| Description | LEASE (counterpart) for 3 lives by George Viscount Malpas to John Fletcher of the Close of the Cathedral Church in Lichfield, gentleman, (one of the sons of Charles Fletcher of Whitchurch, gentleman), for lives of his father Charles, William Wood son of Simon Wood of the Close of Lichfield, glover, and John Stanley son of John Stanley of Whitchurch, blacksmith, of a messuage in CHORLEY, late in Jonathan Hunt's tenure and now in that of William Huxley as tenant of said Charles Fletcher, with all its lands, etc., and with power to enclose 1 Cheshire Acre of the Green infront of the house, at a rent of 40/- p.a. Cons: ú321. Seal: Red, crest, a horse's head. Sgd. 'Jno. Fletcher'. Parchment. |