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D513 - Kirk Family of Glossop and Chapel-en-le-Frith - 1566-[20th cent]

M - Title deeds - 1566-[20th cent]

B - Business papers - 1769-1892

E - Estate papers - 1609-1877

1 - Draft lease by Richard Kirk of Gwersyllt (Denbs) to William Hill Watson of Whitchurch (Shropshire), of a messuage and tenements known as Cae Hicco, at Broughton, Wrexham, and also 2 messuages and a croft at Broughton and a dwelling house and outbuildings with a parcel of land known as Cae Pulthglow and part of a building called New Houses, for 31 years at £80 p.a 10 Sep - 1799

2 - Bargain and sale by William Storer of Chapel en le Frith, butcher, to Henry Kirk of Martinside, gent, in consideration of £4.4., of all his goods, stock and chattels viz, 1 mare, 7 pigs, and 4 dozen bagskins with all his household goods, utensils and implements and all the remainder of his personal estate 24 Dec - 1747

3 - Bond in £200 by William Carrington and Robert Carrington of Whiteknowle in Chinley, yeomen, to Henry Kyrke of Martinside, to permit Kyrke to enjoy the £80 which Thomas Bagshaw paid to Anne, wife of William Carrington upon purchasing her dowry at Ridge Hall, paying the interest thereon to William and Robert 14 Jun - 1688

4 - Bond in £84 by Henry Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, Arnold Kyrke, his son and heir, Thomas Gee of Lidgate and Thomas Mellor of Chapel en le Frith, yeoman, to Thomas Rollin in Martinside, farmer, for the payment of £42 1 May - 1699

5 - Bond in £30 by Hugh Watts of Cartledge, Dronfield, woodcutter, to Arnold Kirke of Martinside, yeoman, to allow Kirke and his servants free way and passage for five months to carry away the timber at Ridding Spring, which he has purchased of Watts 3 May - 1701

6 - Bond in £1420 by Joseph Hadfield of Edale, yeoman, and Arnold Kirk of Martinside, yeoman, to Thomas Marriott of Ughill (Yorkshire), for the payment of £710. 26 Mar - 1722

7 - Articles of agreement between Thomas Waterhouse of Hallhurst, Glossop, yeoman, and Arnold Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman whereas Waterhouse has sold Kyrke a parcel of oak timber near Hayfield (c.65 trees) Kyrke is to have all the bark and timber, paying Waterside £20 and is to remove the timber before 1 May 1712. 11 Apr - 1711

8 - Articles of agreement between Mark Prickett of Ridge Top, yeoman, and Arnold Kyrke whereas Prickett has sold Kyrke a parcel of oak timber near Hayfield (c.90 trees), Kyrke is to have all the bark and timber, paying Prickett £41, and to remove the timber by 1 May 1712. 11 Apr - 1711

9 - Articles of agreement between John Shallcross and Thomas Kirk. Kirk to lease the Higher Withintacke at a rent of £7. 10 May - 1732

10 - Articles of agreement between Nicholas Cresswell, Henry Kyrke and Robert Middleton that the side wall of the barn and gable to Kyrke's building whereon Kyrke's timber now lays, is to be maintained as an equal charge on all the parties; Kyrke to enclose the garden within 14 months with a wall 6ft high - [18th cent]

11 - Receipt by John Andow, William Kenerly and William Feeilesend for articles of agreement received from Arnold and Thomas Kyrke - [18th cent]

12 - Account of rates and taxes paid - 1703

13 - Bill for cloth - 1704

14 - Bill for legal charges - c1715

15 - Bill due to William Middleton - 1720

16 - Account of debts - 1720-1724

17 - Account for timber purchased - 1727-1729

18 - Bill for cakes and ale - 1741

19-23 - Miscellaneous undated bills - 18th cent

24-40 - Bills for property repairs at Martinside and Hallsteads - 1797-1800

41 - Receipt by Robert Beard for £2.10s received from Arnold Kyrke - 1705

42 - Receipt by Hannah Bower for £5 received from Arnold Kyrke, being a year's interest on £200 - 1706

43-44 - Receipts by Mark Prickett for money received for timber purchased by Arnold Kyrke - 1710-1712

45 - Receipt by Job Hill for 10s received from Thomas Kirk, money due to Daniel Hill decd - 1718

46 - Receipt by George Brocklehurst for £10.18s received from Arnold Kyrke, part of money due on a bond in £40 - 1727

47 - Receipt by John Gaskell for £40 received from Arnold Kirk, part of money due to Mary Judson - 1730

48 - Receipt by Thomas Eccles for 19s.4d received from Thomas Kerke, due to John Lingard - 1733

49 - Receipt by David Jones of Rhuddlan (Flint) brickmaker, Thomas Jones of Gresford (Denbs) labourer, and John Jones of Gwersyllt (Denbs) labourer, for £33.12s received from Richard Kirk of Gwersyllt, being purchase money for a piece of land on Little Mountain, Gwersyllt - 1792

50 - Note of debt by John Bennett of Blacksmith, to Arnold Kirke of Martinside for £4.1s. 1703/4 - [1704]

51 - Receipt for Great Hamlet tithe corn rent received from Arnold Kirke - [18th cent]

52 - Bill for timber - 1796-1797

53 - Bill of Thomas Edwards for wet hair [plaster] - 1797

54-55 - Bills of D Mackintosh for painting done at Queen's Square - 1797-1798

56 - Bill of Daniel Humphreys for cutting a door in the circular shop and repairs to Miss Jackson's house - 1798

57 - Bill for work done in the square

58-60 - Receipts for payments for advertisements re shops to let - 1798

61 - Ann Cleever, Liverpool to Mr Jones, Wrexham - 1797

62 - List of shops let with tenants' name and rents - 1797

63 - Schedule of rents received - 1799

64 - Letter from Samuel Hollingsworth to Arnold Kirke to deliver the counterbond to the bearer, Thomas Bradbury who has paid all 13 Aug - 1704

65 - Letter from Elin Beard to (Arnold Kirke) asking for the loan of 40s 14 Jan 1705/6 - [1706]

66 - Letter from Robert Charleville to Arnold Kyrke re a debt of £100. 22 Apr - 1730

67 - Inventory and valuation by John Frith and Thomas Mellor of the goods of Ann Kirke of Martinside, decd, widow of Henry Kirke decd. 2 Mar 1719/20 - [1720]

68 - Receipts by Elizabeth Mellor and James Clegg to Arnold Kirk for legacies due under the will of Ann Kirk. 16 Mar 1720/21 - [1721]

69-71 - Quitclaims by Anthony Bellott, Stephen Bellott and Margrit Middleton to Henry Kirk and Peter Steel, executors of the will of Thomas Kirk of Spire Hollin, of all actions and claims - 1757-1762

72-130 - Receipts for crown rents paid for land at Bowden Edge, Coombes Edge, Heralds and Hallsteads and the Little Close in Peak Forest - 1697-1780

131-140 - Receipts for rent due to Henry Eyre for Dove Hole Meadows - 1732-1748

141-144 - Receipts for rent due to John Hutchinson for an encroachment at Bowden Chapel - 1711-1720

145-151 - Miscellaneous rent receipts - 1709-1743

152 - Elizabeth Beard to Arnold Kyrke asking for the delivery of articles in his keeping. 9 Apr - 1705

153 - Appointment by John Bennett of John Hyde to pay £2 to Arnold Kyrke 14 Apr - 1796

154 - Division of goods at Bank into 4 parts - [18th cent]

155 - Division of cattle at Booth Low - [18th cent]

156 - Particulars of lands at Bowden Head and Rushop - [18th cent]

157 - Notes re. lease of farm to H Lomas - [18th cent]

158 - Draft settlement upon the marriage of Thomas Birtles of Birtles (Ches), gent, and Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Bagshawe the elder of Wormhill, gent. In consideration of a dowry of £700, Birtles conveys to John Worrall of Pownall Hall (Ches) gent, John Lowe of Hordern in Ranow (Ches), gent, Adam Bagshawe the younger of Wormhill and Richard Bagshawe of Castleton, gents, a capital messuage and appurtenances at Birtles and Alderley and several closes at Birtles and Over Alderley called the Bentfield, Bentfield Meadowe, the two Capesthorne Bridges, the Burntearthes, the Peasefield, Rushiefield, the Heath, the Layfield, the back of Thomases, the Little Hyles, the Great Hyles, the Intack, the Marled Earthes, the further Newhey, the Nearer Newhey, the New Meadowe, the Nether Field, the Brook Croft, the Moor and the Hempyard, with a messuage at Over Alderley, [incomplete] - 1701

159 - Bond in £100 by Adam Bagshaw of Wormhill gent, to Henry Kirke of Martinside, yeoman, for the payment by Bagshaw to Kirke of £10.10s p.a, during the life of Elizabeth Bagshaw, in trust to her use 3 May - 1694

160 - Bond in £100 by Samuel Bagshaw of Oldgreave to Ralph Gee of Lydyate, to stand to the arbitration of Arnold Kyrke, William Hudson and John Hall, or any two of them 16 May - 1724

161 - Appointment by Hellen Torre, wife of Richard Torre of Castleton, gent, whereas before their marriage Richard entered into a bond with William Bagshaw of Forde, her trustee, that if she died before him without issue, he would dispose of £80 to such persons as directed by her, of £20 to Richard, £5 each to her mother, Grace Bagshaw, her brother George Bagshaw and her sister Margaret Bagshaw, £5 each to Thomas, Margarett and Hellen Bagshaw, children of her brother Ralph, £5 each to Robert, Elizabeth and Grace, the children of her brother Robert, £5 a piece to Hannah and Hellen Cresswell, and £2.10s each to Nicholas and Elizabeth Cresswell 10 Jan 1681/2 - [1682]

162 - Appointment by John Bagshaw of Eccles, Chapel en le Frith, gent, of German Buxton of Eccles, gent, as his attorney to recover and receive from Henry Kyrke of Martinside, all legacies due to him by the hand of Kyrke, under the will of his mother, Anne Carrington, wife of William Carrington the elder of Whiteknowle, Glossop. 25 Jul - 1701

163 - Lease by William Bagshaw of Ford, gent, to Richard Bagshaw of Castleton, esq., Arnold Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, and William Carrington of Ashen Clough, yeoman, in consideration of £160 paid to him by his brother, Nathaniell Bagshaw of Ford, gent, of all his messuages and lands at Wash, Chapel en le Frith, known as Collinheys and all his lands at Rushop, for 99 years at a pepper corn rent, with proviso that if he shall pay them £20 p.a to the use of Nathaniell, the lease shall be void 5 May - 1720

164 - Release by Richard Bagshaw, Arnold Kyrke and William Carrington, to William Bagshaw, in consideration of £40, of £5 of the above annuity of £20. 17 May 1732/3 - [1733]

165-179 - Orders from Nathaniell Bagshaw to Arnold Kyrke for the payment of money from his annuity to various persons - 1730-1736

179 - Record of monies to be paid: Mr. Kyrke to pay Robert Kyrke of Chapel-en-le-Frith, 8s, 24 Jun; and to Mr. Arnold Kyrke £1732, 10 Jun; both 1731 - 1731

180-181 - Receipts by Nathaniel Bagshaw for payment of the annuity - 1730-1734

182-183 - Letters from Nathaniel Bagshaw to Arnold Kyrke re the annuity - 1733

184-185 - Letter from John Harris to Mr Bagshaw enclosing a bill for what he disbursed for Nathaniel Bagshaw and his family and stating that he found them miserably poor and has arranged for a load of meal and a side of beef to be delivered 20 Nov - 1740

186 - Letter from John Goddard to Arnold Kyrke re a bill drawn on Kyrke by Nathaniel Bagshaw 3 Sep - 1735

187 - Receipt by Henry Ludlam for money received from Arnold Kirk for the use of Matthew Bagshaw 4 Oct - 1733

188 - Receipt by Thomas Bagshaw for £4.16s received from Robert Hinchcliffe for charge of a fine 7 Nov - 1666

189 - Articles of agreement between Robert Beard the elder of Jumble, yeoman, and Robert Beard the younger, his son, for the conveyance to Robert the younger of several messuages at Great Hamlet and Phoside and 2 cottages at Jumble with all cattle and husbandry ware and one half of all household goods as remain in the house at Jumble, the cottages for the remainder of a leasehold term, and the messuages in fee simple, Elizabeth, wife of Robert the elder to have the other half of the household goods and Robert the younger to keep and maintain his parents and to pay all his father's present debts with payment of £4 to his sister, Ann, wife of William Cowper and £10 to his sisters Elizabeth, Ellen and Catherine within 1 year of his death and another £10 after their mother's death. Robert is to convey to his mother, after his father's death, the messuage at Smithfould in Phoside Hamlet with the lands there, for her life and to allow Elizabeth, Ellen and Catherine to enjoy the same after her death at a pepper corn rent, until they shall be married 25 Oct - 1703

190 - Articles of agreement between Robert Beard, son of heir of Thomas Beard of Clough Houses, decd, and Ellen Beard of Clough Houses, Glossop, widow, and Arnold Kirke of Martinside, yeoman, and Thomas Kirk of Hollin, yeoman, his brother reciting a mortgage by Robert and Ellen Beard to John Waterhouse of Heyfield (6 Jun, 1702) of a capital messuage at Clough Houses in Phoside and a messuage in the herbage of Chinley als Mainstonefield, for £160 for the conveyance to the Kirks of the messuage at Clough Houses 13 Nov - 1706

191 - Bond in £70 by Robert Beard senior of Chinley to Samuel Hyde of Jumble, for the performance of covenants in an indenture of even date 3 Jun - 1687

192 - Declaration of use by Robert Beard of Jumble, yeoman, being seised of a copyhold cottage, garden and 3 parcels of land called Long Crofte, Kilne Crofte and Over Orchard (1 acre) to his own use for life and then as directed by deed or will, after his death to the use of John Waterhouse of Hayfield 25 Jul - 1699

193 - Lease by Thomas Booth of Stockwalls, Charlesworth, yeoman, to Nicholas Hadfield of Nethercliff, yeoman, of several parts of a messuage and lands at Nethercliff lately purchased by Booth from Hadfield, and of a bay of building at the upper end of the new building at Nethercliff and a parcel of land known as Higginbotham Meadow, for 40 years at £3 p.a. 16 Jun - 1690

194 - Part of a draft deed between Thomas Booth the elder of Stockwalls, yeoman, Thomas Booth the younger, his son, and Jasper Brentnall of Tideswell, yeoman, reciting a lease by Jane, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk and Arther Onslow of West Clandon (Sy), esq., to Booth of a messuage and closes at Charlesworth called Long Asken Bottam, Parke Meadow, Netherhouse Wood, Netherhouse Field, Netherhouse Meadow, Great Lee, Lee Meadow, Green Meadow, the intake called Gorsy Banke, the two Arxles, Moor Wood, Little Meadow, half the Quarrell Field, Sparr Greave, High Field, the Croft, Ashton Bottam Head, the Meadows at the Waters, half of Slack Edge and the Moorwood Croft with tithe hay of the said premises (97 acres 2 roods) and part of a house with a garden, orchard and backside and a close called Upper Field (8 acres), for 54 years at £3.14.4d p.a - 1698

195 - Lease by John Chambers of Derby, gent, to John Warrington of New Mills, yeoman, reciting a lease by Queen Katherine, Denzill, Lord Holles, Phillip, Earl of Chesterfield, and William, Viscount Branker, to Chambers (29 Jan 1673/74), of inter alia ½a land at New Mills with the barn thereon, for 31 years, of the said land and barn for the residue of the term at a rent of 4d 20 Sep - 1675

196 - Mortgage by Samuell Hide of Gamble (Jumble) yeoman, to John Chambers of Derby, gent, of a messuage at Gamble and all other his estates at Gamble for 500 years, for £20. 10 Aug - 1676

197 - Lease by Anne Dickson, widow of Edward Dickson of Brownhill, yeoman, to Thomas Bagshaw, son of Robert Bagshaw of Austen-leigh, husbandman, of a new house and building with all appurtenant lands at Chapel en le Frith, for 11 years at £10.13.4d p.a 22 Feb 1654/5 - [1655]

198 - Lease by Thomas Clayton of Blackbrook, yeoman, to Anne Dixon of Blackbrook, widow, reciting a lease to Clayton by Edward Cresswell of Litton, yeoman (30 Mar 1653) of a messuage and lands at Blackbrook for 21 years, in consideration of £7.15s of 3 closes known as the Fields (missing) piece of building called the (missing) in the parish of Chapel en le Frith, for 17 years at a rent of £3 p.a 19 Dec - 1656

199 - Lease by Thomas Clayton of Blackbrook to Anne Dixon, in consideration of 20s of a cottage or bay of building called Horse Coate with an adjoining croft and garden stidde and a close called the Banke, at Blackbrooke, for 17 years, at a pepper corn rent 21 Nov - 1657

200 - Bond in £100 by Henry Redfearne and Thomas Redfearne of Brownhill, and Edward Brokilhurst of Shawstile, husbandmen, to Edward Dickson of Errate (Ches), husbandman, whereas the parties are bound in £50 to Thomas Cuffe of Shalcrosse, yeoman for the payment of £27 to indemnify Dixon against Cuffe 13 Jul - 1626

201 - Bond in £120 by Robert Redfearne and Thomas Redfearne his son, to Edward Dickson, for the performance of covenants in a lease 13 Jul - 1626

202 - Bond in £50 by Robert and Thomas Redfearne and Edward Brokilhurst to Edward Dickson of Brownhill, whereas the parties are bound to Ann Cuffe, widow, in £50 for the payment of £27 to indemnify Dickson 15 Jan 1628/9 - [1629]

203 - Bond in £522 by Raphe Bagshawe of Hordron, yeoman, and William and Raphe Bagshawe, husbandmen, his sons, to Edward Dixon of Brownhill, Hope, for the performance of covenants in a bargain and sale 15 Mar 1652/3 - [1653]

204 - Bond in £112 by William and Henry Jackson of Olleesknowles (?) (Ches), husbandmen, to Anne Dickson of Brownhill, widow, for the performance of covenants in an agreement 6 Feb 1654/5 - [1655]

205 - Bond in £20 by Thomas Needham of Salters- ford (Ches) farmer, to Edward Dixon of Blackbrook, yeoman, for the performance of covenants - 2 Feb 1674/1675

206 - Articles of agreement between Edward Dixon and Thomas Needham, for a lease to Needham of a messuage at Saltersford for 21 years if the term of the original lease by Mr James Stopford to Dixon shall so long continue at a rent of £7 p.a and all other duties or rates which shall become payable on the premises except 20s p.a. which Dixon pays to Stopford and except all herriots due to Stopford - 2 Feb 1674/1675

207 - Memorandum of agreement between Edward Dixon and William Wheeldon for the erection by Wheeldon of a wall 4ft high between the Pim Cheer House and the head of Dixon's tenement a wall 2ft high between the land of Margret Kater and the said tenement and a 3ft wall on part of his own meadow, within 7 years on pain of forfeiting £4. 5 Feb 1686/7 - [1687]

208 - Probate of Edward Dickson of Brownhill, yeoman; to be buried in the church at Taxal; his messuage and lands at Hordron, his messuage at Saltersford (Ches) to his wife, Anne, until his son Edward is 21 when he is to have half the lands and Anne to have the rest for life if she remains unmarried; if she marries again she is to have only one third of the lands; after her death, all the estate to Edward in tail general but if he die without issue or before he is 21, then Anne to have all the estate in fee simple; to every servant 12d; his personal estate to Anne 11 Dec - 1654

209 - Letters of administration to Edward Cresswell and Henry Kirk for the estate of Anne Dixon, deceased, during the minority of Edward Dixon, her son 22 Dec - 1663

210 - Probate of Edward Dixon of Blackbrook, yeoman, 10s each to his cousins, Nicholas Cresswell, Elizabeth Revell and Hanna Cresswell; 10s each to his cousins Anthony and James Walker; 10s each to his cousin Kathern Garott of Middleton; 2s 6d each to Arnold, Mary, Thomas, Margret and Joane, the children of Henery Kyrke; 2s 6d each to Raphe and Anne, the children of Thomas Gee of Lydiate (Lancs.) 10s to Thomas Mellor the younger of Townend and to his brother and sisters, Henry, Anne, Mary and Dorothy, 2s 6d; 2s.6d each to Arnold and Ellen, children of Thomas Kyrke of Whitehills; to his brothers in law, Thomas Gee, Thomas Mellor and Thomas Kyrke 5s each; to his brother in law Henery Kyrke, 20s; to his mother in law, Anne Kyrke, 5s; to his sisters in law, Anne Kyrke, Joane Gee, Elizabeth Mellor and Ellen Mellor, 5s; 2s.6d each to Elizabeth Turner, widow, and John her son; to John Tytherington, his servant, 5s - the above legacies to be paid only if he dies without issue; to Mary his wife, a messuage at Hordern in fee simple, subject to a rent of 20s p.a to Henery Kyrke the elder at Eaves, Henery Kyrke of Martinside, Thomas Gee of Lydiate and Thomas Mellor of Townend to be paid to the poor of Chapel en le Frith, but if he dies leaving issue then the above 20s is replaced by a bequest of 20s to the poor of Chapel; the remainder of his estate, real and personal, to Mary in fee simple 27 Oct - 1693

211 - Probate of Mary Dixon of Blackbrook widow; to her brother Henry Kirke of Martinside, Arnold Kirke, his son, Thomas Gee of Lydiate (Lancs) and Thomas Mellor, her brothers in law, a messuage and lands at Hordern, subject to the rent charge as above (D513/M/E/210) upon trust to pay out of the rents and profits, 20s p.a to the poor of Chapel en le Frith and the residue to the schoolmaster of Chapel; a messuage at Blackbrook, held under lease from John Cresswell of Litton, to Thomas, son of Thomas Mellor, charged with the payment of £10 each to Anne, Dorithy, Elizabeth and Elen Mellor, his sisters; to her brother Thomas Kirke of Whitehills, all her farm at Saltersford (Ches); to Henry Kirke and Arnold his son, all her interest in a close in Peak Forest, called Little Close, to be equally divided; to Henry and Mary, children of Thomas Mellor, £10 each; to Arnold, Henry and Ellen Kirke, £10 each; to Thomas, Mary, Margarett and Joan Kirke, £10 each; to Raph Gee and Anne his sister, £5; 10s to Robert Walker of Tideswell; to the children of George Walker of Knowlow, £10; to John Titherton, her servant, £5 and a bed; to her mother Anne Kirke and her sisters in law Anne Kirke and Elizabeth Kirke, 1 guinea each; to her sisters Elizabeth and Ellen Mellor, 1 guinea; to her aunt, Grace Cresswell, 5s; to Nicholas, Elizabeth and Hannah Cresswell, 10s each; 5s to Mary Carrington; to Arnold Kirke £5; to Thomas Gee, 10s; the residue of her real estate to Henry Kirke, Arnold Kirke, Thomas Kirke and Thomas Mellor 12 May - 1697

212 - Codicil to the will of Edward Dixon (D513/M/E/210); to John Titerton, his best-shirt and a cloth riding coat; to Henry Kyrke, his best hat; to Thomas Mellor, his best riding coat; to his cousin Thomas Mellor his cloth serge waistcoat, and if his wife Mary dies before the end of the lease on Blackbrook, then Thomas is to have it; all that will be raised from his land at Leefield, after Mary's death, towards maintaining a school at Chapel en le Frith

213-214 - Release by John Richardson of Hilltop (Ches.) and Thomas Andrewe of Marple and Joane his wife, to Anne Dixon of Blackbrook, widow, in consideration of £30, of all manner of actions and debts 20 Apr - 1663

215 - Receipt for 10s for a licence for Edward Dixon to enter into a final concord with Ralph Bagshaw over a cottage and land at Chapel en le Frith - 1651

216 - Receipt by Thomas Statham for money paid by Edward Dickson and Thomas Mellor 17 Dec - 1679

217-228 - Receipts by James Wheldon for rent for the Little Close, paid by Edward Dixon - 1679-1692

229-240 - Receipts for rent due from Edward Dixson to the Crown, (later Duke of Devonshire) - 1674-1700

241 - Receipt by John Creswell for rent paid by Mary Dixon, 1694/5 - [1695]

242-243 - Receipts for money from Leefield House as devised by Mary Dixon (see D513/M/E/211) - 1715-1725

244 - Note of debt from by John Cresswell for £30 borrowed from Edward Dixon 26 Jan 1692/3 - [1693]

245 - Probate inventory of the goods of Anne Dixon, deceased, made by George Bagshawe, George Thornhill and John Creswell 1 Dec - 1663

246 - Bond in £20 by Thomas Wilkinson of Chapel en le Frith, innkeeper, to Adam Jackson of Combs, smith, for the observance of an arbitration by German Buxton, gent, Thomas Kyrke of Spire Hollin, yeoman, and Elias Hallam of Dove Holes, husbandman 3 Jul - 1721

247 - Bond in £104 by Thomas Rolley of Dale Head, Tideswell, yeoman, and William Ferne of Alstonefield (Staffs), yeoman, to Ellen Jackson of Dale Head for the payment of £52, 4 May - 1724

248 - Memorandum of agreement between Arnold Kirk, Thomas Kirk and William Jackson, and Thomas White of Longstone, on behalf of his son in law, John Roberts, for a lease to Roberts of a house, garden, stable and lands at Bath Bank Head, for eleven years, in consideration of £10 and a rent of £7 p.a 27 Jan 1750/1 - [1751]

249 - Grant by Robert Jackson of Dale Head, of his wife Ellen, of all his personal estate in exchange for a hat (13 May, 1706) - proved as his will 23 Oct - 1719

250 - Probate inventory of the goods and chattels of Ellen Jackson of Malcoff, made by John Barber and Joseph Trinkett 6 Apr - 1727

251 - Receipts for legacies under the will of Ellen Jackson - 1720

252 - Note from (?) to Ellen Jackson threatening legal action if she "will not with his tow brothers and sister come in upon fair Terms for Leases" - 1719

253 - Draft bargain and sale by Benjamin Lingard of Slack Hall, yeoman, to John Lingard of Slackhall, in consideration of £120, of a dwelling house, barn and outcast of building with a close called Dobcroft, a close known as Birchen Lowe, 2 closes called Unthank and Unthankhead, a close called Nearer or Nur Roods, a close called Further or Fur Roods, at Slack Hall - 1683

254 - Bond in £100 by Charles Lingard of Milltown, yeoman, to William Bagshaw of Ford, gent., to abide by the arbitration of John Byron, clerk, Arnold Kyrk of Martinside and Francis Gee of Kinder 24 Dec - 1719

255 - Valuation of the estate of Charles Lingard - [c1700]

256 - Unexecuted bond in £51.10s by Anthony Longdin of Tideswell, husbandman, to Robert Walker of Blackbrook, yeoman, for the payment of £3. 1 Oct - 1663

257 - Inventory of the stock and goods of Nicholas Longden - [17th cent]

258 - List of goods sold to N(icholas) L(ongden)

259 - Bond in £8 by Joseph Taylor of Hollywood End, husbandman, and Samuell Pickering of Edale, curate, to Henry Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, and John Brocklehurst of Stoneridge, Stockport (Ches.), to indemnify Kyrke and Brocklehurst of £4 paid by them to Taylor under the will of Elizabeth Mather, widow, decd being a legacy by her to his children, Joseph and Elizabeth 23 May - 1692

260 - Articles of agreement between Robert Mather of Lymm (Ches.) yeoman, and Laurence Adsherd of Lymm, yeoman, his son in law, for the payment of £25 to Adsherd and the assignment of a debt of £15 owed to Mather by John Pristnall of Widford. If Robert shall survive his wife, Elizabeth Mather, he will bequeath his dwelling house with one half of his personal estate to Laurence. In return Adsherd discharges Mather of all legacies bequeathed to him by his father, Laurance Adsherd, or his grandfather, Laurance Asherd and if he dies in Mather's lifetime then Mather may enjoy the remainder of his lease of 13 acres of land at Dissop (Ches.) After Mather's death, Adsherd is to have his 4 acres at Dissop 1 Nov - 1652

261 - Receipt and aquittance by John Mather of West Leigh (Lancs) tailor, to Elizabeth Mather of Lyme Handley (Ches) widow, for a legacy of £4 under the will of her late husband, Robert Mather, his brother 15 Jan 1662/3 - [1663]

262 - Probate inventory of the goods of Elizabeth Mather, made by Thomas Kyrke and John Swindels 7 May - 1691

263 - Draft settlement upon the marriage of John Mellor the younger, son of John Mellor the elder of Crowdenlee Booth, Edale, yeoman, and (blank), daughter of Thomas Cresswell of Crowdenlee Booth, yeoman, whereby, in consideration of her dowry, the elder Mellor conveys to John Shore of Crowdenlee Booth and Robert Hadfield of Ollerbrook Booth, Edale, a messuage, garden and backside at Crowdenlee Booth, with several closes, called Lower Field, Meadow below the Wall, Nearer and Further Meadow, Greatfield, Further Field, Oulers and Pingle, parcel of the vaccary of Crowdenlee, in trust to use; Further Field, Pingle and Oulers to the use of John Mellor the elder for life and then to John Mellor the younger; the remainder to John Mellor the younger in fee simple upon condition that he pays to his father an annuity of £4 - 1697

264 - Lease by Thomas Hadfield of Enterclough, Mottram (Ches) to Henry Mellor of Bowden, of a messuage known as Roych Clough, at Bowden, with closes known as the Greatfield, the two Meadows, Further Field, Cowhey, Carr, Barley Croft and Rushy Croft and a close at Chinley known as the Carr (4¾ acres) for 21 years at £12 2s p. a. 15 Nov - 1714

265 - Lease by Joshua Bagshaw of Little Hayfield, yeoman, to Mary Mellor the elder of Chapel en le Frith Town End, widow, of 3 rooms in a newly built house at the Ashbourne Lane end of Chapel, ie the parlour, parlour chamber and buttery, with the little garden on the backside, for her life, at a pepper corn rent. Bagshaw is to pay Mary 20s p.a - 1742

266-268 - Receipts for rents paid by Henry Mellor to Thomas Hadfield - 1720-1727

269 - Bond in £200 by Henry Mellor of Town End, Chapel en le Frith and Thomas Mellor of Town End, yeoman, to Ralph Cantrell of Tideswell, for the payment of £100. 13 Nov - 1690

270 - Bond in £60 by Henry Mellor of Roych, yeoman, to Nicholas Cresswell of Blackbrook, for the payment of £30. 17 Feb 1697/8 - [1698]

271 - Bond in £20 by Henry Mellor to John Barber of Holme Hall, for the payment of £10. 5 Dec - 1698

272 - Bond in £40 by Henry Mellor to John Green of Sheffield (Yorkshire), salter, for the payment of £20. 15 Nov - 1701

273 - Bond in £200 by Henry Mellow and Thomas Mellor junior, to John Vernon, Joshua Wood and Thomas Needham (executors of the will of Joseph Vernon of Peak Forest), for the payment of £100 to the use of the children of the said Joseph 11 Nov - 1706

274 - Bond in £24 by Henry Mellor of Roych and Thomas Mellor of Ollerenshaw, yeomen, to John Fielding of Ford, for the payment of £12.12s 25 Jul - [18th cent]

275 - Bond in £40 by Thomas Mellor of Ollerenshaw and Henry Mellor of Roych, to Robert Carrington of Edale, for the payment of £20. 1 May - 1716

276 - Probate of Thomas Mellor of Town End, Chapel en le Frith; to Hellen, his wife, the benefit of his lease from Lord Harley, of Barmoor, for her life and the remainder to his grandson, Henry Mellor; to his grandson James Carrington, £20; the remainder of his personal estate to his daughter Ann, Elizabeth and Hellen 24 May - 1719

277 - Probate Will of Henry Mellor of Shireoaks, Glossop, husbandman; bequeathing £30 to his nephew, Thomas Mellor of Town End; to Henry Mellor, son of the said Thomas, £10 with a bed and a chest; to Mary, wife of William Barber of Mancum (?) £20; to Elizabeth, wife of Richard Clay of South Wingfield, £20; to Mar, wife of John Neal of Tipsall (Tixall ?) £5; to John Carrington junior of Blackbrook, £5; to Samuel Bagshaw of Redgith Green (?), £3; to Rev James Clegg of Stodhart, 5 guineas; to Sara Mellor, a bed, bedding and new bible; to the poor of Chapel en le Frith £3 to every Edge and £1 to the neediest at the discretion of Thomas Kyrke, Thomas Mellor and Thomas Gee; the residue of his personal estate to William Barber and Richard Clay in trust to allow Thomas Mellor of Town End to receive the interest for life and then to be divided among his children 22 Apr - 1742

278 - Probate inventory of Henry Kyrke, Arnold Kirke and Thomas Kirke, of the stock, goods and chattels of Thomas Mellor of Town End 10 Apr - 1719

280-286 - Receipts for legacies under the will of Elizabeth Mellor - 1705

287-291 - Receipts for legacies under the will of Henry Mellor - 1741

292 - Receipt by Richard Swettenham for money received from the executors of Henry Mellor - 1710s

293-294 - Lists of goods sold at Shireoaks - [1742]

295 - List of coats made for Henry and George Mellor

296 - Note of debt from by Thomas Mellor for £30 borrowed of Henry Mellor 29 Sep - 1732

297 - Lease by Thomas Moult of Tunstead Milton, yeoman, to Nicholas Lomas the elder of Lower Thorny Lee, yeoman, of 2 closes known as Roper Crofts at Lower Thorny Lee, for 21 years, at £2.6s p.a 20 May - 1680

298 - Lease by William Moult of Leeds (Yorkshire), clerk, to George Cooper of Tunstead Milton, husbandman, of a messuage and lands at Tunstead Milton, known as Crossleys Farm, for 11 years at £11.10s p.a 14 Nov - 1718

299 - Lease by William Moult of Leeds (Yorkshire) clerk, to James Cooper of Carr Green, husbandman, of a messuage and lands at Tunstead Milton, for 11 years at £14 p.a 10 Mar 1718/9 - [1719]

299A - Lease by Mrs Mary Moult of Leeds to John of Laneside, husbandman, of a messuage and lands at Tunstead Milton, for 11 years at £20 p.a. 10 Mar 1730/1 - [1731]

300 - Lease by Mary Moult to George Lomas of Hurst husbandman, of a messuage and lands a Tunstead Milton, for 11 years at £17.12s. 10 Mar 1730/1 - [1731]

301 - Portion of bond whereby Thomas Raulynson binds himself to find, whenever required by John Bawdon, sufficient timber to repair the house of John Robotham at Bowden. - [16th cent]

302 - Lease by William Rollinson of Chinley, gent, Ann Rollinson of Phoside, widow of Thomas Rollinson, and George Rollinson of Highgate, their son, of a messuage at Phoside with a close known as Badgers, for 7 years at £6 p.a. 18 Oct - 1692

303 - Release and quitclaim by Thomas Rollinson of Hayfield, yeoman, to Guy Rollinson of Highgate gent, of all manner of actions and demands. - 1702

304 - Assignment of lease by John Brundereth of Hayfield, yeoman, and Katherine Brundereth of Birch Hall, widow, to Thomas Rollinson, in consideration of £4.5s.od, of a parcel of land (½a.) and 2 cottages near Birch Hall, held of the Queen Dowager - 2 Feb 1696/[1697

305 - Copy will of James Rollinson of Gibb Hey, Ollersett; to be buried in the chapel at Hayfield with his ancestors; to his brother Thomas, £10; to Edmund Pott of Rethesholme (Ches.) and John Andrew of Lane Site, tanner, 10s each, to his servant Edward Hyde, 20s with his best doublet and breeches; to Thomas Rollinson of Phoside, 20s; 2s.6d. to each of his god-children; all his land at Little Rushop als. Whiteside, to his nephew Robert Rollinson; all his messuage and lands near the Nether Hey at Phoside to his mother Ann for life, and then to his nephew, Guy Rollinson; his messuage and lands at Marple (Ches.) to his nephew Thomas Rollinson, subject to the payment of £30 to his sisters Elizabeth, Christian, Allice and Mary to be equally divided; his lease of the Arrowlowshaw Meadow, the Overleefield als. The Head of the Overlee Great Field, and the Arrowlowshaw Croft at Bowden Middlecale for 21 years from the death of his brother Thomas Rollinson, to his niece Ann Rollinson; his term of 21 years after his mother's death in a close a Chinley called the Intack at the Ditch Head, to his brother Thomas Rollinson, £30 to Thomas Rollinson, Raph Gee of Kinder and Thomas Marryott of Hayfield to be invested in lands, the profits to be distributed to the poor of Hayfield Chapelry; to his niece Doretie Cottrell, a "twinter heafer"; to his kinsman William Beard, his best kindling coal, his best hat and a pair of hose and shoes; to his servant Ann Lomas 4s; to his brother Thomas £170 and £10 which Thomas's wife owes him, to the use of Christian, Elizabeth, Mary and Alice, Thomas's daughters; to Elizabeth Brailsford, his niece, two cows, a feather bed, a bolster, 2 pillows, 3 blankets and a rug coverlet or "bedhillinge" with a pair of sheets; the remainder of his cattle, goods, wool etc. to Ann, his mother; the remainder of his personal estate to Elizabeth Brailsford. 20 Jul - 1669

306 - Probate of Ralph Sleigh of Overboothlow, Sheen (Staffs.) yeoman; to his son, Ralph Sleigh, clerk, 20s; the remainder of his personal estate to his children Thomas Sleigh, Richard Sleigh, James Sleigh, Samuel Sleigh, Sarah Melland, Elizabeth Alsop and Mary Kyrke, to be equally divided, except his silver cup which is specifically devised to Thomas. 11 Oct - 1717

307 - Receipt by William Beech for money received from Arnold Kirk for a bill on the late Rev. Ralph Sleigh's account. 17 Apr - 1728

308 - Account of moneys received towards James Sleigh's rent which is due 2 October 1962 and list of his debts to be paid Lady Day 1763 - [1752]

309 - Acknowledgement by Mical Stone that he has received all wages due to him from James and Samuel Sleigh. 15 Jul - 1762

310 - Probate of Robert Taylor of Tunstead Milton, husbandman; to his eldest daughter, Mary, £8; to his son Mathew, £20; to his servant Abigaill Hulm, £10: the remainder of his real estate to his executors, Thomas Kirke of Spire Hollin and Abigaill Hulm, to be used for the education of his children. 16 Oct - 1718

311 - Apprenticeship indenture of Mary Taylor, with the assent of Thomas Kyrke and Abigaill Hulm, to John Hulme of Newton, Manchester (Lancs) weaver for 5 years. 8 Aug - 1718

312 - Assignment of lease by Thomas Bagshaw of Bakewell, gent, to Arnold Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, George Thornhill of Warmbrook and Henry Kyrke of Hallsteads, of 2 pieces of land at Chapel-en-le-Frith, called the Meadowes, Meadowes Heads and Twichoe Moore, adjoining Black Edge for 17 years 11 months at £15 for the first year and £20 p.a. thereafter (originally leased to Bagshaw by Thomas Eyre of Rowtor, Youlgreave par. 11 May 1706 for 18 years). - 1706

313 - Unexecuted lease by Grace Thornhill of Reddish Green, Chapel-en-le-Frith widow, to Henry Mellor her son, and George Thornhill of Warmbrook, of the Broad Doal, the Old Meadow, Wett Field, Wheat Croft, Lower Ollers and a third part of Ten Acres with half the barn (part of the estate of Thomas Mellor, her former husband) and also a third of the estate of Humphrey Thornhill her late husband, for her life at £10 pa. 25 Oct - 1709

314 - Bond in £50 by Richard Dranfield of Chapel-en- Le-Frith, yeoman, to George Thornhill of Sharnbrook, to abide by the arbitration of Thomas Kyrke of Spire Hollin, Nicholas Cresswell of Blackbrook and Adam Yong of Ford, yeoman. 17 Aug - 1719

315 - Bond in £100 by Samuel Fox of Tunstead Milton, to George Thornhill junior of Chapel-en-le-Frith, to abide by the arbitration of Arnold Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, Jasper Frith of Bankhall, yeoman and John Hall of Thorntree. 15 Jul - 1730

316 - Arbitration of Thomas Kyrke, Nicholas Cresswel and Adam Young between George Thornhill and Richard Dranfield - Dranfield is to pay 20s. to Thornhill by 29 Sep, the costs of the arbitration being shared. 27 Aug - 1719

317 - Arbitration of Arnold Kyrke, Jasper Frith and John Hall, between George Thornhill junior and Samuel Fox - Fox to have the mare he bought of Thomas Mottershead before 22 August - Fox to pay Thornhill £5.5s. by 22 August plus £1.10s for the keeping of the mare until then. 15 Aug - 1730

318 - Lease by John Waterhouse of Hayfield, yeoman to John Bennett of Blackshaw, Glossop yeoman, of the tithes of corn and grain from a messuage at Blackshaw and from other farms and tenements of the inheritance of Bennett at Great Hamlet, for 14 years at £1.17s. 28 Jan 1695/6 - [1696]

319 - Covenant by Matthew Shelmerdine of Etchells (Ches.) and James Shelmerdine of Stockport (Ches), woollen-drapers, to Thomas Waterhouse of Simmondly, Glossop yeoman - 8 May 1695

320 - Assignment by Thomas Gladwin of Tupton Hall, esq. To Samuel Eyre, son and heir of Thomas Eyre of Swallow Houses, Glossop, yeoman, in consideration of £30, of all the money and advantage of Gladwin in a judgment obtained by him against the said Thomas Eyre and Thomas Waterhouse of Hayfield for a debt of £60. 22 Aug - 1693

321 - Draft deed to lead uses of a fine, between Robert Beard son and heir of Thomas Beard of Clough Houses, yeoman, and Ellen, widow of the said Thomas, to John Waterhouse of Hayfield, reciting a feoffment by Robert and Ellen Beard to Waterhouse of a capital messuage at Clough Houses in Phoside hamlet and another messuage at Chinley with all appurtenances (6 June last) and reciting a fine levied by the Beards to William Carrington of all the above premises - the fine is to be to the use of John Waterhouse in fee simple (see also E.331) - 1702

322 - Articles of agreement between John Waterhouse of Hayfield, yeoman, and John Clayton of Hayfield, husbandman, for the lease by Waterhouse to Clayton of a close at Hayfield known as Further Wood for 21 years at £1.6s p.a., Clayton to maintain the fences and banks. 2 Apr - 1683

323 - Articles of agreement between John Waterhouse of Hollin Head, Glossop yeoman, and John Waterhouse, son and heir of Raph Waterhouse of Rowarth, and Samuel Prickett of Ringstones, Glossop.' yeoman for the mortgage to Prickett, in consideration of £104 paid to James Earnshaw of Hoone (Yorkshire.) in discharge of a mortgage, and of £156 owed to Prickett or to Marke Prickett his father, of a messuage and lands at Rowarth. 2 Jan 1699/1700 - [1700]

324 - Bond in £200 by John Waterhouse of Hayfield yeoman, to Thomas Waterhouse of Hayfield, his father, for the payment of £12 p.a. to Thomas for life. 11 Nov - 1679

325 - Bond in £12 by Thomas Waterhouse of Hayfield and Edmund Bradbery of Bankhead to John Bennet of Chinley End, for the payment of £8. 6 May - 1684

327 - Bond in £10 by John Clayton of Hayfield, to John Waterhouse of Hayfield, for the performance of covenants. 2 Apr - 1688

328 - Bond in £300 by George Yeavley of Brick Houses, yeoman, to John Waterhouse of Hayfield, yeoman, for the performance of covenants. 28 Jun - 1688

329 - Bond in £20 by John Waterhouse of Hollin Head, yeoman, Ralph Waterhouse of Rowarth and John Waterhouse his son, to Samuel Prickett of Ringstones, for the payment of £10. 4 May - 1698

330 - Bond in £800 by John Waterhouse of Hayfield yeoman, to Thomas Bower of Tortop, executor of the will of John Bower, whereas John Bower bequeathed £400 to his daughters Hannah and Sarah and whereas Thomas Bower has paid the money to Waterhouse for the payment of the legacy by Waterhouse within three months of their attaining the age of 21 or being married. 23 Dec - 1698

331 - Bond in £320 by Robert Beard of Clough Houses to John Waterhouse of Hayfield, for the performance of covenants. (see also E321) 6 Jun - 1702

332 - Bond in £60 by John Waterhouse of Hayfield to Arnold Kyrke and Thomas Kyrke of Martinside, executors of the will of John Waterhouse decd, to permit Margrett, widow of John Waterhouse, to continue to live in her husband's house for her life, so long as she remain unmarried - she is to have the parlour and chamber above, the buttery and chamber above with the further garden. 16 May - 1709

333 - Bond in £100 by Benjamin Waterhouse of Spray House, yeoman, to Thomas Waterhouse of the same, yeoman, to abide by the arbitration of Henry Booth of Charlesworth, yeoman, Edward Drinkwater of Bugsworth, yeoman, and Arnold Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, 23 Dec - 1725

334 - Arbitration of Henry Booth, Arnold Kirk and Edward Drinkwater between Thomas Waterhouse and Benjamin Waterhouse, his stepfather, - Benjamin to pay £1.1s. to Thomas by 25 March next for grain and hay bought of Thomas, with liberty to remove the hay or use it on the premises - Benjamin to remove all his household goods, husbandry wares and all his family from the premises as soon as possible - Benjamin to have all the corn grown upon the premises paying 10s to Thomas. 13 Jan 1725/6 - [1726]

335 - Hellen Bradbury to John Waterhouse asking for money endorsed with receipts for money paid to Roger Marchinton for Mrs Bradbury. - 1692

336 - John Bennett to (John Waterhouse ?) - Consents to the transfer of his deed to John Citchin. - [c1700]

337 - Receipt by Thomas Waterhouse of Hayfield yeoman, for £24 received form his son John Waterhouse, being two years annuity due to him for 1677-1678. 14 Aug - 1679

338 - Receipt by Thomas Waterhouse for £6 received from John Waterhouse his son, as half a year's annuity. 12 Nov - 1681

339 - Receipt by Isaak Ashburne for £26.9s.5d. received from John Waterhouse. 9 Jul - 1692

340 - Receipt by J. Ashnhurst for £80 received of John Waterhouse, being money lodged with Waterhouse, £40 having been paid to Francis Garratt, bailiff of Sir Nathaniel Curzon and the remainder returned to Ashnhurst. 2 May - 1694

341-342 - Receipts for tithe corn rent paid by John Waterhouse for Great Hamlet. - 1700-1701

343 - Receipt for rent paid by John Waterhouse to the Queen Dowager for a neighbourship at Chinley. 21 Oct - 1703

344 - Receipt by E Orme for 2s.8d. received from Mr Waterhouse. 9 Dec - 1704

345 - Receipt by Sarah Bowden for £33.2s.6d. received of Arnold Kyrke on the account of John Waterhouse - 1704

346 - Receipt by John Benett and John Benett Junior to Arnold and Thomas Kyrke, executors of John Waterhouse decd. for an assignment. 19 Oct - 1704

347 - Receipt of David Harropp for £1.9.6. received of Thomas Kyrke for smith's work done on account of John Waterhouse and receipt by Thomas Broune for 16s. received of Thomas Kyrke on Waterhouse's account. 10 Jun - 1704

348 - Receipt by Robert Beard for £2.1.½d received of Barnabas Bailey, for the use of Arnold and Thomas Kirke, executors of John Waterhouse. 29 Jan 1705/6 - [1706]

349 - Receipt by Robert Beard for £1.8.11d received from Arnold and Thomas Kyrke. 5 Oct - 1705

350 - Receipt by Thomas Waterhouse for £10 received from Arnold and Thomas Kyrke under the will of John Waterhouse. 11 Jan 1705/6 - [1706]

351 - Receipt by Hannah (sic) Bower for £102.10s received of Arnold and Thomas Kyrke. 20 Aug - 1706

352 - Receipt for rent due to Queen Anne from the heirs of Mr Waterhouse for a neighbourship in Rushop. 23 Oct - 1707

353 - Receipt by Mar(garet) Waterhouse for £10.13s.4d received of John Wagstaff for chief rent from the manor of Glossop. 19 Feb 1710/11 - [1711]

354 - Receipt by Benjamin Waterhouse for £4.14s. received of Arnold Kyrke for all rents and debts due to Thomas Waterhouse decd. 25 Nov 1710/11 - [1711]

355 - Bill of Richard Clough for medicine for Mr Waterhouse - 1703

356 - Bill of Robert Middleton for tobacco, pipes etc. for the funeral of Mr Waterhouse. - 1704

357 - List of parish rates, taxes and tithes paid on Widow Waterhouse's Farm. - 1709

358 - Letter of administration to Arnold and Thomas Kirke for the estate of John Waterhouse decd. 4 Oct - 1704

359 - Inventory and valuation by Thomas Mellor and William Carrington of the goods and chattels of John Waterhouse of Hayfield decd. 26 Apr - 1704

360 - Inventory and valuation of stock and of furniture etc. in a house at Hayfield (John Waterhouse's?) - [c1704]

361 - Release by Benjamin Waterhouse of Spray House to Arnold and Thomas Kyrk of £36 received under the will of his brother John Waterhouse. 23 May - 1706

362 - Authorization by Arnold and Thomas Kyrke Banabas Bayley and David Harrop to collect debts owing to John Waterhouse for hay grass and beast grass at Phoside, with schedule of debts. 7 Dec - 1706

363 - Lease by Charles, Archbishop of Cashel, to the Hon. Mathew Plunkett, of the town and lands of Killough and Lisnihousty (460a 3 roods 16 perches) in the barony of Middlthird, co . Tipperary, with all appurtenances, for 21 years at £60,10s. pa. - 1817

364 - Mortgage by Hon. Sydney Shawe Plunkett, widow of Hon Mathew Plunkett, decd, of Plunkett Lodge, Kingstown, co Dublin, to Maxwell McMaster of Grafton St., Dublin, watchmaker, reciting lease and release (1748) by Richard Viscount Holesworth and William Wilde of Dublin to Frances Shaw, widow, of a plot of ground on the west side of Frederick St., Dublin (22ft & 124 ft) and reciting lease (1753) by Frances Shaw to Robert Gore of Woodford (co Leitrim) of a messuage erected upon the said land for 999 years at £36 p.a., for £120 of a rent charge of £28.3.1d. p.a. upon the premises. - 1835

365 - Lease by Merrick Shaw Plunkett of Gwersyllt Hill near Wrexham and Caroline Mary his wife, with George Morrison Marsh of Ellesmere (Shropshire) and Abraham Howell of Welshpool (Mont), their trustees to William Lassell of the Brock, Liverpool, of the mansion known as Gwersyllt Hill with gardens and land, and of 3 cottages, all at Gwersyll near Wrexham (Denbs.) for 21 years at £200 p.a. (with plan). 31 May - [19th cent]

366 - Copy will of Thomas Penson of Gwersyllt Hill (Denbs.) with codicil dated 1859. 2 Jun - 1858

367 - Will of Caroline Mary Plunkett, wife of Merrick Shaw Plunkett of Pen y Don, Rhyl (Flint) grandaughter of Richard Kyrke of Gwersyltt Hill, dec 22 Jun - 1869

368 - John Churton to Mrs Plunkett at Hereford - as she repudiated the purchase of bricks at Rhyl, he has managed to dispose of them but at a loss due to breakages - encloses his bill. 14 July - 1860

369 - Account of John Churton to Mrs Plunkett for building and other costs. - 1859

370 - Rhyl Improvement Commissioners to the trustees of Merrick Shaw Plunkett and Caroline Mary Plunkett - notice to treat for part of the foreshore (with plan). 15 Jun - 1877

371 - Case for opinion of counsel re Rhyl foreshore. - 1869

372 - Particular of estates in Hope parish, giving field names rentals and acreages. - 1732

373 - Valuation of the estates belonging to the heirs of George Allen of Pyegreave. - [c1700]

374 - Particulars of the Ollerenshaw, Tunstead and Spire Hollin estates, intended to be sold. - [c1700]

375 - Particulars, valuation and rental of Mr Shallcross's estate at Shallcross and Fernilee. - [c1720]

376 - Particulars of the lordship of Taxal (Ches., now Derbys) giving tenants, length of lease and value. - [c1720]

377 - Particulars of the demesne of Overton Hall, seat of the lordship of Taxal (Ches., now Derbys) - [c1720]

378 - Bond in £100 by George Thornhill of Warmbrook yeoman, George Thornhill junior of Warmbrook, Thomas Mellor of Townend, Chapel-en-le-Frith, yeoman, John Thornhill of Warmbrook, yeoman, and Francis Taylor of Barmoor, farmer, to Robert Bagshaw of Hollinknowle, yeoman, and Henry Kyrke of Martinside, yeoman, to abide by a division of an enclosure called the Barmore. - 1687

379 - Power of attorney by the freeholders of Peak Forest to Adam Bagshaw of Wormhill, to remedy a defect in the decree of the Duchy of Lancaster dividing the commons between the king and the freeholders, whereby it was omitted to carry the interest of the soil to the freeholders. Signed and sealed by 35 freeholders. 9 Nov - 1708

380 - Draft agreement between the freeholders of Bowden Chapel that the freeholders' part of the commons of Bowden Chapel shall be surveyed and divided among the freeholders (see also D513/F/43Z P1) 21 Feb 1711/12 - [1712]

381 - Receipt by Adam Bagshaw for £2 received from Arnold Kirke, by the hands of Thomas Torr, being the balance of £8 for the bill of costs about the freeholders' decree. 2 Mar 1713/14 - [1714]

382 - Part of a list of documents re the inclosure, put into the chest in the chapel (Chapel-en-le-Frith) by Robert Middleton. - [c1715]

383 - Account of money received for 12 lays for the commons and of money paid to Adam Bagshaw for the decree and for law charges. - [c1714]

384 - Draft assignment of lease by John Carpenter of London to George Kirke of Martinside, reciting a lease (31 May) by the crown to Carpenter of, inter alia, several encroachments at Martinside for 21 years, for a competent consideration, of the said encroachment for the remainder of the term at £ (blank) p.a. 28 Aug - 1609

385 - Assignment of lease by John Carpenter of London gent, to Henry Kyrke of Chapel-en-le- Frith, yeoman, reciting a lease by the crown (1 November 1610) to George Withmore and Thomas Withmore of, inter alia, several encroachments adjoining the land of Arnold Kyrke at Martinside, for 60 years at 6d. p.a. and also reciting an assignment by the Whitmores to Carpenter (2 Nov 1610); for a competent consideration, of the said encroachments for the remainder of the term. 3 Oct - 1611

386 - Lease by Arnold Kerke the elder of Martinside, yeoman, to Arnold Kerke the younger, his son and heir, of a capital messuage called Martinside with appurtenances for 80 years or the life of the elder Arnold at 20 s. p.a. to Arnold the elder and Anne his wife, and £111 to Henrie Kerke and George Kerke, his younger brothers. 31 July - 1619

387 - Lease by Sir Peter Legh of Lyme Handley (Ches.), gent, and John Richardson of Lyme Handley, husbandman, of a messuage at Lyme in the occupation of John Smith of Dissophead (Ches.) and Reignolde Smith his son, for the lives of Legh and Richardson and of John Bennett of Fallehey (Ches.) husbandman, at 23s. p.a 30 Dec - 1625

388 - Assignment of lease by John Legh of Bothames (Ches.) gent, and John Richardson of Lyme (Ches.) husbandman, to John Gaskill of Lyme and Reginold Gaskill of Hanley (Ches.) yeoman , reciting the above lease (E.387) of the premises as above for 99 years, in trust to permit Legh and Richardson to enjoy 2 bays of a barn, a close called the Croft, a close called the Gorses, a close called Broade Meadowe and a close called Marled Earth, in the tenure of Robert Bennett and after the decease of Bennett, to allow Reignold Smyth to enjoy the same for the remainder of the term, and upon trust to permit John Smyth to enjoy the remainder of the premises. 21 Jan 1625/6 - [1626]

389 - Lease by Sir Peter Legh of Lyme Handley (Ches) knight, to John Armefield of Lyme Handley, yeoman and household servant of Legh, in consideration of good service, of a messuage and tenement at Handley, in the occupation of Reignolde Smyth of Dissop Head in Disley Stanley, yeoman, for 21 years after the deaths of Smyth and Bennett at 23s.4d. p.a. 20 Nov - 1631

390 - Assignment of lease by Robert Lomas the younger of Needham Grange, yeoman, to John Bramall of Pyegreave, husbandman, (reciting an assignment of lease to Lomas by Nicholas Bradshawe the elder of Brookhouses, yeoman upon 2 closes called Pittyeard News Land at Pittyard, Chapel-en-le-Frith then in the tenure of Elizabeth Bramall of Pittyard and the said John Bramall) in consideration of £14.8 s. of the said 2 closes for the remainder of the leasehold term, rent unspecified. - 2 Feb 1640/1641

391 - Assignment of lease by Reginald Smith of Macclesfield (Ches.) yeoman, to Lawrence Adshed of Lyme Handley (Ches.) yeoman, (reciting a lease by Sir Peter Legh to John Legh and John Richardson (30 December 1625) (see E387) of a messuage at Lyme Handley in the occupation of John Smith of Dissop Head and the said Reginald Smith, his son, and reciting lease by Sir Peter Legh to John Armefield (see E389) in consideration of £160, of the above said messuage for 99 years if Smith shall so long live and for 21 years after Smith's decease at a rent of £21.10s p.a. - 1657

392 - Assignment of lease by James Foard of Horwich, yeoman, to William Bamford of Wirksworth, miner, of a cottage and garden at Wirksworth, incroached upon the waste of the Duchy of Lancaster and leased to Foard by the crown (15 November 1661) for 31 years, for 30 years at 6d p.a 20 Oct - 1662

393 - Lease by John Brundred of Birch Hall, yeoman (executor of the will of John Hadfield of Mellor decd), Henry Bardsley of Mellor, gent, Thomas Marriott of Heathfield, yeoman, and James Rollinson of Gibb Hey, yeoman (trustees of the said will) to Robert Hinchcliffe of Nether Cliff, yeoman, of a bay of building at the over end of a new building and a close called Lowmost Meadowe and commonly called Heginbotham, at Nether Cliff, for 30 years at £3 p.a. 16 Jul - 1669

394 - Assignment of lease by John Shallcross of Stockport (Ches.) to John Brundreth of Birch Hall in Kinder, yeoman, (reciting a lease by the crown to George Kniveton of Castleton, gent (26 December 1660) of a parcel of land adjoining Birch Hall, within the manor of High Peak (½ acre) for 30 years at an unspecified rent, and reciting an assignment of the lease by Kniveton to Shallcrosse (27 Sep 1661) of the said leasehold premises for the remainder of the term and 4d p.a. 8 Jul - 1670

395 - Unexecuted assignment of lease by John Doxon and Nicholas Doxon of Glossop, yeoman, to Samuel Derneley of Cross Cliffe, Glossop, yeoman, (reciting a lease by June, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, to John Doxon (20 Jan, 1686/7) of a parcel of land near Glossop, called Ward Acker, for 54 years, and reciting an assignment by John Doxon to Nicholas Doxon (1 Aug 1689)) in consideration of £20 of the said premises for the remainder of the term, with proviso that if the Doxons pay £2 p.a. to Derneley, then the assignment Is to be void. - 1690

396 - Draft assignment of lease by John Hutchinson Carsington, lead merchant, to Robert Bradwell of Castleton, miner, (reciting a lease by Princess Katherine, Queen Dowager, Lewis, Earl of Feversham, Lawrence, Earl of Rochester, Thomas, Earl of Fauconberg, Sir Richard Bellings, Henry Frederick Thynne, Sir James Butler and John Hall, to Frances Gell of London, merchant (20 Feb 1693/4) of a small cottage at Castleton, adjoining the cottage of Robert Hall on the south, for 31 years, and reciting an assignment of the lease by Gell to Hutchinson), in consideration of a competent sum, of the said cottage for the residue of the term at 2d. p.a. - 1699

397 - Lease by William Ward of Phoside, yeoman, to Thomas Bradbury of Hallam (Yorkshire), yeoman, of several closes at Hallam, known as the Ryebade and the Morefield, leased by Henry, Duke of Norfolk to Margarett Fox of Hallam, widow, and by her assigned to Ward, for 5 years at £5 p.a. 18 Apr - 1702

398 - Lease by John Shirtt and Hannah Shirtt of Bowden Head to Josian Bridbury of Woodside and Ann Bellott of Combs Head, of a messuage and parcel of land known as Newfield, part of the jointure of Hannah Shirtt, late widow of Thomas Marshall of Combs Head, for the life of Hannah, at £12.15s. 1725/6 - [1725]

399 - Lease by William Roe of Toxteth Park (Lancs) esq to Jonathan Shone of Hallcock Issa (Denbs) yeoman, of a messuage called Hallcock Issa in the township of Broughton, Wrexham with several fields at Broughton known as the Garden, the Close before The house, Cae Tan Tie, Cae Ddwrwern, Cae Yr Mordin, Bryne Y Carneth als Bryn y Verdwern, Erq Glass, Eur Uyrnid, Drowsell Fawr, Drowsell Fechan, Erq Llaes, Erw Perth, Cae Pwlgle, Cae Pwl Llay, Cae Yr Potiver, Drwswell Ffidder and Cae Crwn (48 acres), a cottage and garden (tenant Samuel Kendrick als. Jones) with a lately erected shippon near Brynmally House, and several closes at Brymbo called Ypen, Weir Glodd, Cae Coxed, Coed y Velin, Y Aidder, Ucha, Lower Meadow, Dol Y Velin and Dol Perr Y Bont (60 acres) with a fourth share in all tithes (except all timber and all beds of coal and minerals, with power to Roe's servants to enter the lands to work the coal) for the residue of an unexpired term granted by Thomas Brock of Chester to Charles Roe and Willam Roe which has 11 years yet to run at a rent of £90 p.a. 3 Jul - 1789

400-401 - Unexecuted Lease and counterpart by William Roe to Edward Davies of Hallcock Issa (as E.399) for the remainder of the above mentioned term, at a rent of £90, subject to an additional rent of £5 p.a. for every acre which shall be converted to tillage. Mar - 1791

402 - Mortgage by Richard Kirk of Broughton (Denbs) gent, and Ellen his wife to John Millner of Backford, yeoman, for £200, of a messuage and several closes at Gwersyllt, in the tenure of John Matthews, farmer. 10 Oct - 1783

403a - Mortgage by Richard Kirk of Wrexham, gent, to William Roe of Toxteth Park (Lancs) esq and Edward Hawkings of Macclesfield, esq. Whereas Kirk is indebted for certain arrears of coal rent and duty on account of Bryn Malley Coliery to William Roe in £372.14s. and to Richard Barker in £320.2s, in consideration of the said debts, of 4 dwelling houses and a smithy at Broughton, a parcel of land at Brymbo (1 acre) with an adjoining croft lately inclosed form the waste, a newly erected messuage upon the said croft, a messuage, garden and 2 parcels of land (2 acres) at Gwersyllt, an one-eighth share in a lead mine called St Catharine's, at Mold (Flint) held on a 21 year lease of which 18 years are left, a ¼ part of a lead mine called Chye, at Minera (Denbs.) held on a 21 year lease of which 19 years are left, a stone pit called Pool Mouth Quarry at Broughton held on 21 year lease of which 12½ years are left and a half share in Broughton Colliery held on a 31 year lease of which 29 years are unexpired. 17 Apr - 1789

404 - Assignment of mortgage by John Millner on the direction of Richard Kirk and Ellen his wife, to Richard Barker of Chester, gent, in consideration of £200 paid to Millner, with further mortgage for £200 upon a cottage and croft at Gwersyllt, and all other the messuages of Kirk at Gwersyllt, Brymbo and Broughton. 3 May - 1788

404a - Mortgage by Richard Kirk and Ellen his wife, to Richard Barker, for £200, of a parcel of land on Blackbrook Moor, Chapel-en-le-Frith (14 acres) in the tenure of John Armstrong. 10 Mar - 1792

405 - Mortgage by Edward Jones of Rhos Ddu (Denbs) yeoman, and Catherine his wife, to Richard Kirke of Bryn Malley (Denbs) esq, for £100 of a fifth part of a moiety of several messuages and lands in Broughton. 5 Jun - 1813

406 - Bond in £40 by Jorden Bradbury of Thornsett, to Edmund Buckley of Aspenshaw and John Hayward of Rowarth, to abide by the arbitration of John Bruckshawe of Harry Town and Reynalde Totlawe of Godley (Ches.) 10 Aug - 1698

407 - Bond in £100 by Maria Halliwell of Ballbeard, Glossop, to Thomas Halliwell senior of Bowdon Middlecale, to abide by the arbitration of Thomas Swettenham of Stockport (Ches) and John Waterhouse of Ayfield. 12 Mar 1699/1700 - [1700]

408 - Bond in £50 by Anthony Younge of Ford and Adam Younge, his son and heir, to Robert Wood of Ford and Charles and Timothey Wood, his sons, to abide by the arbitration of John Waterhouse of Hayfield and Charles Kyrke of Shireoaks Bowden Middlecale. 18 Jun - 1700

409 - Bond in £88 by George Trickett of Smalldale, Hope smith to Thomas Marryott of Ughill (Yorkshire), gent, for the performance of convenants. - 1703

410 - Bond in £40 by Joshua Kowles of Castleton, shoemaker, to Anne Barber of [Malcoff] widow, to abide by the arbitration of Robert Charlesworth of Castleton and Arnold Kyrke of Martinside. 4 May - 1721

411 - Bond in £100 by Thomas Slack of Chunal and Elias Hall of Rushop Edge to Thomas Marshall of Combs Head and William Storer of Rushop Edge, to abide by the arbitration of Henry Booth of Charlesworth and John Kirk of Great Rocks. 17 Dec - 1722

412 - Bond in £100 by James Bright als. Brightmore of Grindleford Bridge, baker, to Jonathan Baguley of Great Hucklow, yeoman, to abide by the arbitration of Robert Middleton of Leam, Eyam and Arnold Kirke of Martinside. 5 Feb 1700/1 - [1701]

413-415 - Receipts for rent paid by Edward Cresswell to the Queen for land at Bowden Edge. - 1677-1683

416 - Articles of Agreement between James Cheetham of Mellor, on behalf of Thomas Eyre of Grays Inn, Esq, and Anthony Stafford, Ralph Bowden, Randle Hibbert and John Heginbotham of Whitle with a newly erected cottage thereon, at a perpetual rent of 5s per acre and a fine of £17.6.6d. to be shared in the proportion of 5 acres., 7 acres., and 4 acres respectively. 15 Nov - 1680

417 - Receipt by Samuel Hyde of Gamble, Glossop to John Dakeyne of Derby for £30 mortgage Principle. 15 Sep - 1685

418 - Bargain and sale by Margaret Hibbert of Whitle, Widow, to William Arnfield of Copshurst, yeoman, whereas Margaret has disposed of a great deal of her goods and chattels to her children, retaining some for her own maintenance, and whereas she is old and infirm and in need of someone to look after her, in consideration of being maintained for life with meat, drink, clothing and other necessities, of all her goods, chattels, corn, grain, implements and household stuff and all debts owed to her. 2 May - 1696

419 - Inventory of the goods of Anne Carrington in the possession of Mrs Martha Swann, intended to be for the use of her daughter Anne, after her death. 21 Aug - 1697

420 - Anne Carrington to 'Harry' - is willing to let her son Will have £10 of her money. 25 Oct - 1697

421 - Will of Ann Carrington, wife of William Carrington of Whitehough; to her eldest son, Henry Bagshaw. £9.10s; to her son Edward Bagshaw £9.10s; to her son John Bagshaw, £9.10s to her daughter Ann Bagshaw, £9.10s; to her husband William Carrington, 40s; to William Bagshaw of Ford, 20s; to Harry Kyrke of Martinside, 20s. 27 Sep - 1698

422 - Draft settlement by George Charlesworth of Whitfield, Glossop par and Mary his wife, whereby George and Mary, in consideration of £80 paid to them by Samuel Harrison of Chunal, and their daughters Ann, wife of Thomas Harrison of Whitfield, Mary Charlesworth and Sarah Charlesworth, in consideration of £120 to be paid to Mary and Sarah convey to John Harrison, son of Samuel, and Henry Booth of Charlesworth, a messuage and appurtenances at Whitfield with closes known as the two Dry Crofts, the two Lower Meadows, Bridgfield, Lower Millmore, Harehill, Townfield, Rodger Dole, Field Head Dole and Rosehay Meadow and all other the messuages and lands at Whitfield of the inheritance of William Barber, late father of Mary Charlesworth, in trust to uses (recited). - 1701

423 - Articles of agreement between William Arnfield of Copsehurst, carpenter, and Edmund Buckley of Aspenshaw, yeoman, - Arnfield is to pay Buckley £2.10s. in recompense for trespasses and damage done in getting coal on Buckley's land at Aspenshaw and Buckley is to have liberty for his workmen to enter the coal workings of Arnfield on the first Tuesday of each month to ensure that no further trespass or damage is committed and for getting such coal as Buckley shall need for his house at Aspenshaw 1 Nov - 1703

424 - Inventory and valuation by Arnold Kyrke and George Thornhill of the goods of Thomas Cotterill of Brownside, husbandman decd. 18 Feb 1717/18 - [1718]

425 - Draft codicil of the will of Benjamin Ashton of Hathersage; to John Eyre the sum of (blank). 5 Jul - 1720

426 - Receipt by Ralph Sleigh, vicar, for £4 received from Mr Charlesworth, one of the trustees of Benjamin Ashton, being half a year's interest on £200 raised for gaining the Queen's Bounty. (after 1720) - [18th cent]

427 - Certificate by Robert Middleton as to rent paid by William Higginbotham, tenant of Thomas Gould. 29 May - 1727

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