Part of the lordship: Articles of agreement made between Thomas Leacroft gent., and William Hopkinson and William Moore yeomen for the sale by Leacroft to Hopkinson and Moore of his third-part of the royalty, lordship, or manor of Shirland for a sum of £83 The following cottages are included: a third-part of those in the tenure of Thomas Kirk, James Wright, John Atkins, Roger Mason, John Bradley, James Laverack, Jonathan Bestall, Dorothy Riccards, Mary Wright, and Edward Foster. Matthew Hopkinsons house, though called a cottage, is excepted 4 Dec 1710