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And that the said Francis Barnaby and his assignes shall and may from time to have and take fireboote and hedgeboote to be taken in and upon the thornbushes shreadings and lopps of trees and underwoods growing upon the premises if the same be there to be had the same to be spent upon the premises and not otherwise And that his ma[ies]tie wil[l] be pleased to ratifie and confirme this agreement by his letters patents under the great Seale of England and [tha]t the said Francis Barnaby shall covenant and grannt thereby for him his heyres executors administrators and assigns to perform what is hereby agreed on his p[ar]te In witnes whereof the said commissioners and the said ffrancis Barnaby have putt to their hands [th]e day and year abovewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Tho[mas] ffotherley 1639 ffranncis Barnaby

The said five and twentieth day of July the said Commissioners for and on his Majesty’s behalfe by vertue of the said Commission and Thomas Hudson of Tawneyringoge in the late county of Londonderry Tanner doe conclude and agree that the said Thomas Hudson and his assignes shall have and hold all those three townelands called or knowne by the names of Ballilema Ballidonihur and Craggole or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or knowne [and] by conteining by estimac[i]on fower hundred and fifty acres Irish measure and now or late in the tenure or occupac[i]on of the said Thomas Hudson or his assignes [and] lyeing and being in the parish of Dersert Toughell in the said late county of Londonderry and allsoe all waies and passages unto the foresaid p[re]misses or any p[ar]te thereof belonging or formerly enioyed therewith Excepting and res[er]ving unto his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors all timber and timber trees storiers saplings and great trees mynes and quarryes in uppon or belonging to the p[re]misses or any p[ar]t thereof and all such reasonable waies and passages over the p[re]misses for the ten[a]nts and occupiers of his ma[ies]t[ie]s other lands as have formerly binn used and all the river of Bann and all the creekes rivers and streames in the said late county and the soile and ground thereof and all the ffishing and takeing of sallmon Eeles and other fishe in the said Rivers creekes and streames with free lib[er]ty for his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors and his and their ten[a]nts and ffarmers and the ffishers of the said Rivers creekes streames and ffishings to make houses and draw their netts and doe any other thing else whatsoever upon the p[re]misses concerning the said ffishings for the terme of one and twenty yeares from the ffeast of Phillip and Jacob now last past and under the yearly rent of seaven and twenty pounds sterling paiable into the Receipt of his ma[ies]t[ie]s Exchequer in England or unto the hands of the Receivor of his ma[ies]tie his heires and successors for the time being for the Reven[n]ue of Londonderry als[o] Derry and Colerane or either of them att the ffeasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by even and equall porc[i]ons Upon Condic[i]on that the said terme shall cease and be voyd if the said rent or any p[ar]t thereof shal[l] be

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And that the said Francis Barnaby and his assigns shall and may from time to have and take fireboot and hedgeboot to be taken in and upon the thornbushes, shreddings, and lops of trees and underwood growing upon the premises if the same be there to be had, the same to be spent upon the premises and not otherwise. And that his Majesty will be pleased to ratify and confirm this agreement by his letters patent under the Great Seal of England and that the said Francis Barnaby shall covenant and grant thereby for him, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns to perform what is hereby agreed on his part. In witness whereof the said commissioners and the said Francis Barnaby have put to their hands the day and year abovewritten:

Ralph Whitfeld Thomas Fotherley 1639 Francis Barnaby

 

The said five and twentieth day of July, the said commissioners for and on his Majesty’s behalf by virtue of the said commission, and Thomas Hudson of Tamnyrankin in the late county of Londonderry, tanner, do conclude and agree that the said Thomas Hudson and his assigns shall have and hold all those three townlands called or known by the names of Ballylame, Ballydullaghan, and Craigavole, or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or known and by, containing by estimation four hundred and fifty acres Irish measure and now or late in the tenure or occupation of the said Thomas Hudson or his assigns, and lying and being in the parish of Desertoghill in the said late county of Londonderry, and also all ways and passages unto the foresaid premises or any part thereof belonging or formerly enjoyed therewith. Excepting and reserving unto his Majesty, his heirs and successors all timber and timber trees, storiers, saplings and great trees, mines, and quarries in, upon, or belonging to the premises or any part thereof, and all such reasonable ways and passages over the premises for the tenants and occupiers of his Majesty’s other lands as have formerly been used, and all the River of Bann and all the creeks, rivers, and streams in the said late county, and the soil and ground thereof, and all the fishing and taking of salmon, eels, and other fish in the said rivers, creeks, and streams, with free liberty for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and his and their tenants and farmers and the fishers of the said rivers, creeks, streams, and fishings to make houses and draw their nets and do any other thing else whatsoever upon the premises concerning the said fishings, for the term of one and twenty years from the feast of Phillip and Jacob now last past, and under the yearly rent of seven and twenty pounds sterling payable 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 even and equal portions. Upon condition that the said term shall cease and be void if the said rent or any part thereof shall be

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