RepositoryCheshire Record Office
LevelItem
ReferenceDDS 14/4
TitleDraft and instructions for drawing up a bill to be put in to the Exchequer at Chester
DateEarly 18th century
DescriptionDraft and instructions for drawing up a bill to be put in to the Exchequer at Chester (with notes at the bottom of the page which may not be relevant to the matter), in a dispute between Mr.Downes the plaintiff and Robert Skelhorne the defendant

Downes & Skelhorne have lands contiguous in which are coalmines. Downes complains that Skelhorne has mined coal under Downes's land, to Daownes's damage, and has removed £80 worth of Downes's coal, and also by making false promises of compensation he has delayed investigation of trespass; for all which Downes seeks redress.

Note 1: Messuage or Tenement in Bollington within the hundred of Maccl' [Macclesfield] called Hill Top Tenement.

Note 2: Ab't 4 or 5 years agoe young Mr. Downes married when the hows in Pot' [Pott Shrigley] was conveyed to him.

English
Mark: None. Instructions for the drawing the Byll/Downes's Esqr/v/Skelhorne/ Instructions for a bill in the/Cheq'r. at Chester.
Physical DescriptionPaper: 1 sheet 10" wide by 12".
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