This Indenture made the twenty ninth day of September in the fortieth 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 eight hundred between The Right Honorable Henry Earl of Abergavenny of the one part and Abraham Evans of Bishopsgate Street, London woollen draper of the other part witnesseth that as well for and in consideration of the sum of thirty four pounds and sixteen shillings of lawful money of Great Britain by the said Abraham Evans to the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny in hand or before the sealing and delivering of these presents well and truly paid the payment and receipt whereof the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny doth hereby admit and acknowledge as also for and in consideration of the yearly rent hereby reserved and of the covenants and agreements herein contained on the part and behalf of the said Abraham Evans his heirs executors administrators and assigns to be paid done and performed he the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny hath demised and granted and by these presents doth demise and grant unto the said Abraham Evans and his heirs during such lives as are herein after mentioned all that cottage or tenement with the garden and barn thereto adjoining and also all those eight several closes pieces or parcels of arable meadow and pasture land thereto belonging containing altogether by estimation about 10 covers more or less having lands of the said Earl leased to Thomas Prosser and William Griffiths respectively on the north side thereof lands of the said Earl leased to David Valentine on the east side thereof lands of the said Earl leased to Edward James collier and adjoining to the freehold lands of the late John Cooke Esquire deceased on the south side thereof and the high road there leading from Pellenigg to Rhyd y Mirch on the west side thereof all which said heredits and premises are situate lying and being in the parish of Goytrey in the County of Monmouth and now and for several years past in the occupation of William Valentine as tenant thereof to the said Abraham Evans except and there being always reserved out of this demise unto the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny and such person and persons as for the time being shall be intitled to the inheritance freehold or other estate of or in the said hereby demised hereditaments subject to and immediately expectant upon the determination of the lease hereby granted all mines quarries whatsoever and all manner of timber trees and trees likely to become timber and also all coppice woods now standing growing or being or which shall or may at any time hereafter during the continuance of this demise stand grow or be in upon within or under the said demised premises or any part thereof with full and free liberty of ingress egress and regress way and passage to and for the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny and such other person and persons as aforesaid and his and their agents servants and workmen with beasts carts and carriages or otherwise at all times in the year to dig root fell cut down lop crop cord char take and carry away the same to have and to hold the said cottage or tenement garden barn pieces or parcels of land and all and singular other the premises herein before demised or mentioned or intended so to be with the appurtenances except as hereinbefore is excepted unto the said Abraham Evans and his heirs for and during the natural lives of Sarah Evans spinster the daughter of the said Abraham Evans now aged about twenty three years, William Kemp Evans the son of the said Abraham Evans now aged about five years and Elizabeth Aldridge spinster niece of the said Abraham Evans now aged about twenty one years and the life of the longest liver of them yielding and paying therefore yearly and every year during the continuance of this present lease unto the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny and such person and persons as for the time being shall be entitled to the inheritance freehold or other estate in reversion of and in the said premises so hereby demised as aforesaid subject to and immediately expectant upon the lease hereby granted the yearly rent or sum of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain free from land tax and all other taxes and deductions whatsoever now imposed or hereafter to be imposed by authority of Parliament or otherwise howsoever at the four most usual feasts or days of payment of rent in the year that is to say the twenty fifth day of December the twenty fifth day of March the twenty fourth day of June and the twenty ninth day of September in every year by even and equal portions the first payment thereof to begin and to be made on the twenty fifth day of December next ensuing the date here and also yielding and paying unto the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as for the time being shall be so entitled as aforesaid the sum of five shillings for and in the name of an heriot on the death of each of the three persons for whose lives respectively the said premises are hereby demised as aforesaid and also the like sum of five shillings on the alienation of the said premises provided nevertheless that if the said Abraham Evans his heirs or assigns do or shall grant demise lease sell assign or part with or from the said hereby demised premises or any part or parcel thereof without the licence or consent in writing under the hand and seal of the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as for the time being shall be so entitled as aforesaid or his or their steward for the time being of the Manor of Pellenigg in that behalf first had and obtained or shall do or cause or suffer to be done on or near the said hereby demised premises any act project or contrivance whatsoever whereby the same premises or any other of the estates of the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or of such person or persons as aforesaid or of his or their tenants may be any wise prejudiced damaged or lessen’d in the yearly value thereof respectively or if the said yearly rent or sum of five shillings hereby reserved or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid by the space of fifteen days next after either of the said feast days on which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid or if the said sum of five shillings hereinbefore reserved and made payable as aforesaid shall be behind or unpaid by the space of six months next after any of the times on which the same ought respectively to be paid or if there shall be any breach of the covenants provisoes or agreements herein contained on the lessees part and behalf at any time or times then and in every of such cases it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as shall be entitled in reversion as aforesaid into and upon the said hereby demised premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole to reenter and the same to have again repossess and enjoy in his or their former estate any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding and the said Abraham Evans for himself his heirs exors and admors doth covenant promise and agree to and with the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny and such person and persons as for the time being shall be so entitled in reversion as aforesaid by these presents in manner following, that is to say, that he the said Abraham Evans his heirs exors admors or assigns shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as for the time being shall be so entitled as aforesaid the said yearly rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and times and without deduction and in manner hereinbefore reserved and appointed for payment thereof same and according to the true intent and meaning of these presents and also that he the said Abraham Evans his heirs and assigns shall and will from time to time and at all times during the continuance of this present lease at his and their proper expence well and sufficiently repair uphold amend and keep repair the said cottage or tenement and barn and all and every the buildings gates stiles hedges ditches mounds and fences of and belonging to the said demised premises and the same premises so well and sufficiently repaired amended and kept in repair as aforesaid shall and will peaceably and quietly leave and yield up unto the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as for the time being shall be so entitled as aforesaid at the expiration or other sooner determination of this present lease and further that he the said Abraham Evans his heirs or assigns shall not nor will during the continuance of this present lease grant demise lease assign or part with or from the said hereby demised premises or any part or parcel thereof to any person or persons whomsoever without the licence or consent in writing under the hand and seal of the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as aforesaid or of his or their steward for the time being of the said Manor of Pellenigg in that behalf first had and obtained and the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny for himself his heirs executors and administrators as also for such person or persons as for the time being shall be so entitled as aforesaid doth covenant and agree to and with the said Abraham Evans his heirs and assigns by these presents that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Abraham Evans his heirs and assigns upon payment of the rent and performance of the covenants provisoes and agreements hereinbefore reserved and contained on his and their parts and behalfs peaceably and quietly to have hold and enjoy all and singular the said hereby demised premises without any let denial hindrance or interruption of from or by the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny or such person or persons as for the time being shall be so entitled as aforesaid or any other person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or who shall or may lawfully claim from by or under him them or any of them and the said Henry Earl of Abergavenny doth hereby authorize and in his place put and depute Lewis Osborne of the town of Abergavenny in the said County of Monmouth Gentleman and William Morgan of the parish of Lanvair Kilgiden in the same County Gentleman his lawful attornies or attorney jointly or severally for him and in his name to enter into and upon the said hereby demised premises or into any part thereof in the name of the whole and to give livery and seizin thereof unto the said Abraham Evans or to his attorney in that behalf lawfully authorised in order that this present lease may have its due effect.
In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto
Abraham Evans
On the cover of the document:-
Monmouthshire. Abergavenny. 29th Sep 1800. The Earl of Abergavenny to Mr Abraham Evans. Lease of a cottage and lands in the parish of Goytrey.
Sold to a James Jones in 1809. 27 whose …?
Sealed and delivered (being first duly stampt) in the presence of [BLANK]
NOTE: I assume the missing last line would be – “set their hands and seals the day and year first above written” DW