Kane County Standard | 1931-05-08 | Page 6 | Quaint Rental Payment for English Freeholds

quaint rental payment for english freeholds Free holds the ancient ceremony or of rendering rent services by the city of london took place before the kings 9 sir ir 0 A donner at tile the law courts building recently one of 0 tile the services is in respect of a piece ot of land the location ot of which cannot to today dir be identified called the moors near the other is by the tenants and occupiers of 0 a tenement called the forge a on a piece of land once used by the knights templar for their tournaments lind now covered by the law courts building the ceremony dates back mote than TOO years when rents were paid in kind instead 0 of tn in cash the city solicitor rendered service in respect ot of the moors moora by cut ting two small bundles of faggots maggots witts with ft 6 hatchet and a billhook bill hook thereafter lie he counted out one by one horst hors shoes shoe s and 01 nails in respect of th forge