Indenture, Ditton, Widnes, Lancashire

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.73
  • Dates of Creation
      13 Aug. 1692
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Agreement made in Court at Lancaster between John Booth and Peter Heyward and William Heyward son and heir apparent of Peter Heyward with regard to certain land in Ditton, by which it was agreed that Peter and William recognised that John Booth had a right to the land which he had by gift from them. They quitclaimed it to him for ever. John Booth paid them a certain sum.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Rev. R. Freeman MA, of Prescot, Lancashire, 3 March 1902 (donor's letter enclosed, dated 3 March 1902)

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