| Description | LEASE (counterpart) for 3 lives by George Viscount Malpas to Ralph Nixon of Bickley, yeoman, for lives of his children Thomas, Ralph and Mary Nixon, of a messuage in CHORLEY called Chorley Stock Tenement, late in tenure of Sarah Wickstead of Whitchurch, Salop, widow, deceased, and its lands called the Lower Nettlewood, the Higher Nettlewood, Farther Nettlewood, The Little Croft before the house, The Field next the house, Whitchurch Field, The Middle Field, The Gorsty Field, The Crooked Field, The Long Field, The Barley Field, The Wheat Field, The Nearer Meadow, The Farther Meadow, The Intack upon Chorley Green, and the croft above the Well, with all its houses, buildings, gardens, etc., at rent of £18 p.a. Cons: £216. Signed Ralph Nixon. Seal: Black, armorial, 3 crocodiles, with indented label in chief, crest - lion's head erased. Parchment. |