| Description | LEASE (counterpart) for 3 lives, by Rt. Hon. Thomas Earl Rivers to Jonathan Whitby of the city of Chester, gentleman --- 6 closes, late 3 closes, in HELLESBIE [Helsby] called the Lords pasture alias the Little Delights, containing 45 acres, now in the holding of the said Jonathan Whitbye; for lives of John Whitby and Mary Whitby, son and daughter of the said Jonathan Whitby and Ralph Bate, son of Ralph Bate of Fernehead (Co. Lanc.), gentleman, at annual rent of 48/9. Cons. £920. Seal: Red, a device. Parchment. |