The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-12
QUEER RENTS IN ENGLAND.
london Answers.l

A banner is presented yearly TO the
sovereign by the Duke of Marlborough at
Windsor castle, on Aug p the anniver-
Sary OF the battle of Blenheim. The pan
ner is the rent paid by the Duke OF Mari
borough 10 the sovereign Tor the manor OF
Woodstock.
A banner is also presented annually 10
the sovereign al Windsor castle by the
Duke or W ellington, on June IL, ana Is
the rent by which the successors q me
iron duke mold Strathfieldsaye, which the
nation presented to their ancestor as =
reward for his victory AT Waterloo
SOme times rents are paid in flowers,
especially IN roses. In the county OF Kent
the reservation OF a rose in lieu OF ali oth-
er services IS very common, and the man
or of Buckland is sUn let by the crown az
the rent or a red rose yearly, II demanded
Sometimes the rose had 10 be given at a
time when roses are not generaiIy grown.
one Richard CTeVel rented land from the
Earl OF pembroke by giving chaplet OF
ROSES at Christmas; while al Brooknouse,
in Yorkshire, the rent consisted OF d req
rose at Christmas ana a SNOWFALL al mld,
summer This rent was only chanSed
into one shilling year during the present
century.
Land was held at Kingston, in Surrey,
at rental or three Glove giiliflOwers, 10
be presented at the kings coronation.
This rent has also been changed INTO d
shilling year
Peapercorn rents are very common
throughout England, especially in build
ing leases, where. Tor the first year or
two a nominal rent OF one peppercorn IS
payable. At Highsate, in the county OF
Denbi-h, that renC has been paid since
1877 Al King Bronze, in MarWlckSnire,
a .peppercorn rent has taken the place OF
a palT OF JOngS. which formerly mad TO De
given yearly as rent ICr certain lands 30,
Tor land at Wakefield, the peppercorn mas
taken the place OF an annual rent OF d
thousand cluster Of nuts. Two farms al
CarlcOats, in Yorkshire, which not long
ago paid as rent. the one right-hand
and the other a left-hand glove, now pay
one shilling yearly, the other pepper
corn.
Every gear the following quaint cere-
monial is gone through at the royal courts
of Justice on account OF land which The
city OF London rents from the crown
The scene OF the ceremony is the queen S
remembrancers room, which is court
for the time being:
Proclamation is made by the crier for
.'o 1S.lo o ls oyez! Tenants and occu-
piers Of a piece of waste land called the
AdOcrs, in the county OF Salop, come forth
and 90 your service upon pain and peru
that shall taH thereon.
Then the senior alderman below the
chair, or the city solicitor. cuts one Tag
got with a hatcnet and another with a
billhook.
made by the crier Of the court;
''Oyez, OyeZ, oyeZi Tenants and Occu-
J piers OF q certain tenement called the
Forge, in the parish OF ST. Clement Danes
I in the county OF MiddleSeX. come 1Ortn
( and do your service
Then the alderman. or city solicitor
counts a number OF horSeShoeS, and Is
questioned by a queens remembrance
| thus: How many have YOU? Six
shoes" Then the alderman or city solici-
! tor counts the nails How many have
your 'Sixty-one nails Good num-
These performances having been carried
! through in lieu of rent, the queens re-
menbrancer is satisfied with her males
/ tvs tenants.
/ Land in Terring, in Sussex. is rented by
doing certain work BY the rod, which is
/ called rod gavel. Prid gavel is the term
/ given TO a rent paid by the people OF
I Rodeley, in GlOucestershirs. for the lamp
: Tey tisning in certain parts of the river
/ Severn The tenants OF Monkton home
/ by way OF rent, render annually 10 Etor
/ college one shilling in money, one days
wo-2 at harvest tune and one fat capor
/ at Christmas.
A statue Of Queen Elizabeth, which i:
] still in force. directs, in regard to certain
/ leases held by the colleges AT Oxford anC
J by Elton and Windsor. that one-third o.
| the rent should be reserved in wheat Of
malt. at the rate of 6s Sd for each quarter
/ of wheat, and 5s tOr eacn quarter o
malt
Land at Carlton. in Norfolk. was helC
1 by tenure OF carrying tWenty-fCur pas
( ties Of fresh behring's TO the king annual
~ but was committed into a nomina
money payment during the eighteenth
/ century; and SO were such queer rents a
keeping a kennel of barriers for the king
/ supplying the king with gerfalcons an
nually, or keeping one falcon until i
could fly.
Al Gliding manor. for land now held a
a. Quit rent, the tenant was fOrmerl
obliged TO hunt the fox and cat ana drlv
away all vermin.
AT BrUg, in Salop. there still exists
curious payment on the death of a. tenant
consisting OF his best beast. a side 0
bacon, a yOung cock, a whole piece 0
cloth and a small barrel of ale.
A certain common infOrmer, who hv
ed under the Stuarts. died. and left mon
ey and lands to one of the great city com
panies for schools and other charitabi
purposes. He directed in his will that hi
body should be kept above ground in sue
a way that II could be seen through glas:
and that the governing body of the com
pany should, each year, under penalty G
FORGETTING the property, visit his tomb an
see the body. This visitation is still car
ried out every year.