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THIS INDENTURE MADE THE 30th day of May the 27th year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland king Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the year of Our Lord 1787 BETWEEN JOHN TREHAWKE of the Borough of Liskeard in the County of Cornwall Esquire of the one part and William Marshall of the Parish of Lanivet in the said County Carpenter of the other part WITNESSETH that the said John Trehawke for and in consideration of the sum of £40 of lawful money of Great Britain in hand well and truly paid by the said William Marshall and before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and is hereon endorsed HATH granted demised leased sett and to Trarm sett and in and by these presents DOTH grant demise lease sett to Trarm sett unto the said William Marshall ALL that Moiety or Halfendale of a tenement in Lamorock in the Parish of Lanivet aforesaid with all and singular the appurtenances wherein one Simon Saunders sometime dwelled formerly in the possession of Francis Cole since of Stephen Cook and Thomas Tom their tenants or tenant AND ALSO the 12th part of that other Moiety of Halfendale of the aforesaid tenements in Lamorock aforesaid with all and singular the appurtenances which also was in the tenure or occupation of the said Stephen Cook and Thomas Tom (that is to say) such and so many several fields only and orchards with the appurtenances as have been only heretofore held occupied and enjoyed by the aforesaid Simon Saunders and other former tenants of the said Moiety and 12th part the said tenement in Lamorock aforesaid excepting and always reserving out of this present demise and grant unto the said John Trehawke his heirs and assigns ALL tyn and other metal now found or hereafter to be found in or upon the said demised premises or any part thereof and all timber trees that are now growing or which hereafter be grown in or upon the premises with free liberty of ingress egress and regress to and for the said John Trehawke his heirs and assigns in to all and singular the premises with the appurtenances to enter dig and search for tyn and other metals and the tyn and other metals there found and timer from thence lawfully to carry away and the same to convert at his and their will and pleasure TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the said demised premises in Lamorock aforesaid with all and singular the appurtenances (except before excepted) unto the said William Marshall his executors administrators and assigns for and during the full term and time of fourscore and nineteen years fully to be complete and ended of William Marshall (aged about 14 years) and Mary Marshall (aged about eleven years) son and daughter of the said William Marshall shall so long happen to live the said term to commence and begin immediately from and after the death of Edward Harris they now subsisting life on the said premises or the surrender forfeiture or other sooner determination of a term of fourscore and nineteen years granted in the said premises and now determinable on his death HE the said William Marshall his executors administrators and assigns YIELDING AND PAYING therefore yearly and every year after the commencement and during the continuance of the said hereby granted term unto the said John Trehawke his heirs and assigns the yearly rent or sum of 6/- 2d of lawful money of Great Britain at the four most usual Feasts or Days of payment of Rent in the year (that is to say) the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel The Birth of Our Lord Christ and the Annonciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary by even and equal portions the first payment thereof to be made and begin on such of the said Feasts as shall first happen after the commencement of the said term AND THEN ALSO yielding two capons yearly during the said term at the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel 2/- for the same at the Election of the said John Trehawke hid heirs and assign AND ALSO one Harvest journey yearly or 4d for the same at the like Election AND ALSO doing suit and service to the courts of the said John Trehawke and his heirs twice yearly after the commencement and during the continuance of the said term AND ALSO grinding all his corn and grain that shall be used on the premises at the mills of the said John Trehawke his heirs and assigns called Lanevit Mills AND ALSO Repairing and Maintaining all and singular the aforesaid demised premises and every part and parcel thereof in Houses Hedges Ditches fences as in all other Needful and Necessary Reparations when and as often as need shall require after the commencement and during the continuance of the said term and in the end or other sooner determination of the said term the same so well and sufficiently repaired sustained and maintained shall and will leave and yield up AND IF IT HAPPEN the said yearly rent of 6/- 2d Capons or 2/- Harvest journey of 4d suit to court or 3d £2 for and in the name of an Heriot or either of them to be behind and unpaid in part or in all by the space of 6 months next after any the said times of payment as aforesaid whereon the same ought to be paid and done as aforesaid being lawfully demanded and not paid and no sufficient distress or distresses in or upon the said demised premises or any part thereof can and may be found whereby the rents heriots or other dues so being behind with the arrearages thereof (if any be) can or may be levied or paid OR of the said William Marshall his executors administrators and assigns shall do or commit or suffer to be done or committed any spoil waste or destruction in or upon the said demised premises to the value of 5/- and the same be not sufficiently repaired and amended within the space of 3 months after Notice given for the repairing and mending thereof that thenant from thenceforth for any or either of the causes aforesaid it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Trehawke his heirs and assigns into all and singular the said demised premises with their and every of their appurtenances to re-enter the same to have again reposses and enjoy as in his and their first and former Estate these presents or anything herein contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding AND the said John Trehawke and his heirs all and singular the said demised premises with the appurtenances unto the said William Marshall his executors administrators and assigns in manner and form aforesaid and during the term aforesaid under the rents services covenants conditions and reservations before in these presents reserved and expressed as well against the High and Chief Lord or Lords of the Fee or Fees thereof for all manner of High Rents reliefs suits and services issuing due and payable out of or for the same or any part thereof as against all and every other Person or Persons whatsoever lawfully claiming the same or any part thereof shall and will warrant acquit and by these presents defend IN WITNESS whereof the aforesaid parties to these presents their hands and seals interchangeably have sett the day and year first above written
William Marshall
Witnessed
Thomas Mounsteven of Bodmin

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