi]ni 1639 the foresaid S[i]r Raphe Whit feld and Thomas ffotherley his Majesty’s Commissioners for and on his ma[ies]ties behalfe by vertue of the said Commission and Thomas Andrew of Colerane in the late county of Londonderry al[l]s[o] Antrim th[e] elder bach[elor] doe conclude and agree that the said Thomas Andrew and his assignes shall have and hold all [tha]t Messuage or tenement and garden thereunto belonging w[i]th th[e] appurt[e]n[a]nc[e]s in the West row in the Towne of Colerane and now or late in the tenure or occupac[i]on of the said Thomas Andrew or his assignes and allsoe all those three closes of land and pasture with th[e] appurten[a]nc[e]s in Colerane aforesaid conteining by estimac[i]on fourty and fower acres and three roods and three acres of bogg w[i]th their appurt[e]n[a]nc[e]s heretofore enioyed w[i]th the said messuage or tenement and now or late in the tenure or occupac[i]on of Thomas Mucke [...] or their assignes w[i]th all waies and passages thereunto belonging or formerly enjoyed therew[i]th Excepting and reserving unto his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors all timber and timber trees mynes and quarryes in uppon or belonging to the p[re]misses or any part thereof and reasonable and convenient wayes and passages over the p[re]misses for the ten[a]nts of his ma[ies]ties other lands for the terme of one and twenty yeares from the ffeast of Phillip and Jacob now last past for and under the yearly rent of thirteene pounds and six shillings and eight pence of lawfull money of England paiable unto his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors into the Receipt of his ma[ies]ties Exch equer in England or unto the hands of the Receiver of his ma[ies]tie his heirs and successors for the time being for the Reven[n]ue of Londonderry al[l]s[o] Derry and Colerane or either of them att the ffeasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equal porc[i]ons uppon Condic[i]on that the said terme shall cease and be void if the said rent or anie part thereof shal[l] be behind and unpaid by the space of ffifty daies next after anie of the said ffeasts or dayes of paiment aforesaid And the said Thomas Andrew his executors or administrators or some other able and sufficient ten[a]nt w[i]th his family shall from tyme to tyme during the said terme of one and twenty yeares be resident and inhabitant in and uppon the aforesaid p[re]misses and grind att his ma[ies]ties Mill in Colerane aforesaid 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 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 mault corne and graine and shall keep and mainteine the aforesaid Messuage or tenement with the appurtenances during the said terme in good and sufficient reparations and within [...]

David Wilson and William Wilson

The […] day of July in the fifteenth year of his Majesty’s reign, annoque domini 1639, the foresaid Sir Ralph Whitfeld and Thomas Fotherley, his Majesty’s commissioners for and on his Majesty’s behalf by virtue of the said commission, and Thomas Andrew of Coleraine in the late county of Londonderry, also Antrim, the elder, bachelor, do conclude and agree that the said Thomas Andrew and his assigns shall have and hold all that messuage or tenement, and garden thereunto belonging, with the appurtenances in the West Row in the town of Coleraine, and now or late in the tenure or occupation of the said Thomas Andrew or his assigns, and also all those three closes of land and pasture with the appurtenances in Coleraine aforesaid, containing by estimation forty and four acres and three roods and three acres of bog, with their appurtenances heretofore enjoyed, with the said messuage or tenement, and now or late in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Muck, […] or their assigns, with all ways and passages thereunto belonging or formerly enjoyed therewith. Excepting and reserving unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors, all timber and timber trees, mines, and quarries in, upon, or belonging to the premises or any part thereof, and reasonable and convenient ways and passages over the premises for the tenants of his Majesty’s other lands for the term of one and twenty years from the feast of Phillip and Jacob now last past, for and under the yearly rent of thirteen pounds and six shillings and eight pence of lawful money of England payable unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors 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 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 Andrew, his executors or administrators, or some other able and sufficient tenant, with his family, shall from time to time during the said term of one and twenty years be resident and inhabitant in and upon the aforesaid premises, and grind at his Majesty’s mill in Coleraine aforesaid 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 keep and maintain the aforesaid messuage or tenement with the appurtenances during the said term in good and sufficient reparations, and within […]