| Description | Deeds, accounts and papers of the Hincks and Cowper families: deeds relating to premises in Cuppins Lane, Foregate Street, Bridge Street, Watergate Street and Handbridge (capital messuage called Over Legh) all in Chester (including agreement for lease of of house in Bridge Street with inventory of furniture and fittings, 1654),and premises in Huntington, 1649-1843; accounts and vouchers relating to John Hincks' interest in the Sugar House and business dealings with Benjamin Wilson, 1759-1769; receipts for legacies paid by John Hincks as executor of Mrs Anna Hayes, 1769-1770; accounts and correspondence with solicitors, 1790-1855. The collection includes letters of administration of William Hincks, 1649, copy wills of Robert Murray, 1760, John Hincks, 1768, and probate copy of will of John Hincks 1843, and settlements on the marriages of Thomas Cowper and Martha Callys, 1694, John Hincks and Arabella Cowper, 1755, Thomas Cowper Hincks and Joanna Morris, 1787, and John Hincks and Henrietta Pulleine, 1826 |