Large vellum indenture [Lease] dated 11th October 1704 and between Edward Chapman of Bosahan in the County of Cornwall [Gentleman] of the first part and John Worth of the Borough of Penryn in the County of Cornwall [Merchant] of the other part.
It relates to those messuages and tenements called or know by the name or names of "Gweek" als "Gweek Wartha" als "Gweek Wollas" and "Lanner als "Lannarth" with also that "Blowing House or Blowing Mill" with the "Stamping Pitt Mill" and appurtenances thereto belonging along with edifices buildings out-houses gardens meadows pasture and lands situate lying and being in the Parish of Constantine and County of Cornwall, in consideration of the sum of £250.
For £250, John Worth purchased:
The Processing Stage: The Stampingpitt Mill, where raw tin rock from local mines was violently crushed to powder inside the pits.The Infrastructure: The Weirs and Watercourses, which channeled water down from Lanner (Lannarth) to drive the water wheels.
The Refining Stage: The Blowing House, where the crushed tin was smelted using charcoal and water-powered bellows into high-grade metallic blocks.
The Logistics: The lands of Gweek Wartha (Higher) and Gweek Wollas (Lower), providing the physical valley roads and quayside access needed to roll those heavy metal blocks straight onto cargo ships.
The indenture has the usual age related folds and creasing, neatly written for an early document, several folds to the document otherwise minor blemishes, fully legible, complete with one embossed wax seal and signed.
The indenture measures 72 cm x 45 cm