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The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family In October 1819 George Archard of Nocketts Hill Farm wrote to the solicitors to request an extension to his lease, invoking a clause in the original lease, A covenant … that in the case that you G C Montagu should then be alive but not otherwise… you would grant me a further lease 469 It isn’t known whether he was granted an extension on the lease, but in 1821 470 Nocketts Hill Farm was leased to John Archard. The same document that shows John Archard at Nocketts Hill Farm also gives details of tenants and farm rental costs Tenant Land Annual rent (£-s) John Archard Nocketts Hill Farm, plus the 200 Orchard and Hannah’s Ground Edward James Short Close, Sapy’s Close & 31 10 Beast Lease (on Bewley) Wiliam Hood Middle Farm 300 James Hancock New End Farm and lands at Showell 300 William Hancock Great Lodge Farm, excepting the 550 Orchard and Hannah’s Ground leased to John Archard Richard Joyce Bewley Court Farm 346 Lands and cottages coming to him 34 on his brother’s death Lands held by Montagu under 70 leasehold from Talbot see Pratt, T (2004) Two Georgian Montagus” Wiltshire College Lackham online at http://www.lackhamcountrypark.co.uk/documents/two_georgian_montagus.pdf 469 W&SHC 137/59-24 470 W&SHC 137/59-12 116
The Manor of Lackham Vol 3 : The Montagu family Richard Nott White Cross Ground 34 Anne Tayler Catteridge Farm 471 570 Robert Ray Cuckoo Bush Farm 300 Ray Grist Mill plus lands and 130 cottage at Raybridge occupied by William Davies 472 Joseph Wheeler Ray Cloth Mill and Land 130 The 1821 leases provide an insight into the agriculture being practiced on the estate in the early nineteenth century. Rotations were being specified, for example, James Hancock’s lease for land at Showell was to be Arable, except for Dry Ground (about 10 acres, which doesn’t actually leave a lot to be arable from a rental of 12 acres!). Dry Ground was to be planted with “peas or potatoes” in 1821, “vetches or turnips” in 1822 and wheat in 1823 with a grass underlay so that the ground could be returned to pasture afterwards. The turnips / vetches were to be “eaten on the land”, probably by pigs. This was not uncommon, it fed the pigs and nutrients were returned directly to the field with the dung. Repairs to Mills were a common requirement, and when the lease for Ray Mill came up for renewal in 1824 John Cornish offered a rental of £160 per annum (on behalf of his son in law James Ray) for Ray Grist Mill, one provision being that “the tenant will do the repairs – being allowed rough materials – but with the exception of blowing the hatches and sheeting” As has already been seen, the Lacock area was involved in the Wiltshire Weaving industry. James Montagu rented a cottage and pasture on Bewley Common to James Hillier of Lacock “a weaver” in 1792 473 . It is known that Ray Mill was used for both corn and weaving activities: 471 The rent was to be offset against Mrs Tayler’s expenses incurred for land drainage she was undertaking. 472 Mr Ray was objecting to paying for repairs to the Mill – the agent suggested that the rental should be increased if the estate undertook the repairs 473 W&SHC 137/59-7 117
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