[...] late Mannor of the Co mpannie of Vintners London

William Hammond

The nineteenthe day of September in the ffifteenthe yeare of his ma[ies]t[ie]s Reigne Annoq[ue] D[omi]ni 16 39 the foresaid S[i]r Raphe Whitfeld and Thomas ffotherley his ma[ies]t[ie]s Commissioners for and on his ma[ies]t[ie]s behalfe by virtue of the said Commission and William Hammond of Mullaghe Henry in the late countie of Londonderry clerk do conclude and agree and a that the said William and his assignes shall have and hold all that Towneland com monly called or knowne by the name of Derre[...]ase als[o] Dergana and the halfe Towneland commonly called [...] with th[e] appurten[a]nc[e]s in Mullaghe Henry and Killelagh in the said late countie or by wha tsoever other name or names the same be called or knowne conteining by estimation [...] acres Irish measure and all cabbins edifices and buildings there upon and alsoe all waies and passages unto the a foresaid premises or anie part thereof belonging or formerly enioyed therewith Excepting and res[er]ving unto his ma[ies]tie his heirs and successors all the woods and woodgrounds called Glanconkeyne and Killetra and all timber and timber trees storriers saplings and great trees mynes and quarries in upon or belonging to the p[re]misses or anie part thereof and all such reasonable waies and passages over the premises for the tenants 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 rivers creeks and streames in or neere [th]e p[re]misses and the soile and ground thereof and all the fishing and taking of salmon Eeles and other ffishe in the said rivers creekes streams and fishings and liberty to make houses and draw their netts and doe any other thing else whatsoever uppon the p[re]misses concerning the said fishings for the terme of one and twenty yeares from the ffeast of Phillip and Jacob now last past and under the yearly rent of ffowe r and twenty pounds sterling paiable into the receipt of his Majesty’s Exchequer in England or unto the hands of the Receiver of his ma[ies]tie his heires and s uccessors for the time being for the R evenue of Londonderry als[o] Derry and Colerane or either of them att the ffeasts of All Saints and Phillip and Jacob by equall porc[i]ons uppon condic[i]on that the said terme shall cease and be void if the said rent or anie part thereof shal[l] be behind and unpaid by the space of ffifty daies next after any of the said feasts or dayes of paim[en]t aforesaid And the said William or his assignes shall att his or their prop[er] costs and chardges within ffive yeares now next comeing erect and build and fully finishe uppon the p[re]misses one sufficient and substanciall house of timber stone or bricke after the manner of an Englishe house two stories highe and conteining fower roomes att the least and the said William or some other able and sufficient ten[a]nt with his family shall from time to time during the said terme of yeares be resident and inhabitant in and uppon the foresaid p[re]misses and shall during the said terme grind att his ma[ies]t[ie]s mill in the late Mannor of Vintners or Proporc[i]on of land called the Vyntners Proporc[i]on all his and their mault corne and graine w[hi]ch he or they shall expend or use uppon the p[re]misses or being ground shall sell to anie person or p[er]sons and pay for grinding thereof to the miller of the said mill for the time being the sixteenthe part of all the said mault corne and graine and shall doe suite att the Court Barron to be houlden for such manor as his ma[ies]tie shall erect create or make uppon or within the said Proporc[i]on from three weekes to three weekes if the same shal[l] be soe often held and shall during the said terme keep susteine and maintain the foresaid messuage and all other the aforesaid buildings in good and sufficient reparac[i]ons and shall within seaven yeares now next comeing with dike and double quicksett where quicksett will grow and with other good and sufficient fences and inclosures where quicksett will not growe devide sever and make the foresaid p[re]misses into six severall closes and the same being soe devided made and severed and all other the hedges ditches and inclosures uppon or belonging to the foresaid p[re]misses shall keepe and mainteine well and sufficiently fenced ditched inclosed and quicksetted during the said terme and sett and plant uppon some p[ar]te of the foresaid p[re]misses six young trees of oake or ashe fitt and likely to growe to be timber trees and the same or others to be sett and planted in the roomes and steeds of such of them as shall happen to dye shall mainteine p[re]serve and keepe from hurt and spoile during the said terme and shall att his and their prop[er] costs and chardges during the said terme have and keepe in redines uppon the foresaid p[re]misses for the service of his Majesty his heires and successors one pike and corslett furnished in such manner as the sa me shall and may be allowed by the muster master of the countie in w[hi]ch the p[re]misses are for the time being and that upon reasonable request there shal[l] be allowed and sett out unto the said W illiam or his assigns from time to time during the said term by the Woodward or other O fficer of his Majesty his heirs and

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