| Repository | Cheshire Record Office |
| Level | Item |
| Reference | DDS 2/31 |
| Title | Copy of Court Roll; Hallemot of Forest of Macclesfeld |
| Date | 27 Jan 1483 |
| Description | Apud Macclesfeld, die lune prox post fest.Sci Pauli.
Suitors: 1. William Dovnes son and heir of Hugh Dovnes, 2. Robert Dounes junior.
Jurors: John Savage senior Kt., deputy for Thomas lord Stanley Kt., steward; Roger Legh; Thomas Lyuersege; John Potte; William Cressewalle.
Pledge for Fine: John Potte.
Surrender and Admittance (Fine 12s.7d.) into all William Dovnes's lands in Potshrigley [Pott Shrigley] in the Forest of Macclesfeld [Macclesfield], value 6s.3½d. per annum.
Latin
Mark: Y. h. 8 22.E.4. Potte Shryggeley. |
| Physical Description | Parchment: 1 membrane 11" wide by 6½", seal tongue. Seal: Pendant on tongue, red, chipped and broken, fragment 20mm by 15mm; bears the impression of a circle of straw or thick string which at some time framed the impression of the seal; diam. of this circle 15mm, device within it a fleur-de-lys 15mm by 10mm. |