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Indenture dated 30 December 1809

THIS INDENTURE made the Thirtieth day of December in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred and nine BETWEEN SAMUEL KEKEWICH of Peamore in the County of Devon Esquire of the one part and WILLIAM MARSHALL of the parish of Lanivet in the County of Cornwall yeoman of the other part
WITNESSETH that the said Samuel Kekewich for and in Consideration of the Sum of Fifteen Pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain to him in hand paid by the said William Marshall at or before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge HATH granted demised and leased and hereby DOTH grant demise and lease unto the said William Marshall his Executors Administrators and Assigns ALL that his part purport and portion (as the same has been long since divided) of and in all that one Tenement in Lamorrack situate lying and being in the parish of Lanivet aforesaid and parcel of the Manor of Lanivet formerly in the possession of William Marshall deceased late of William Marshall father of the said William Marshall party hereto and now of him the said William Marshall Together with all ways paths privileges Easements and appurtenances whatsoever to the said hereby demised premises belonging or in anywise appertaining EXCEPTING AND RESERVING out of the Demise unto the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, all Tin, Tin Stuff, Copper, Lead, and all other Ores, Mines, Metals, and Minerals, and Quarries of all kinds whatsoever, AND ALSO all Clay and Marle lying and being in the said Premises, or any part thereof, with Liberty of Ingress, Egress, and Regress, to and for him and them, and his and their Servants, Workmen and Agents, in, through, and upon the said Premises, to dig, search, and work for the same respectively; and the Tin, Copper, Lead and other Ores, Metals and Minerals, Stones, Slate, and other Contents of the said Quarries, Clay and Marle, to land, lay, dress, manufacture, and carry away, when and as he or they shall think proper, to and for his and their own proper Use, and Benefit: and also to sink any Pits or Shafts, and to make any Addition or Additions, and erect any Houses, Engines, or Machines for draining or drawing of any Waters, and for the better and more convenient carrying on and Managing any Mines or Works, and to take and dig Earth and Stones for that or any other Purpose: AND ALSO EXCEPTING Liberty and Power to set, let and demise, all or any Part of the Downs or Commons belonging to the said Premises to any Person or Persons whomsoever, and Liberty and Power for him the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns and the Person or Persons to whom the Downs and Commons shall be so demised, to enclose and build on the same in such Manner as he or they shall think proper: AND EXCEPTING all Waters, Water-Courses, Leats and Passages of and for Water whatsoever, with Liberty to bring, pass, divert, or convey away, any Waters or Water-Courses into, through, or from any Part of the said Premises, and for that Purpose to make any Head-Wares, Trenches, Dams, Leats or other Conveniences, therein or thereupon, or in or upon any Part thereof, and to cut  Turf therein for amending and repairing the same, and to make use of such Waters and Water-Courses into, through, or from any Part of the said Premises, and for that Purpose to make any Head-Wares, Trenches, Dams, Leats or other Conveniences, therein or thereupon, or in or upon any Part thereof, and to cut Turf therein for amending and repairing the same, and to make use of such Waters and Water-Courses for any Purpose whatsoever: AND ALSO EXCEPTING all Trees, Saplings, Woods and Coppice Woods whatsoever, with the Lops and Shreds thereof, now growing or hereafter to grow, in or upon the said Premises, or any part thereof: with Liberty to fell, root up, work up, and carry away the same, and to bark the same, and to lay, dry, cure and preserve the Barks thereof, and also to make Charcoal on the Premises, and to have proper Ways and Passages, for taking and carrying away all such Trees and Saplings, Woods, Coppice Woods, Barks, and Charcoal: with Liberty also to plant any Trees as he or they shall think proper, at any time during the Term hereby granted in any Part of the said Premises; AND ALSO EXCEPTING all usual Ways and Passages whatsoever through and over the said Premises: AND ALSO Liberty for him the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, Servants or Agents, to hunt, hawk, fish and fowl, in and upon the said Premises: AND LIKEWISE EXCEPTING all Royalties whatsoever, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the said Premises hereby demised, with the Appurtenances (except before excepted) unto the said William Marshall his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, from and immediately after the several deaths and deceases of the said William Marshall , party hereto and Abraham Marshall for and during the full Time and Term of Ninety nine Years Hence next ensuing; and fully to be complete and ended, IF William son of the said William Marshall Party hereto now aged about nine months shall so long happen to live HE the said William Marshall His Executors, Administrators and Assigns, YIELDING AND PAYING therefore yearly, and every Year, during the Term, unto the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, the Yearly Rent or Sum of one Shilling and two pence of Lawful Money of Great Britiain, clear of Land-tax, and all Deductions and Reprises whatsoever, at the Four most usual Feasts or Days of Payment of Rent in One Year (that is to say) Christmas Ladysday Midsummer and Michaelmas by even and equal Portions and Quarterly Payments to be divided and paid; the first Payment thereof to begin and be made at or on the Feast of The birth of our Lord Christ next ensuing the date hereof And one Capon yearly at Michaelmas or one shilling for the same at the Choice and Election of the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns AND ALSO YIELDING AND Paying the sum of four shillings of like Lawful Money for and in the name of an Heriot or Farley by upon and immediately after the death and decease of him the said William Marshall the younger he dying after the Commencement of the said term and not otherwise AND IF IT HAPPEN that the said Yearly Rent or other Payments aforesaid, or any or either of them, shall be behind and unpaid, after any or either of the Feasts or Days of Payment aforesaid, THEN it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Samuel Kekowich his Heirs and Assigns, into and upon the said Premises to enter and distrain , and the Distress there found to seize, sell, and dispose of , according to Law, AND in Default of sufficient Distress to be found on the said Premises, for Satisfaction of the said Rent and other Payments, with all Costs and Charges thereon; OR if the said William Marshall his Executors, Administrators or Assigns, shall suffer the said Premises, or any part thereof to be ruinous or in Decay, to the value of Twenty Shillings, and the same shall not amend and repair, within Six Months next after Norice to him or them given, or left on the said Premises, or at his or their Place of Abode for the Time being; OR shall cut, break, pluck up, deface, damage, destroy, or carry away, any Tree or Trees, OR do or shall commit, permit or suffer, any Act or Thing whatsoever prejudicial to the said Premises, or to the Title or Estate of the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, of and in the same OR shall not observe and act agreeable to the Exceptions and Clauses, and do perform and execute all and every one of the Covenants and Agreements herein contained; THEN, for all, any, or either the Causes aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, into and upon the said Premises, or any Part thereof in the Name of the Whole, to re-enter, and the same to have again, reposses and enjoy, as in his or their former Estate or Right. AND the said William Marshall doth hereby for himself his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, covenant, promise, and agree; to and with the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, that he the said William Marshall his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall and will pay, or cause to be paid, unto the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, the said Yearly Rent and other Payments, in Manner and Form aforesaid, AND shall and will repair, uphold, sustain, maintain, and keep, all and singular the said Premises hereby demised, with the Appurtenances, and every Part and Parcel thereof, in and with all necessary Reparations whatsoever, during the said Term; and the same at the End thereof, so well and sufficiently repaired and kept, at his and their Costs and Charges, shall and will leave and yield up: AND shall and will do and perform Suit and Service to all and every the Court and Courts of the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns, to be held for the Manor of Lanivet AND ALSO THE Office of Reeve, as often as thereunto elected, and all other Offices and services belonging to the said Manor
AND ALSO shall and will, within Tree Months next after Notice to him or them given, or left on the said Premises, or at his or their Place of Abode for the Time being, produce and shew forth unto the said Samuel Kekewich his Heirs and Assigns the life above named or otherwise make it appear to him or them within the Time aforesaid, or within a reasonable Time, if the said life happen to be in foreign Parts, by a good and sufficient Certificate that he living, AND shall and will during the whole of the said Term hereby granted do and act and manage the said Premises according to the Rules of good Husbandry.
 
AND the said Samuel Kekewich and his Heirs, all and singular the said Premises hereby granted, with the Appurtenances (except before excepted) unto the said William Marshall ,his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, during the Term aforesaid, as well against him the said William Marshall, his Heirs and Assigns, as against all and every Person and Persons whomsoever, discharged and saved harmless of and from all former and other Gifts, Grants, Titles, Charges, and Incumbrances whatsoever, shall and will warrant, acquit and defend, by these Presents: IN WITNESS whereof the Parties aforesaid to these presents their Hands and Seals Interchangeably have set the Day and Year first above written.
 
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
In the presence of

Chas Scott

William Marshall, Jun……

 

 
Transcribed by Kathryn Norman from a document in the Malcolm McCarthy Collection

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