| Description | Counterpart lease by Joseph Ensell Bennitt of Oakham, parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., gentleman, James Samuel Bourne of Dudley, Worcs., gentleman (mortgagee),and Lewis Frederick Edwards of 22 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, Middlesex, gentleman and Edwin Sunderland of Camden Terrace, Birmingham, manufacturer (who have contracted with Bennitt for a lease), to The Oakham Collieries Company Limited, of minerals; under a messuage and 2 closes of land (4a. 1r. 33p.) at Oakham, occupied by the lessor, and under 4 other messuages there (one formerly The Stork public house), for a term of 40 years from 2 Dec. 1873; consideration of £500 and £1928 to be paid in annual instalments (1874-77) by the Company to Bennitt, and £2000 and 1400 shares to Edwards and Sunderland; rent of £25 p.a. for a wayleave over the surface from the Company's adjoining mines; plan attached. |