No. 7.Minute of agreement to commute. No. 7.-MINUTE OF A MEETING AT WHICH AN Manor of in the county of At this meeting the lord [or lords] and tenants present thereat, such tenants being not less in number than three-fourths of the tenants of the said manor, and the interest of the lord [or lords] and of the tenants so present in the manor and lands respectively not being less than three-fourths of the interest in the value thereof respectively, computing the interest of the tenants as in the said act is provided, did proceed to make an agreement for the commutation of the rents, fines and heriots to become due in respect of the lands holden of the said manor, and of the lord's rights in timber, and the said lord [or lords] and the said tenants have duly signed and executed the said agreement. Dated this day of A. B., chairman. No. 8.Minute of provisional agreement to commute. "PRO No. 8.--MINUTE OF MEETING AT WHICH A SIGNED. Manor of in the county of At this meeting the lord [or lords] and tenants present thereat did proceed to make a provisional agreement for the commutation of the rents, fines and heriots, to become due in respect of the lands holden of the said manor, and of the lord's rights in timber, and have duly signed and executed the said agreement. day of Dated this A. B., chairman. No. 9.-AGREEMENT WITH TWO OR MORE TENANTS Manor of county of MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made the No. 9. day Agreement more tenants when the rent-charge is not appor agreement. of 18 between A. B., of, &c., lord of the said with two or manor of the first part; C. D., of, &c., a tenant of the said manor of the second part; E. F., of &c., another tenant of the said manor of the third part, &c. (according tioned in the to the number of the said tenants). Witness, that in pursuance of the powers and authorities for that purpose given in and by an act passed in the fifth year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act for the Commutation of certain Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and in respect of other Lands subject to such Rights, and for facilitating the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for the Improvement of such Tenure," the said parties above named, lord and tenants of the said manor, to the number of [or being all the tenants of the said manor] [with the consent of the said commissioners under the said act, testified by their signature and seal respectively hereupon written and impressed], do hereby contract and agree for the commutation of the rents, fines and heriots payable to the said lord in respect of the lands described in the schedule hereunder written (here specify any other rights which may be the subject of the agreement), in consideration of a rent-charge to be paid in respect of all the said lands described in the schedule hereunder written, and of a fine certain of the sum of five shillings, to be paid in respect of each and every of the said lands respectively, on the death or alienation of the said several tenants, parties hereto. And it is hereby agreed that such rent-charge shall be the sum of pounds,* but shall be variable from time to time according to the price of corn, as in the said act mentioned and provided. And it is hereby agreed that such rentcharge shall commence from the day of' and be respectively payable to the said A. B. [and other the lord and lords, lady and ladies, of the said manor for the time being] half-yearly on the first day of July and the first day of January for ever hereafter, and that the first payment shall be made on the of day As witness the hands of the said parties the day and year first above written. *This will be a variable corn-rent. See s. 36. THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO. This should contain the following information, in columns : Tenants' Lands to which admitted, and the Date of Admission. No. 10. Agreement with two or more tenants No. 10.-AGREEMENT WITH TWO OR MORE TE- day of 18 between A. B., of, &c., lord of the said manor rent-charge is apportioned ment. of the first part; C. D., of, &c., a tenant of the said when the manor of the second part; E. F., of, &c., another tenant of the said manor of the third part [according to by the agreethe number of the tenants]. Witness, that in pursuance of the powers and authorities for that purpose, given in and by an act passed in the fifth year of the reign of her present majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act for the Commutation of certain Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and in respect of other Lands subject to such Rights, and for facilitating the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for the Improvement of such Tenure," the said parties above-named, lord and tenants of the said manor, to the number of [or being all the tenants of the said manor] [with the consent of the said commissioners under the said act, testified by their signatures and seal hereupon written and impressed], do hereby contract and agree for the commutation of the rents, fines, and heriots payable to the said lord in respect of the lands described in the first schedule hereunder written [here specify any other rights which may be the subject of the agreement], in consideration of a rent-charge as hereinafter is mentioned [and subject to increase or decrease, as hereinafter mentioned], to be paid in respect of all the said lands described in the first schedule hereunder written, but to be apportioned as hereinafter and therein mentioned, and of a fine certain of the sum of five shillings, to be paid in respect of each and every of the said lands respectively on the death or alienation of the said several tenants parties hereto. And it is hereby agreed that such rent-charge shall be the sum of pounds, but shall be variable from time to time, according to the price of corn, as in the said act mentioned or provided; and that the same sum of pounds shall be apportioned in respect of the several lands at the several sums mentioned in the said first schedule, and that such apportioned sums in respect of each of such lands shall be deemed the commutation rent-charge, payable in respect thereof, as fully to all intents and purposes * This will be a variable corn-rent. See s. 36, ante, p. 323. See Copyhold Act, 1852, s. 41, ante, p. 407. as if each of such rent-charges or apportioned sums had been fixed and agreed on between the said (lord) and the tenant standing admitted to the lands in respect of which the same are so respectively apportioned. And it is hereby agreed that such rent-charge and apportionment thereof respectively shall commence from the day of and be respectively payable [to the said A. B., and other the lord and lords, lady and ladies, of the said manor for the time being], half-yearly, on the first day of July and the first day of January for ever hereafter, and that the first payment shall be respectively made on the day of And it is hereby agreed that the fees payable to the steward of the said manor from and after the confirmation of these presents, shall not exceed the scale in the said second schedule hereunder written. As witness the hands of the said parties the day and year first above written. THE FIRST SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO. This should contain the following information in columns : Tenants' Names. Lands to which admitted, and the subject of Commutation. Date of Sum apportioned in respect of each Tenement. THE SECOND SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERREd to. [Scale of Steward's Fees.] |