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THIS INDENTURE made the 11th day of October in the fiftieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign lord George the third by the Grace of God of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King defender of the faith and in the year of our Lord 1810 BETWEEN CHARLES RASHLEIGH of DUPORTH in the County of Cornwall Esquire of the first part SARAH HAMLEY of the Borough of Bodmin in the said County widow and of the one part and JOHN POMEROY of the Borough of Bodmin aforesaid Clerk of the other part WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of the sum of 5/- of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to each of the said Charles Rashleigh and Sarah Hamley in hand paid by the said John Pomeroy on or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereby is respectively acknowledged THEY the said Charles Rashleigh and Sarah Hamley HAVE and each of them HATH bargained and sold and by these presents DO and each of them DOTH bargain and sell unto the said JOHN POMEROY his executors administrators and assigns ALL that messuage or dwelling house and plot or close of land ? adjoining situate lying and being in the said Borough of Bodmin in a certain street called Fore Street and formerly the lands of Elizabeth the wife of JOHN POMEROY Esquire deceased and CATHERINE PENNINGTON SPINSTER AND ALSO all that other messuage and dwelling house formerly old walls situate lying and being in the said Borough of Bodmin in the aforesaid Street called Fore Street held by the said John Pomeroy deceased at the time of his death by virtue of an Indenture of Lease thereof granted by George Hunt esquire for the lives of John Belling the Younger Samuel Stone and Hender Mounsteven son of John Mounsteven late of the said Borough of Bodmin Surgeon deceased and for the life of the longest liver of them which said two messuages and dwelling houses are adjoining and continuous to each other and are occupied as one house and were formerly in the possession and occupation of the said John Pomeroy deceased afterwards GEORGE JOHN BLEWETT Esquire since of WILLIAM HAMLEY Surgeon deceased and now of the said Sarah Hamley TOGETHER with all houses outhouses edifices buildings stables gardens yards courtlages ways paths passages advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said two messuages or dwelling houses and plot or close of land or any part thereof belonging or appertaining or at any time heretofore hold use occupied or enjoyed or conveyed taken or known as part parcel or Member thereof or of any part thereof And the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents issues and profits thereof and of every part thereof TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said messuage or dwelling house hereditaments and premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby bargained and sold with the appurtenances unto the said John Pomeroy or his executors administrators and assigns from the day before the day of the sale of there premises and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence now ensuing and fully to be complete and ended HE the said John Pomeroy his executors administrators or assigns YIELDING AND PAYING therefore unto the said Charles Rashleigh and Sarah Hamley their heirs or assigns at the expiration of the said term the rent one pepper corn if the same shall be lawfully demanded to the intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and by force of the Statute made for transferring uses into possession the said John Pomeroy may be in actual possession of all and singular the said messuages or dwelling house hereditaments and premises hereby bargained and sold or mentioned and intended so to be with the appurtenances and be thereby enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the freehold Reversion and Inheritance of the same 2 messuages or dwelling houses hereditaments and premises to him his heirs and assigns by another Indenture of three parts intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these presents and to be made between the said Charles Rashleigh of the first part the said Sarah Hamley of the second part and the said John Pomeroy of the third part IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to these presents being first duly stamped have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written
Sarah Hamley Charles Rashleigh
Witness W Flamank
? Tremayne
Sally Pomeroy Hamley
John Bennett

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Contributed by Malcolm McCarthy, (Malc in Sunny Padstow), who has the original document.