| Description | ASSIGNMENT by Thomas Brooke of Norton Esq. to Richard Ridgate of Norton, yeoman --- his right, title and term of years in the passage or ferry over the water of RUNCORNE [Runcorn] near the Town of Runcorne, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Counties of Lancaster and Chester, with appurtenances, a messuage or tenement in RUNCORNE ABBATT of the yearly rent of 7/- and 1 water mill in RUNCORNE ABBATT aforesaid of the yearly rent of 25/-, and RELEASE by the said Thomas Brooke to the said Richard Ridgate of his title and term of years to the said passage or ferry with appurtenances which he has by virtue of a Duchy of Lancaster lease dated 22. Nov. 1602 to himself and the said Richard Ridgate of, inter alia, the said passage or ferry for 21 years in reversion. Cons. £44. Seal: Red, a fleur de lis. Parchment. |