Description | By lease and release dated 16-17 May 1815, Thomas Pares purchased a messuage, 57 acres of land, free fishing in the River Derwent, and one-tenth of the manor of Ockbrook, for £5,000 Bundle includes (2) Grant from William Cowper to his brother Thomas Cowper, 1598 (3) Order granting livery to Thomas Cowper in the Court of Wards and Liveries, 1606 (4) Lease for 2,000 years at the rent of a rose of land in Borowe Field, Thomas Cowper to James Cowper, 1608 (5) Marriage settlement of Thomas Cowper and Constance Bentley, 1617 (6) Inquisition and valuation of the late Richard Cowper's estates in the Court of Wards and Livery, 1636 (9) Discharge of money from the guardians of the children of Thomas Cooper, 1735 (11) Attested copy will of Thomas Cooper of Ockbrook, 1788 (12-13) Extracts from the Ockbrook parish registers and pedigree of the Cooper family from 1583-1801 (14-15) Copy will of John Cooper, proved 1804 (16-17) Will of Thomas Cooper, 1804 (27) Plan of lands involved in the 1815 conveyance to Thomas Pares |