[...] Proporc[i]on [...] Mannor of Drapers

The six and twentieth day of September in the ffifteenth yeare of his Ma[ies]t[ie]s Raigne annoque domini 1639 the foresaid S[i]r Raph Whitfeld and Thomas ffotherley his Ma[ies]t[ie]s Com[m]iss ioners for and on his Ma[ies]t[ie]s behalfe by vertue of the said Com[m]ission, And Robert ffoster of Killcronaghan in the late County of London derry yeoman, and Margarett ffoster of Killcronaghan aforesaid widowe ffor and on the behalfe of themselves and William Foster of Killcronaghan aforesaid yeoman doe conclude and agree That the said Robert William and Margarett and their assignes shall have and hold all that towneland com[m]o nly called or knowen by the name of Drambally with th[e] appurten[a]nc[e]s in Killcronaghan aforesaid or by whatsoever other name or names the same be called or knowen conteyninge by estimac[i]on ffowerscore and tenn acres Irishe measure And all Cabbons edifices and buildinges thereupon and alsoe all wayes and passages unto the f oresaid pre mises or any parte thereof belonginge or formerlie enioyed therew[i]th Except ing and reserveinge unto his Ma[ies]ty his heires and successors All his Ma[ies]t[ie]s woods in Glenconkeyne and Killetra. And alsoe all timber and timber trees storiers saplinges and g reat trees Mines and Quarries in upon or belonginge to the premisses or any parte th ereof and all such reasonable wayes and passages over the premisses for the T enants and occupiers of his Ma[ies]t[ie]s other lands as have formerlie ben used And the lough called Lougheagh als[o] Loughsidney and all that River of Bann and all other Rivers creeks and streames in or neere the premisses and the soile and ground thereof and all the ffishinges and takeinge of salmons Eeles and other fishe in the said loughs rivers Creekes streames and fish ings and lib[er]tie to make howses and draw their nets and doe any thinge else whatsoever upon the premisses concerninge the said fishings ffor the terme of one and twenty yeares from the feast of Phillip and J acob now last past ffor and under the yearelie rent of thirteene pounds ster ling payable into the Receipt of his Ma[ies]t[ie]s Exchequer in England or unto the han ds of the Receiver of his Ma[ies]ty his heires and successors for the time beinge for the revenue of Londonderry als[o] derry and Colerane or either of them at the ffeasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equall porc[i]ons upon condic[i]on that the said term shall cease and be void if the said rent or anie parte thereof shall be behind and unpaid by the space of ffiftie dayes next after any of the said ffeasts or days of payment aforesaid And the said William Robert and Mar garet or their a ssigns shall at his and their proper costs and charges within fower yeares next comeing erect and build and fully finish upon the premisses one sufficient and substantial house of tim ber stone or brick after the manner of an Englishe howse two stories high and cont aining [...] rooms at the least And the said Robert William and Margarett or some other able and sufficient Ten[a]nt w[i]th his ffamily shall from time to time dureinge the said term of years be resident and inhabitant in and upon the foresaid p remises and shall during the said terme grinde at his Ma[ies]t[ie]s Mill within the late Mannor or Proportion aforesaid called the Drapers proporc[i]on all his and theire malt corn and grain w[hi]ch hee or they shall expend or use upon the premisses or being ground shall sell to any person or persons and pay for grindinge thereof to the Miller of the said Mill for the time beinge the sixteenth parte of all the said malt corn and graine And the said Robert and Will[ia]m and their assignes shall doe suit at the Court Baron to be holden for such Mannor as his Ma[ies]ty shall erect create or make upon or within the said proporc[i]on from three weeks to three weeks if the same shall be soe often held And the said Robert Will[ia]m and Margarett or their assignes shall dureinge the said terme keepe susteyne and mainteine the foresaid Messuage and all other the foresaid buildings in good and sufficient reparac[i]ons. And shall w[i]thin seaven yeares now next comeinge with dike and double quickesett where quicksett will growe and w[i]th other good and sufficient ffences and inclosures where quicksett will not growe dev ide sever

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