| Description | LEASE for 3 lives by George, Earl of Cholmondeley, to William Nickson of Bickley, yeoman, for lives of said W. Nickson (43), his wife Elizabeth (43) and their son Thomas Nickson (17), at rent of £13. 11s. 6d. p.a., and to keep a greyhound hound or spaniel for the use of the Earl at all times ----- messuage or tenement in BICKLEY now in said W. Nickson's tenure with its lands called The Meadow by the House, the Pingo, the Bigg Field, the New Close, the Clay Field, the Horse Pasture, the Banks, the Black Meadow, the Marle Field, the Great Hall Field, the Little Hall Field, the Wood, the Hallfield Meadow, Little Pipe Croft, Bigg Pipe Croft, Bigg Brownhill, Little Brownhill, A Little Meadow And the Lane going to Snab Ground, with its houses, gardens, etc., and appurtenances. Consideration £68. Seal: Black, armorial:- 2 helmets and a garb within 'Tria Juncta in Uno' with Supporters, surmounted by an Earl's coronet; underneath the motto 'Cassis Tutissima Virtus'. Signed. Parchment. |