| Description | Parties: 1. Thomas Stapleton the eldest of Mackesfeild [Macclesfield] county of Chester gent., 2. Roger Downes of Worth county of Chester Esq.
Signed and sealed: Thomas Stapleton.
Witnesses of sealing and delivery (on turn up): George Edwards, Thomas Harecourt, Griff. Fludd.
Covenant for the defeasance of a Recognisance of Statute Staple for £1,000 acknowledged by Roger Downes and his brother John Downes to Thomas Stapleton before Sir John Popham Kt lord chief Justice of England 20 May 1596 on condition that Roger Downes fulfils the terms of Indentures 22 May 1596 between the parties.
English
Mark U. c. 3. 38 Eliz. Upton. |