New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-02
i Rose Each Yea,
Price of Pennsyl-
yania CHI urc h;
Rushel of Wheat
osa Flower for
Some of Eng
lands Fine
Estates

ry.n to-day Faluapie ia,iu' )" ."
I'D IN England are held ON the pay
s n.r. e each year Of something of no par.
.;.rlar value, such as a certain KIND OF
aver or few bushels OF wheat or
s. rendering Of little service
W n the little town Of Mannheim. Pa,
.,sre is a little church known rs the
spsd Rose Church. which is held by
.ss congregation on the payment by
. . member of zone red rose to the
;.m;,S Of william Henry Spicgcl. This
Lou the price stipulated IN 1872, and
...b June the congregation of the
csprch Of the Red Rose calls at the
sniegel house and pays its rent. In ad-
/, alton to the roses the congregation as
+ whole paws FIVE shillings in money.
Ths equivalent of five shillings in
American money will not do for the
deal stipulated shillings, and shillings
!. must be- The payment of the rent
for the church has developed into q
nretty custom which attracts people
;,on miles around to Mannheim to see
this century-old ceremony. There are
M. MANY parcels in America held thus,
for this country came into being long
after feudal days, during which time
deals Of such nature were not uncom-
mon.
England Has Odd Leases
p < in England that deals of such
karacter will be found in mum bers
Some of its fairest acres and most
ysluable property are held on the pay
n.nt each year of q mere pittance de-
Gded upon by grateful sovereign
centuries ago. Some effort has been
made to get Parliament to make in
effective these odd deals, which in
many respects hold lands of wonderful
worth to the government or deter gen.
eral developments.
n. Tourneur has written an interest
ing story about these odd English land
leases in The New York Law journal"
he writes
On Easter Monday morning the
young men Of the parish of Coleshill,
in Warwickshire, if they catch a hare
before 10 o'clock and bring it to the
vicar Of the parish, arc or ought to be
supplied by him with calf's head and
hundred eggs for breakfast 1t is
on this condition that he holds his
gebe
Sometimes it is the tenants on an
estate whose leases are granted on
"hat seems 10 lis now some freaklSh
tenure. The tenants at Hampton Bishop.
in the County of Hereford, are obliged
BY their original leases to get every
year SIX horseloads of wattles from
hay Wood in the vicinity, to make
hurdles for penning sheep at Hereford
fair, whenever they may be required
10 DO 50. For each load the sum of
one halfpenny sterling is to be paid
Not for long time have the tenants
at Hampton Bishop been requested to
lulhll their contract, and it is likely
very few of them know of this peculiar.
itg in their leases.
ignorance of the contents of SONS
title deeds almost cost the CORPORA.
ton Of the City of London very dear
asnort time ago. When the ground on
which the Deptford Cattle Market now
stands was originally let it was let 70
Inc Admiralty on the condition that
snip was to be always on the stocks
iaiiihg which the land was to revert
70 the former owner. And in the deed
cause was inserted to this effect.
After the Deptford Victualizine
,sta was given up by the Admiralty
we board sold the land to the
Vetporatlon Of the City of London,
snlcn set about and built the present
market Not so long since the de-
.ehdant and heir Of the original own
u applied to the Court of Common
.;o to inspect the corporation's
uue' 1t was then the conditional
.!e was pointed out to the corpora
u0hs lawyers, mich to their conster-
r rs.ion and the corporations dismay.
u..Imately the matter was peacefully
ses.lea by very handsome sum OF
N'vney passing hands.
+.n Miehy OF the manors and fine ances-
e ma. homes of England are held on
~ tH .ls of very odd tenures. Some
tron men were simple enough and we'll
ths 0T S among them those by which
i; nv aukes Of Marlborough and of Mel
W st mold their possessions. granted
,s,. nsm by the nation for their prede-
Ia w.. military successes. Each has
/, b, ,nde, small ensign yearly, which
ueu over IN Windsor Castle.
o An Estate That Was Forgotten
,,s,.n 's "a are more curious. For in
d ~. "I n bury House in the New For
a Of nr hampshire, is held by the tenure
u WIZ, Sehuhg TO the reigning monarch,
brs.a ne or she visits the Forest, a
ls,r VI miik-white greyhounds. SINH
MA !" scotland, property in the Mill
i that !, neiso' narrow thoroughfare
tbs An oloen times abutted on one of
o, m NAIL lords of the River Tweed, is,
sso L, uhtli generation or so
INN, ne'o oy the owner on the simple
n; Vi presenting to the sovereign
ono uhio when in the neighborhood
on, y. ." AZ. rose. This was last carried
i PIN. 'ne visit Of Queen Victoria and
buzz oohsort to the Duke of Rox-
tins seat hard by at Fleurs, some
q css,,, toward the middle of the last
IN Pelous were once the instances
s. corn s'sho OF tenure under a pepper
IS nps, nominal rent. This legal oddity
n e,cp,a ave provided many instances of
81 ptousr passing illegally away from the
81 cen, o"hef. For instance. this re-
"a Of l,a aJJhtahce concerned a large piece
81 'a'efs OF London.
81 ,bs, sInopkeeper on the estate. finding
81 f,ss, ms lease was about TO fall in.
81 ihcu;s; a:Aious as to it's renewal and
laadlora as to the identity of the
AZ old NJ he made search among the
Y essht".pps at the British Museum. and
81 Sens s ,.y found that the estate. worth
lestei ''OoOO year at that slime, was
Most fam On site belonging to the
Be- tasadss;maoous and oldest of the charity
81 saanun;oaaas IN London. He at once
81 srors oS q, his discovery to the gov
ID rasv VI the foundation.
~ ssate e@osHs l their solicitors, who
sssats hshi,ng" letter 70 the firm of
k s,.sa. mo mo had been receiving the
M ae lease Ney were informed that, as
VI, abon, 81 this block of prop rty
M sslasidat;es 10 expire. the question of
M seulv ~ had better be considered.
M N TOM 70 this was an indignant let