| Description | LEASE (counterpart) for 3 lives by Rt. Hon. Richard Earl Rivers to William Witter of Frodsham, yeoman --- a close, pasture or parcel of land in the Manor of FRODSHAM called the Nowpoole hey, now in the possession of Ellen Witter, mother of the sd. William; for lives of the sd. Ellen Witter, William Witter and Elizabeth, son and daughter of the lessee, at annual rent of 10/-, 2 rent hens and heriot of best beast or good or 4 marks. Cons. Surrender of former lease and £68. Seal missing from tag. Parchment. Note: this lease is overwritten on an earlier lease of the premises to William Witter, 7. Nov. 1664. |