| Description | Volume of transcripts of documents, notes and memoranda relating to the Barony of Nantwich, probably made by Thomas Burroughes, who was steward of the Barony in the 1590s. Contains:-
- Inspeximus by Henry VI, dated 12 Jul 1438, of a) enrolment of part of an inquisition held in Chester on 14 May 1342 before Rginald de Grey, then Justice of Chester, into the services owed to the king from the County of Chester in time of war with Wales, relating to William Malbank's tenure of the Barony of Nantwich and its division on his death between his 3 daughters [see Ormerod, History of Cheshire, 2nd ed, vol 3, p422];
b) inquisition post mortem of John Lovell, kt., held at Nantwich on 9 Apr 1363 re one sixth part of Barony of Nantwich;
c) inquisition post mortem of John de Olton held at Tarporley on 29 Sep 1376 re parcel of land in Church Minshull held of John Lovell;
d) inquisition post mortem of Peter Dutton, kt., held on 21 Oct 1433 re manor of Church Minshull
- Inspeximus by Edward I, dated 8 Feb 1280 of charter of foundation of Combermere Abbey by Hugh Malbank
- Inspeximus by Henry VIII, dated 9 May 1525, of pleadings in the County Court at Chester 18 Mar 1320 re rights of the burgesses of Nantwich in courts outside the town
- Grant by William Browning of Melbury, Dorset, to William Lord Lovell of one sixth part of Barony of Nantwich 2 Oct 1442
- Note re jurisdiction of earl of Chester, and list of townships owing services to Barony of Nantwich from an inquisition of 1342
- Rental of salt tolls ("saltols") of Nantwich
- Note of grant by Edward Burnell to Roger de Bulkelegh and Agnes his wife of 64 acres in Nantwich in a wood called Wolstaneswoode, temp. Edward IV
- Rental of lands in manor of Nantwich, Acton, Coppenhall, "Cowlane" and Oweston Wood
- Accounts of bailiffs of Nantwich 1497-98, 1534-35, 1535-36, 1546-47
- Note of the ownership of parts of the barony of Nantwich 1552
- Quo warranto proceedings, dated 12 Jan 1367 re claims of James Audley, kt., and others to rights in the Manor and Hundred of Nantwich, including a fair, a market and salt tolls
- Note of proceedings in Court of Wards, William Hatton, kt., v Hugh Cholmondeley, kt., re petty tolls of Nnatwich 1593-94, and note of state of ownerhsip of Barony
- Inspeximus by Edward I, dated 20 Mar 1300, of Magna Carta of Cheshire ("Carta de Libertatibus Cestrie") issued by Ranulph, Earl of Chester in 1215, and of grant by Edward, son of Heny III, of confirmation of liberties 27 Aug 1265
- Quo warranto procceedings, dated 12 Aug 1499, re claims of John Bourcher Lord Fitzwarren, kt., and others to rights in the Manor and Hundred of Nantwich, including a fair, and a market, with memorandum that this record was taken from a file in the Treasury at Chester in the Protonotary's office
- Note on ownership of parts of the Barony 1523-24
- Grant by William Paget, kt., to Roland Hill, Mayor of London and others of Manor of Nantwich subject to various reservations 3 Nov 1549
- Letters patent of Henry VIII, granting Manor of Nantwich to William Paget, kt., 21 Jan 1546
- Grant by William Paget, kt., to Robert Fletcher, esq., of all his parts of the barony of Nantwich, 19 Mar 1554
- Grant by Edward I to Ralph de Merton of office of Sergeant of Countess of Warwick Fee 22 Jun 1277, and grant of the same by Merton to Ralph de Praers, c1300
- Rental ("yerely Rentens") of townships in Nantwich Hundred
- Thesaurus of ancient tolls and rights, with their meanings
- Note of salt houses in Nantwich, Middlewich and Northwich, nd c1590s
- Note of rents and inhabitants of Macclesfield, Alderley and Wybunbury
- Notes on holdings of Mr Cotton of Combermere the Earl of Oxford, Mr Rope and others
- Bond of under-bailiff of Nantwich, and oath of sealers of leather, and notes on powers and rights of officers and weights and measures, nd, 1590s
- Charge to the jury, and record of the Barony court 1593
- Inspeximus by Elizabeth I, dated 2 Mar 1583, of letters patent of Henry VIII, granting estates including Manor of Nantwich to William Paget, kt., 31 Jan 1546
In reverse: Note of rents due to Cholmondeley and Holford in various townships in Cheshire, with names of bailiffs responsible for collection 1604
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