| Description | ASSIGNMENT by 1) Richard Rydgate of Norton, yeoman, to 2) Thomas Gryce of Lower Runcorne, husbandman, and 3) Wyllyam Hough of Lower Runcorne, husbandman -- the passage or Ferry over the water of RUNCORNE [Runcorn] near the Town of Runcorne, with appurtenances, parcel of the Kings Majesty's Duchy of Lancaster in the Counties of Lancaster and Chester, with the Ferry Boats and lands, tenements etc. belonging; to hold for 20 years from the feast of St. Michael 1614, at an annual rent of £5 and with free passage and ferry over the said water of Runcorne for the said Richard Rydgate, his children, household people and servants. Cons. £44. Seals: 2 missing from tags. Parchment. |