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DDS - Downes family of Shrigley, records - 12th century-19th century

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Item
Reference	DDS 5/34
Title	Award of arbitration
Date	c.1475-1512
Description	Award by John Wurth of Tederyngton [Tytherington] (died 1517) and Ser Rycharde Smythe vicar' of Prestbere [Prestbury] (1478-1512), arbitrators in a dispute between 1. Roger Downes (1465-1528) and 2. Thomas Tederyngton, put to arbitration "befor my lorde Prynoe Councell in thexchequer' of Chestr", concerning a parcel of land said by Roger to be in the township of Bolyngton [Bollington] and by Thomas to be in the township of Tederyngton [Tytherington] certified by arbitrators after due inquiry to lie within the town of Bolyngton [Bollington] and not in Tederyngton [Tytherington], and to have been held by the ancestors of Roger time out of mind in their demesne as parcell of the Shepynstedes in Bolyngton [Bollington], for which they have paid tythe & mise with the said town. English Mark: D.b.g.31.
Physical Description	Parchment: 1 membrane 12" wide by 5". Seals: 2 pendant on one label; the uppermost red, round 13mm diam., device a clover leaf; the lower one a fragment of red wax.

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