| Description | Particulars of messuages and lands etc., in which Edward Downes of Worth, Esq., is seised, in the parish of Prestbury, county palatine of Chester, with details of his estate therein.
(In Worth)
The Hall and demesne lands in Worth, parish of Prestbury & county of Chester in possession of Edward Downes; and of Samuel Wyatt by Lease of Edward Downes by Indenture 15 August 1715 for 7 years, rent £80 per annum. PP Two colses of Worth demesne in possession of Edward Wood, by lease of Edward Downes for 21 years, rent £20 per annum, tithe free. PP A messuage in possession of John Bixon by lease of Edward Downes's father .. November 1678, for 3 lives (2 extant), fine £85, rent 26s. 8d. per annum, services 1 day ploughing 3 days reaping 1 capon & 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Edward Wood by Lease of Edward Downes 15 January 1718 for 3 lives (2 extant), fine £100, rent £1. 1s. 4d. per annum, services 1 day ploughing 3 days reaping 1 capon 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Thomas Shrigley by lease of Edward Downes 1 May 1696, for 3 lives (all extant), fine £200, rent £1. 2. 0. per annum, services 1 day ploughing 3 days reaping 1 capon 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of James Gaskell by lease of Edward Downes 11 November 1700, for 3 lives (all extant), fine £220, rent 20s. per annum, services 1 day ploughing 3 days reaping 1 capon 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Benjamin Brereton by lease of Edward Downes 10 August 1710, term 3 lives (all extant), fine £80, rent 12s. per annum, services 1 day ploughing 1 day harrowing, 3 days reaping, 1 capon 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Benjamin Brereton leased by Edward Downes to Lawrence Hall 5 May 1697, for 3 lives (2 extant), fine £47, rent 10s. 6d. per annum, services 1 day harrowing 1 day shearing per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Mathew Priestner by Lease of Edward Downes 2 October 1713, for 3 lives (all extant), fine £100, rent 20s. per annum, services 3 days reaping 1 capon, 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of John Wood by lease of Edward Downes 2 February 1719, for 3 lives (all extant), fine £100, rent 13s. 4d. per annum, services 3 days reaping 1 capon 2 hens per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Richard Platt by lease of Edward Downes, 20 May 1712, for 3 lives (all extant), fine £6, rent £4 per annum. PP A messuage in possession of John Worth by lease of Edward Downes, 9 April 1694, for 3 lives (1 extant), fine £50, rent 6s. 8d. per annum, services 3 days reaping 1 capon 1 hen per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Richard Jepson by Lease of Edward Downes, 1 August 1702, for 3 lives, fine £30, rent 5s. per annum, services 1 day reaping 1 hen per annum. PP A messuage in possession of Henry Davy leased by Edward Down to John Boulton 14 December 1698 for 3 lives (2 extant), fine £10, rent 10s. 6d. per annum, services 1 day reaping 1 capon, 1 hen per annum. PP A cottage in possession of John Wood by lease of Edward Downnes 25 April 1717 for 3 lives (all extant), fine £4 rent 15s. per annum PP A cottage in possession of Legh Unwin by lease of Edward Downes for 1 year at 10s. per annum. PP A cottage in possession of Isaac Wood by lease of Edward Downes from year to year at 6d. per annum. PP A cottage and "a little croft" in possession of John Faulkner by lease of Edward Downes from year to year, rent £4 per annum.
(In Pottshrigley)
A messuage in Pottshrigley [Pott Shrigley] in possession of Edward Barber by lease of Edward Downes and John Shallcross Esq., and John Lowe Gent., (trustees to use of Edward Downes) by Indenture 25 December 1721 for 17 years at £30 per annum. "Note this Tenant in Pott Shrigley stands charged by a security dated 26 March 1723 ....with £420 my debt borrowed towards purchasing it & still oweing".
(Bollington)
A messuage in Bollington late in possession of Hannah Dale by lease of Edward Downes's "late Father or Unkle", for 3 lives (1 extant) at reserved rent of 18s. 2d per annum, services 3 days shearing 1 capon 2 hens per annum. PP A cottage and small tenement in possession of Isaac Birchenhough at £4 per annum. PP A Stone mine in possession of Isaac Birchenhough and James Gatley jointly by lease of Edward Downes for 21 years if the mine last so long, rent £5 per annum. PP A small cottage & croft in possession of Thomas Turner by lease of Edward Downe's "late father or Grandfather", for 3 lives (1 extant), rent (reserved) 2s. per annum.
(Hurdsfield)
A small cottage in Hurdsfield in possession of William Wheelton by lease of Edward Downes's late father, for 3 lives (1 extant), rent 1s. per annum, services 1 day mowing per annum. PP A cottage in possession of Mary Green by lease of Edward Downes's father, for 3 lives (1 extant), at 1s. per annum, services 1 day shearing.
"Note my lands in Worth (together with my Lands in Nether Padley in the County of Derby in both which I have only an Estate for life)--stand charged with £1500 to be raised in my lifetime for a portion for my Daughter Elizabeth Downes ariseing by a power in my Son's Marriage Settlemt dated 26 September 1722".
English
Mark: None. Downes. |