| Description | LEASE (counterpart) for 3 lives, by Hon. James Cholmondeley of Rocksavage [Rock Savage] esq. to William Barker of Halton, blacksmith --- a cottage or burgage in HALTON commonly called John Bowden's House by the Ash, 1 garden, 1 orchard, a parcel of land called the Hemp Yards and a third of one Moss Room on Halton Moss; for lives of the said William Barker, Elizabeth his wife, and Elizabeth Maddock, daughter of Robert Maddock, at an annual rent of 4d. to the lord of the Manor, 4/- to the said James Cholmondeley and a heriot of 2/-. Cons. £5-10. Seal: Red, a man's head. Parchment. |