Dated 6th October 1885
Manor of Penrose
Captain Rogers R A to Mrs M J Bowden
Counterpart Lease of House in Peverell Road Porthleven Cornwall
Rent  £1. 10s  Term 60 years
No 207
This Indenture made the sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty five Between John Peverell Rogers of Penrose in the County of Cornwall a Captain in the Royal Artillery (hereinafter usually called the Lessor) of the one part and Mary Jane Bowden of Porthleven in the same County Widow (hereinafter usually called the Lessee) of the other part Whitnesseth hat in consideration of the surrender of a certain Indenture of Lease of the premises hereinafter demised dated the seventh day of August One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven and made between John Jope Rogers of the one part and George Bowden of the other part And also in consideration of the yearly rent and other payments hereinafter reserved and of the covenants clauses exceptions and agreements hereinafter contained on the part of Lessee her executors administrators and assigns The Lessor grants and demises unto the Lessee All that plot of land formerly marked out and allotted to Thomas Eva containing about Fourteen poles parcel of a field called the Town field situate near Porthleven aforesaid and numbered 2527 in the Tithe map and Apportionment of the Parish of Sithney in the said County together with the Dwelling house and other erections thereon erected and built which said premises form part of Peverell Road in Porthleven aforesaid and are parcel of the Manor of Penrose Together with the erections and buildings erected or to be erected thereon and all ways paths passages rights easements and appurtenances whatsoever belonging to the said hereby demised premises Excepting and Reserving out of this demise all mines metals and minerals clay marble slate stone and quarries with the liberty for the person or persons entitled to receive the rent hereby reserved on his or their assigns tenants agents or workmen to search and work for manufacture and carry away the same at pleasure And Also Excepting all waters and watercourses sewers and drains now or at anytime hereafter passing through the said demised premises with liberty to divert and convey any water or watercourse sewer or drain into through or from the said premises in such manner as he or they shall think proper and all trees and all game and all Royalties whatsoever And also liberty for the person or persons aforesaid on his or their agents at all reasonable times during the term hereby granted to enter in to all or any part of the said demised premises in order to examine the state and condition thereof To hold unto the Lessee from the Seventh day of July One thousand eight hundred and sixty eight for the term of Sixty years thence next ensuing Yielding and Paying therefore during the said term the clear yearly rent of One pound and ten shillings sterling by equal quarterly payments at Lady day Midsummer day Michaelmas day and Christmas day in every year the first of such quarterly payments to be paid at Christmas day One thousand eight hundred and eighty five And the Lessee hereby covenants with the Lessor that the Lessee or her assigns will pay the said yearly rent of One pound and ten shillings at the times and in manner herein appointed for payment thereof without and deduction or abatement whatsoever And also will pay and discharge all rates taxes tithes or rent charge in lieu thereof assessments and outgoings whatsoever in respect of the said premises during the said term And also will forthwith at her or their own expense when and as often as occasions shall require during the said term well and substantially repair and keep in good repair every part of the said demised premises with the appurtenances in every particular and also all such houses improvements and additions as at any time during the said term shall be erected or made thereon And in particular paint and keep painted during the said term in a proper manner and to the satisfaction of the Lessor or other the person or persons aforesaid all the external and internal wood iron and other work usually painted or which ought to be painted And if the Lessee or her assigns shall omit to do any such repairs or painting for Thirty days after notice it shall be lawful for the Lessor or other ther person or persons aforesaid to cause the same to be done and in such case the charges of such repairs or painting shall be due as rent reserved on this demise and recoverable as such by action or distress And the said premises and all future erections thereon in such good and substantial repair and properly painted as aforesaid will at the expiration or other determination of the said term peaceably yield up And will keep all the walls sewers fences hedges gutters and drains upon or in the said premises in proper repair clean and in good order and so leave the same at the end or sooner determination of the said term And will well and properly manage cultivate and manure the said premises according to the rules of good gardening and the same so cultivated will at the end or sooner determination of the said term peaceably yield up And will carefully preserve all trees and saplings at any time growing on the said premises And will during the said term attend and do suit and service to all the Courts to be held for the Manor of Penrose or for the receipt of the rent hereby reserved and pay her on their proportionate part of the expenses of such Courts respectfully and undertake and faithfully discharge the office of Reeve and all other reasonable offices as often as thereunto appointed under the forfeit of every default thereof respectfully of Five shillings to be recoverable as rent reserved by distress And will not erect or continue on the said land or any part thereof any Dwelling house or building except such as shall respectfully be in accordance as to situation architectural and general design and character elevations form workmanship materials sewers drains yards ashpits Offices and outbuildings with such plans ans specifications as shall have been previously approved of in writing by the Lessor or other the person or persons aforesaid on his or their Surveyor And will immediately on the execution of these presents at her or their own expense Insure and keep Insured during the said term all buildings on the said premises in some respectable Hire Insurance Office in the full value thereof and in default thereof it shall be lawful for the Lessee or other the person or persons aforesaid to Insure in like manner and recover the expenses by distress (as for rent in arrear) on the said premises hereby demised and shall and will expend all monies received on such Insurance in rebuilding or restoring the said premises And Lastly will not suffer upon the said premises or any part thereof anything which shall or maybe or become or grow to a public or private nuisance or a damage disturbance annoyance or grievance to the Lessor or other the person or persons aforesaid or any occupier of land or buildings for the time being in the neighbourhood of the said premises Nor use nor suffer the said house to be used otherwise than as a private dwelling house without the written license in each case first obtained of the Lessor or person or persons aforesaid provided always that the said yearly rent or other payments aforesaid or any part thereof shall be unpaid for Twenty one days after any or either of the times of payment aforesaid (whether the same shall have been legally demanded or not) Or if the Lessee or her assigns shall suffer the said premises or any part thereof to be ruinous or in a decay or in want of paint to the value of Twenty shillings and the same shall not amend and repair and paint after notice to her or them given or left on the said premises or at her or their place of abode for the time being Or shall commit or suffer any waste on the said premises or any other act or thing whatsoever prejudicial to the said premises or to the title or estate of the Lessor or other the person or persons aforesaid or shall not observe perform and act agreeably to all and every the covenants clauses exceptions and agreements hereinbefore contained on the part of the Lessee and her assigns Then in all any or either of the cases aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Lessor or other the person or persons at any time thereafter into the said premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole to reenter and thereupon the term hereby granted shall cease without prejudice to any remedy under any covenant herein contained And the Lessor hereby covenants with the Lessee that the Lessee and her assigns paying the said yearly rent and other payments and observing and performing all and every the covenants conditions clauses and agreements hereinbefore respectively reserved and contained and on her or their part to be paid observed and performed shall and may peaceably and quietly hold and enjoy all and singular the said premises hereby demised during the term hereby granted without any let action interruption or denial whatsoever by the Lessor or any person or persons claiming or to claim by through from under or in trust for him or them In Witness whereof the parties aforesaid to these presents their hands and seals interchangeably have set the day and year first before written.
 
Signed sealed and delivered by the within named Mary Jane Bowden in the presence of Reginald N Rogers