| Description | Richard Townsend, Alexander Bird, Richard Bridge, George Chamberlaine, Richard Brett, Robert Harrison, Edward Kinsey, Richard Williams, Richard Tyrer, William Hand, Thomas Niccholls, Hugh Maddock, William Fletcher, Thomas Walker, Thomas Bolland, John Baforne, Nicholas Williams, Henry Johnson, all of Chester, gentleman, say on oath before commissioners that Thomas Wilcock was seized of a messuage in Willaston, that he left a legacy to St. John's parish as described in P51/18/18, that after his death his son William had the relevant extract of the will entered in the church book, that for the seven years after William's death £12 per annum was received, that c.1655 Thomas, son of William, began a suit with the churchwardens to become his father's heir at law, which he did, that he has not since paid the yearly sum to the churchwardens and 21 Mar 1661/2 £86 18s. remained unpaid |