Deeds relating to Lands in High Legh, etc.

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 CWL/464-499
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1729-1783
  • Physical Description
    • 36 items.

Scope and Content

Deeds relating to lands in High Legh, Rostherne parish, Cheshire, and elsewhere, formerly belonging to the Gleave family and conveyed by the descendants of Gilbert Gleave, gentleman, to George Legh and Henry Cornwall Legh.

Arrangement

The items were arranged chronologically by J. P. Earwaker into 2 bundles as follows: 

  • CWL/464-478, Bundle no. 1, 1729-1749;
  • CWL/479-499, Bundle no. 2, 1750-1783.

Since there appears to be no intrinsic coherence to the content of the bundles, the bundles have not been incorporated in the arrangement below.