Lease to uses of a messuage with appurtenances in the Shagh [Shaw], containing 11 acres.

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  • Reference
    • GB 418 Tallent/1
  • Former Reference
    • GB 418 E.6.11 no 1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1 May 1630

Scope and Content

From Henry Smythe of the Shagh [Shaw] within Flixton co Lancs, yeo, to Henry Abbote of the Shagh, husbandman, and Richard Cowpe [Coupe] the younger of Deavyyullme [Davyhulme] co Lancs, yeo.

Term: 70 years, if Henry Smythe and his wife Elizabeth live so long.

Recites indenture of lease, 6 Feb 1629, between Peter Egerton of Shagh, esq, and Henry Smythe.