| Description | 1 William Cotton of Cotton, esq., 2 Elizabeth Culcheth of Church Hulme, widow Mess. in Church Hulme; land 0.2 c.a. in Church Hulme lying within the fence of meadow called the Little Eye, late in occ. of Elizabeth Woodcocke, deceased, also adjoining a meadow also called the Little Eye 'at the staires end', late in occ. of John Leadbeater, gentleman, deceased, now of Patience Leadbeater, widow, with liberty to take marl on and for premises, and cut down brush-wood. Consideration: £45 and surrender of lease, 13 Jul 1677, 1 to Thomas Culcheth of Church Hulme, yeoman, now deceased Rent: for messuage, 17s. 6d., a capon at Easter, a hen at Shrovetide, 2 days reaping of corn, 1 day mucking, loading of 1 load of coals, and as heriot, best beast or £3 6s. 8d.; for land, 4d. Lives: 2, her son Thomas, her daughter Elizabeth. Attorneys to deliver seisin : Samuel Leadbeater of Cranage and Randle Stubbs of Church Hulme, yeoman Wit: John Whishaw, Urian Berrington, Roger Berrington, Samuel Leadbeater. Endorsed: memo. of livery of seisin, 5 Dec 1681, wit: Roger Berrington, Samuell Hulme, John Leadbeater; memo. of death of John Woodcocke, 13 Jul 1677, then living in London |