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166 HISTORY OF CORN MILLING: vol. iv<br />
KiNG's^MiLLS<br />
LIVERPOOL. '<br />
^^' ^^^ Morcs had already become as firmly<br />
attached to Townsend Mill as had the Crosses to<br />
12. Townsend Eastham and Middle Mills ; and, retaining their<br />
Windmill, interest for qu<strong>it</strong>e as long a period, they far out-<br />
ease, 14 3.<br />
stripped them in enterprise as mill-owners ; far<br />
exceeding them also, however, in evoking popular<br />
hostil<strong>it</strong>y to their mill, and in aiding to bring about<br />
their own eventual ruin. Robert More's lease<br />
<strong>of</strong> Townsend having expired by 1463, <strong>it</strong> was then<br />
regranted at the old rent to him in conjunction w<strong>it</strong>h<br />
his partner, William Leyland :—<br />
Roll <strong>of</strong><br />
-^^^ tradid<strong>it</strong> & ad firmam dimis<strong>it</strong> VVillmo Leylond & Robto More<br />
unum Indentures,<br />
molendinu ventr<strong>it</strong>icum in villa de Lyverpole p' antica in tenura<br />
III Ed. IV. dci<br />
37. Robti. H'end & tenend' dcm molendinum cum <strong>of</strong>nib} p'ficiis<br />
eidiii molendino p'tin p'fat Willino & Robto ac assign suis a festo<br />
Scl Michis ArchI ultimo p'ter<strong>it</strong>o usq3 ad finem t'mini septem<br />
ann03 extunc p'x sequenciu & plenarie complend. Reddendo inde<br />
annuatim pTato Dno Rege hered & assigii suis tresdecim solid'<br />
& quatuor denar sterlingo} ad festa Pasche & Scl Michis ArchI<br />
p' equales porc5es. Et p'dcl Willms & Rob'tus sustentabunt &<br />
rep'abunt sumptib} suis p'prius & expeii dcu molendinu in <strong>of</strong>iiib}<br />
p't' : et p'dcus Diis Rex inveniet grossum maeremiu p' rep'acoe<br />
ejusdm in parcis de Toxstath & Croxtath ac bosco de Symondeswode<br />
p'cipiend' p' delib'ac5em <strong>of</strong>ficiar ibm p' tempe existeii : et<br />
illud in fine del tmini sufficient' repar' dim<strong>it</strong>tent. Et si contingat<br />
dcin annul redd<strong>it</strong>u xiij^ iiij"^ aretro fore in parte vel in toto p'dimidiu<br />
annu post aliquem t'minu quo solvi debeat non solut, extunc bii<br />
liceb<strong>it</strong> p'fato Dno Regi hered' & assign' suis in diet' fermam reintre<br />
& illam in manus suas reassum ac in pristino statu suo possidere<br />
p'senti dimissione in aliquo non obstant.<br />
Dat &c. apud Westm xxvj'° die Februarii anno &c. secundo.<br />
P' consiliu ducat'.<br />
The king has granted and to farm letten to William Leyland<br />
and Robert More one windmill in the town <strong>of</strong> Liverpool formerly in<br />
the tenure <strong>of</strong> the said Robert. To have and to hold the said mill,<br />
w<strong>it</strong>h all the pr<strong>of</strong><strong>it</strong>s belonging thereto, to the aforesaid William and<br />
Robert and their assigns, from the Feast <strong>of</strong> St. Michael the Archangel<br />
last past to the end <strong>of</strong> a term <strong>of</strong> seven years thence next<br />
following and fully to be completed: rendering therefor annually<br />
to the aforesaid lord the king, his heirs and assigns, 13s. 4d. sterling,<br />
at the Feasts <strong>of</strong> Easter and St. Michael the Archangel, by equal<br />
: portions And the aforesaid William and Robert shall sustain and<br />
repair at their own proper costs and charges the said mill in<br />
all : things and the said lord the king shall find great timber for<br />
the repair <strong>of</strong> the same in his parks <strong>of</strong> Toxteth and Croxteth and