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Old 10-18-2016, 10:02 AM   #1382
Johan Larson
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
Default Re: Real-Life Weirdness

The City of London is still paying rent to the queen on land leased in or before 1211.

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...leased-in-1211

The rent is an axe, a knife, 6 horseshoes, and 61 nails. They're not even sure where the land in question was located. But the rent keeps being paid to the Queen's Remembrancer.

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