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16th June 1774
John Biggin Esq.
to
Sir Willoughby Aston Bart
Copy Counterpart of
Lease of:
Cosgrove Priory
This Indenture made the Sixteenth day of June in the fourteenth 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 One thousand seven hundred and seventy four Between John Biggin of the parish of Saint Margaret in the City of Westminster Esquire of the one part And Sir Willoughby Aston of Seymour Street Portman Square in the parish of Saint Mary la Bonne in the County of Middlesex Baronet of the other part
Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the Yearly Rent Covernants Considerations and Agreements herein after reserved mentioned and contained and which on the Tenants or Lessees part and behalf are to be paid kept done and performed He the said John Biggin Hath demised Leased set and to Farm letten and by these Presents All that Capital Messuage Tenement or Mansion House of him the said John Biggin commonly called or known by the name of the Priory situate and being at Cosgrove in the County of Northampton wherein the said John Biggin lately dwelt Together with the Coach houses Stables Yards and Gardens thereunto belonging And also All those three pieces or parcels of Meadow Ground thereunto adjoining and belonging called and known by the Name and Names of Bushy Church Close and Pond Close containing together by Estimation Sixteen Acres or thereabouts be the same more or less And also All and Singular Houses Outhouses Buildings Barns Cellars Sollars Chambers Rooms Garrets Lights Yards Ways Paths Passages Waters Watercourses Easements Profits Commodities Privileges Advantages and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Capital Messuage Tenement or Mansion House and Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining or therewith heretofore usually held used occupied and enjoyed Together also with the several Goods Household Furniture Fixtures and other things in the Schedule or Inventory hereunder written particularly mentioned To have and to hold the said Capital Messuage Tenement or Mansion House pieces of Meadow Ground and All and Singular other the premises hereby Demised or mentioned and intended so to be with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators from the feast day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary last past before the date hereof for and during and unto the full End and Term of Eleven Years from thence next ensuing and fully to be Compleat and Ended Yielding and paying therefore Yearly and Every year during the said Term unto the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators and Assigns the rent or Sum of Sixty three pounds of good and lawfull money of Great Britain at or upon the four most usual Feasts or days of payment of Rent in the Year (that is to say) the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist Saint Michael the Archangel the Birth of our Lord Christ and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in every year by even and equal portions the first payment therof to begin and be made on the Feast of the Nativity of Saint john the Baptist next ensuing the date of these presents Provided always and these presents are upon this Condition nevertheless that if it shall happen that the said Yearly rent or Sum of Sixty three pounds hereby reserved or any part thereof shall be behind and unpaid for the space of one and twenty days next over or after any of the said Feasts or days of Payment whereon the same ought to be paid as aforesaid (being lawfully demanded) That then and from thenceforth it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said John Bigginn his Executors Administrators and Assigns into and upon the said hereby demised premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole wholly to reenter and the same to have again retain repossess and enjoy as in his or their first and former Estate or Estates and him the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators and all and every other occupier and occupiers of the said Demised Premises from thence utterly to expel put out and amove Anything herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise Notwithstanding And the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors or Administrators doth Covenant Promise and Agree to and with the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators and Assigns by these Presents that he the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors or Administrators shall and will Yearly and every Year during the said Term of Eleven Years hereby Granted well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators or Assigns the aforesaid Yearly rent or Sum of Sixty three pounds at the days and times and in such manner and form as is herein before limited and appointed for payment thereof according to the true intent and meaning of those presents And also that he the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators shall and will from time to time at his and their own proper Costs and Charges bear pay and discharge all and all manner of Rates Taxes Charges Assessments and Impositions whatsoever whether Parliamentary Parochial or otherwise (the Land Tax only Excepted) which is or are or which shall or may at any time hereafter be laid rated taxed charged or imposed upon the said hereby demised Premises or any part thereof during the Continuance of this Demise And further that he the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators shall and will from time to time and at all times during the continuance of this Demise at his and their like proper costs and charges well and sufficiently repair uphold support sustain maintain fence scour cleanse Glaze pave amend and keep hereby Demised and every part and parcel thereof in by and with all and all manner of needful and necessary reparations and Amendments whatsoever when where and as often as need or occasion shall be and required And the same Premises so well and sufficiently repaired upheld supported sustained maintained fenced scoured cleansed glazed paved and amended at the end Expiration or other sooner determination of this Demise shall and will peaceably and quietly leave surrender and yield up unto the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators or Assigns together with the said several Goods Household Furniture fixtures and other things in the Schedule or Inventory hereunder written particularly mentioned as aforesaid in as good plight and Condition as the same now are (reasonable use and Wear thereof Damages by Fire and other inevitable Accidents only excepted) And that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators and Assigns with Workmen and others in his or their Company twice in every Year during the continuance of this Demise at seasonable hours to enter and come into and upon the said Capital Messuage Tenement or Mansion House and other the Premises hereby Demised every or any part thereof there to view search and see the state and Condition of the reparations thereof And of such Defects decays and wants of Reparation as he or they shall there find to give or leave Notice or Warning in Writing at the said Demised Premises unto with or for the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors or Administrators to repair and amend the same within the space of three Months from thence next ensuing within which said time and space of three months he the said Sir Willoughby Aston for himself his Executors and Administrators doth hereby Covenant Promise and agree well and sufficiently to repair and amend the same accordingly And the said John Biggin for himself his Executors Administrators and Assigns doth hereby Covenant Promise Grant and agree to and with the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executor and Administrators that he the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators by and under the due payment of the Rent herein and hereby reserved and performing fulfilling and keeping all and every of the Covenants Conditions and Agreements herein before mention and contained and which on the part and behalf of the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators are and ought to be paid kept done and performed shall and may peaceably and quietly have hold use occupy possess and enjoy the said Capital Messuage Tenement or Mansion House Closes of Land and All and Singular the said hereby Demised Premises with their and every of their Appurtenances for and during the said term of Eleven Years hereby Granted without the let suit trouble Molestation or disturbance of the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators or Assigns or of any other persons whosoever claiming or to claim the same Premises or any part thereof by from or under him them or any of them Provided always and it is hereby Covenanted concluded and agreed by and between the said Parties to these Presents and it is the true intent and meaning of them and of these Presents that if the said Sir Willoughby Aston his Executors and Administrators shall be minded and desirous to quit surrender and yield up the Possession of the said Capital Messuage Tenement or Mansion House Closes Pieces or Parcels of Land and other the said hereby demised Premises with the Appurtenances either at the end and Expiration of the first three Years Or of the first Seven Years of the said Term of Eleven Years herby Granted And of such his or their mind and Intention shall give or leave Notice and Warning in Writing unto before the said John Biggin his Executors Administrators or Assigns at his or their respective place or places of Abode Six Calendar Months at least before the End and Expiration either of the said first three Years or of the first Seven Years of the said Term That then and in such Case from and immediately after the End and Expiration either of the said first three Years or of the said first Seven Years of the said Term of Eleven Years hereby Granted upon Payment of all rent which shall be then due and owing and upon the due Performance of all and every the Covenants Clauses Conditions and Agreements herein before reserved mentioned and contained on the Tenants or Lessees part and behalf to be paid done and Performed This present Indenture of Lease and every clause Article matter and thing herein contained shall cease determine and be utterly void to all intents and purposes whatsoever Anything herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise Notwithstanding In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Presents have hereunto Interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written
The Schedule or Inventory to which the above written Indenture of Lease refers
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In the Wine Cellar
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In The Dairy
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One half Hogshead: and Two small Casks
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One Milk Lead
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In the Small Beer Cellar
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In the Coach house
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Eight half Hogsheads, One small Cask, and One Brass Cock
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A Setter
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In the Garden - House
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In the Hall
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Eight Square Glasses, Two Bell-Glasses, Two Garden Rakes, Two Hoes, one fork, one Spade, some Fruit Nets, a Frame for a Hot-bed, and a scythe.
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Eight Garden Chairs, and two large Dining Tables
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In the Cart Hovel
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In the Dining – Room
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One Barrow
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Six Mahogany Chairs, Two Arm Ditto, one Table, one Marble slab, Two Window Rails, one large Glass, and Two Sconces
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In the Cowhouse
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In the Breakfast Room
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Seventeen Lengths of Boarding, being an Old Fence, with the posts belonging thereto.
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Four Mahogany Chairs, Two Book Cases, One Fire Screen, one Glass and a Sconce.
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In the Farm - House
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In the Little Chintz Room
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A quantity of Hurdles, Oak Boards, Pantiles and Bricks
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One Bedstead, One Mattress, Curtains and Valens, One large Glass with a Gilt Frame, one Glass with a White Frame, a set of Drawers, one Chair, Six other Chairs, one Table and a Marble Slab.
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In the Brewhouse
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In the Large Chintz Room
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One large Copper, one small Do one Boiler, one Mash Vatt, one large Tub, one small Do Two Coolers one Shovell one form, one Thrall for the Mash Vatt, a Tap, Spiggot and Fosset, some Cast-iron for an Oven, a pail, a Coal Rake, and a Lid for the Cooler.
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One Deal Table, and Cover, one Glass, Two Window Rails, Two large Carpets, one Bedside Carpet, Two pieces of Yellow Stuff
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In the Servants Hall
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In the Closet in the Chintz Room
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A Wig Block
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Four Sauce pans, a Black Jack, a Drudging Box, a Quart Copper pot, one Coffee pot, One Cheese Toaster and Tunnel, a Copper Tea Kettle, a small Brass Pan, five Tin Covers, One Brass Ditto, and one Copper Do, a Copper Stewpan and Cullender, one pair pf Scales and five Weights, one pair of Stilyards, seven Iron Skewers, two Brass fenders, one Toasting fork, one large Lanthorn, one Pepper Box, one Sieve, four Hand Brushes, One long Brush, a Cleaver, one Basting Ladle, one pewter Bason, a Brass Warming-pan, one Beef-fork, two fire Shovels, Tow pair of Tongs, Two pokers, Two Tin Slices, one Coal pan, a Nutmeg Grater, two Brass Candlesticks, two Japan Ditto, five Tin Ditto, four pair of Snuffers, Six Extinguishers, one Chopping Knife, one Lamp, one Dripping pan, one Window Rail, and one Hand Bell.
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In the Scullery
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In the Red Room
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One Plate Rack and One Frying Pan
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One Bedstead, One Bed, One Mattress, One Rugg, Curtains and Vallens, two Gilt Sconces Glasses, One Swing Dressing Glass, five Chairs, and one set of Drawers.
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In the Pantry
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In the Closet
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A large Cupboard
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A Silk Cushion and a Close Stool
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In the Kitchen
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In the Room over the Drawing Room
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Six Chairs, One Fire Screen, two Spits, one Bucket, Six Pot-Links upon the Crane, one Candle-Box, a Tea Kettle, a Tinder- Box, a Footman, a Gridiron, a pair of Bellows, a Fire Shovel, a pair of Tongs, and a Poker Two Iron Racks for a Spit, a Kitchen Grate and Ash-Grate, a Coal Pan, one Table, and a Smoke Jack and Chain.
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Ten Black Japan Gilt Chairs, a small Writing Table, one Brass Lock, and a Roll of Oil Cloth.
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In the Larder
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One Salting Lead, One Boiler and Cover, one Brass Weight, One Pair of Steps and One Churn.
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In the Drawing Room
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One large Floor Matt, One small Do. One Oil Cloth, One Table and Two Window Rails for Curtains
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In the Men’s Garret
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Two Bedsteads One Bed, Two Pillows, and one piece of Matting
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In the Garret over the Great Chintz Room
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One Bedstead, One Bed Curtains and Vallens, and One Large Chest.
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In the Maids Garret
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One Bedstead, One Bed Curtains and Vallens, one Mattress, three Pillows, One Chair, One Table, and one Broken Glass.
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In the Dark Garret
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One spinning Wheel, one Iron Pot, One Old Drag Nett, One Casting Net, One Iron Grate, and One Sash Window
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Willby (L.S.) Aston
Sealed and Delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of
Jno Mansel
John Selby
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