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 the other hand, agreed to furnish Arrington and his family during the first year with food, and also with workmen, whether free or bond; he was also to supply all the wheat and corn that would be required, and this arrangement was to be renewed as often as Arrington desired it. If, on the other hand, Arrington decided at the end of the year to settle on the hundred acres of land which were to be granted to him at a nominal rent, these privileges were to cease, and he could only claim a certain proportion of the fodder and nubbins which he had aided in producing.

In 1691, Thomas Cocke, of Henrico, rented to Thomas East of the same county a tract of land in consideration that he would seat and fence it, there being already a house standing on it. East also bound himself to pay one ear of Indian corn annually until the term of the contract came to an end, at which time he was to have the option of becoming the purchaser.

In 1661, William Wraughton of Currotoman, in Lancaster County, leased for a period of ten years an extensive tract of land to two tenants, who agreed to erect a fence around the apple orchard growing on the estate and to keep the dwelling-house in good repair. They were also to deliver to Wraughton, at the beginning of the first year of the contract, a man-servant who had recently entered into indentures, and a maid-servant who had been provided with apparel; at the beginning of the second year a second man-servant was to be delivered, and at the beginning of the third, two men-servants fully supplied with clothing. At the beginning of the fourth year, the tenants were to pay four thousand pounds of tobacco, and an