CO/CH/5/1/36/7

CO/CH/5/1/36/7

Item

Lease of Property in Tilshead from William Assheton, John Blackburn, Katherine Blackburn and Dorothy Assheton to the Dean and Chapter

28 Sep 1724

1 sheet

Indenture of lease made between William Ashton [Assheton] of Deyne in the parish of Prestwich and county of Lancaster [Lancashire] Bachelor in Divinity, John Blackburn of Orford in the said county esquire and Katherine his wife and Dorothy Assheton of Deyne spinster (the which Katherine and Dorothy are the daughters and coheirs of Martha Assheton deceased by the said William Assheton her late husband and the said Martha Assheton was one of the daughters and coheirs [coheirs] of Stephen Gey clerk deceased) of the one part and the Dean and Chapter of the other part. In consideration of the sum of 5s a piece to the said William Assheton, John Blackburn, Katherine his wife and Dorothy Assheton by the Dean and Chapter they bargain and sell unto the Dean and Chapter a messuage or tenement, two yards of land or two yard lands and premises with the appurtenances in Tilshed or Tilshead in the county of Wiltshire purchased of Robert late Lord Cecill [Cecil] and also that other messuage or tenement, two yards of land or two yard lands and premises with the appurtenances situated in Tilshead purchased of Francis Meriwether and William Shergold both of Easterton in the county of Wiltshire yeomen. To have and to hold unto the Dean and Chapter for the term of one year. The annual rent was a peppercorn. Sealed, signed and delivered in the presence of John S[eark], James Wilden, John Hamer and Robert Bromley. The release has been catalogued under CO/CH/5/1/36/8.

English

Material: parchment

Assheton, William
Tilshead