Settlement by William Stanhope, Privy Councillor, of Gawsworth manor house, manor park, 23 farms, turbary on Gawsworth Moss, and 2 messuages in Boseley, on himself for life with remainders in tail male to first son William, second son Thomas, etc. Recites marriage settlements of Charles Mordaunt and Elizabeth Lady Mohun (22, 23 Apr 1717) and of William Stanhope and Anne Griffith (28 Mar 1719); bargain and sale by Mordaunt to Stanhope and John Ward, purchasers of Cheshire manors, of Lancashire manors if purchasers do not have 6 years quiet possession (24 Jul); covenant for production of title deeds (1727/8). 1727