| Description | DEED OF COVENANT (counterpart) between the Rt. Hon. John Earl Rivers Viscount Colchester and Rock Savage Lord Darcy Baron of Chich, and Robert Earle of Halton, husbandman, to acknowledge a surrender at the next Halmote for the Manor of Halton, of the messuage or small tenement with appurtenances wherein the said Robert Earle now inhabits, to the intent that the said Robert may enjoy the same for the lives of Ales Earle and Elizabeth Earle, his 2 daughters, and Elizabeth Cowley, daughter of Robert Cowley of Preston upon the hill, yeoman, at an annual rent of 6/- and a heriot of the best beast or moveable good or 20/-. Cons. £18. Seal missing from tag. Parchment. |