| Description | LEASE FOR POSSESSION between 1) Sir John Bridgeman of Castle Bromwich (Co. Warwick) Bt., Randle Wilbraham the elder of Namptwiche esq. 2) the Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Grantham and Sir John Chesshyre of Serjeants Inn Kt. 3) the Rt. Hon. George Earl Cholmondeley, the Hon. Sir George Cholmondeley Kt., son and heir of the said Earl and the Hon. James Cholmondeley, his second son --- the Manors of BURWARDSLEY, MACEFEN, EDLASTON [Edleston], BADINGTON [Baddington], AUDLEM, SOUND, ALSAGER, COPENHALL [Coppenhall], MONKS COPENHALL [Monks Coppenhall], WOOLSTONE WOOD [Woolstanwood], POOLE and WORSWALL [Wirswall], the Barony of WICHMALBANK [Nantwich], the Manors of CARDEN, EDGE, EBNALL and TILSTON, the advowson of the moiety of the rectory of TILSTON, 2 messuages in CALDECOTE [Caldecott] now/late in the tenure of - Fletcher and John Pates, messuages in LARTON [Larkton] now/late in the tenure of - Downes, widow (2) and John Jones, a moiety of the salt works in UPPER DIRTWICH [Droitwich?], a messuage in DIRTWICH now/late in the tenure of John Savill, a messuage in ALDERSEY now/late in the tenure of William Haddock a messuage in GOLBORNE BELLE [Golborne Bellow] now/late in the tenure of John Johnson, a messuage in TATTENHALL now/late in the tenure of Richard Hodkis, 2 messuages if HAUGHTON now/late in the tenure of - Sparrow and William Sumner, 2 messuages in BICKERTON now/late in the tenure of Robert Buckley or Robert Nevill, 2 messuages in BRADLEY now/late in the tenure of Thomas Stockton and Richard Bebbington, messuages in HORTON n/1 in the tenures of - Catherall, Nathan Catherall, Thomas Hope and Robert Ralph, 2 messuages in FADILEY [Faddiley] now/late in the tenure of Edward Dodd and - Norris, widow, messuages in BUNBURY now/late in the tenure of - Stanley, Thomas Sims, John Stockton, - Craven, widow, and Ralph Dodd, a messuage in TARPORLEY (name missing), a messuage in ARCLID now/late in the tenure of George Twemlow, a messuage in KNIGHTS GRANGE now/late in the tenure of William Tomkinson, a messuage in NORTHWICH now/late in the tenure of James Dalton, a parcel of meadow in ASTON called Aston Meadow, late in the tenure of Hugh Earl of Cholmondeley, messuages there now/late in the tenures of Ralph Kelsall, - Denton, Christopher Roylance, William Holford, Ralph Cartwright, John Watson, John Hesketh and - Denton, a Bowling Green in the city of CHESTER now/late in the tenure of Francis Sayer and - Bennett, messuages there now/late in the tenure of John Orme, Richard and Francis Orme, Thomas Winnington, Samuel Wells, Wilkinson, widow, - Richardson, widow, Richard Goulding, - Hollywell, widow, John Lamb, Samuel Done, Jane Newton, John Lister, John Raigh and George Robinson, pastures in HELSBY now/late in the tenure of Roger Comberbach, a messuage in ALVANLEY now/late in the tenure of George Whitley, a messuage in SPITTLE [Spital] now/late in the tenure of Peter Mainwaring, a messuage in MANLEY now/late in the tenure of John Edge, a messuage in CATNALL now/late in the tenure of Robert Hide, a messuage in TRAFFORD now/late in the tenure of - Savage, messuages in CAPENHURST now/late in the tenure of - Griffith, James Hesketh and others (24 names), and a messuage in WOODBANK now/late in the tenure of - Gilbert, widow, with chief rents specified. Seals: 5; 1, black, armorial; 2, red, armorial; 3, black, armorial of Cholmondeley; 4, black, armorial; 5, black, a man's head. Parchment. |