Defeasance of Statute Merchant by William Mellish, gentleman, of Doncaster (county Yorks.) and Everingham Cressey esquire, of Birkin (Yorks) Reciting that the Milne Field and the Great West Field were leased by Everingham Cressey senior to Mathew Key, and that Mellish paid £300 for their redemption; Everingham junior to whom lands descended to pay £500 for satisfaction of this £300 to Mellish within 6 months of death of Dame Elizabeth Bowles, now wife of Sir Charles Bowles of Lincolnshire, and formerly wife of Jervas Cressey esquire, or £500 with interest within 2 years of her death. 9 Oct 1657