SOME LANCASHIRE DEEDS
FLOOKBURGH =
1602
QUITC=
LAIM
BE IT
KNOWN... that whereas Richard Eccl=
eston
of Cartmel in the county of
Lancaster, yeoman, servant unto Hu=
gh
Dicconsonn of Ulverthwaite =
in the
said county, gentleman,... HATH
heretofore bought all the estate to the and tenantright of one John Mastonn and Margaret his wife of and in ALL that messuage and tenement and 2
burgages with the appurtenances situated in Flookburgh,
late in the tenure of William Cato=
n
or his assigns, and now in the tenure of the said Richard Eccleston =
and
the said William Caton or their
assigns of the annual rent of 7/- and to his Majesty 12d... TO have and to =
hold
to the use of him the said Richard=
Culeston his heirs and assigns fo=
rever
as by the deed of sale thereof made 3rd February 1602... which s=
aid
Bargain and ale was made known unto the said John Mounte... and=
also
the said deed of sale by the said =
John
Maston and Margaret his wi=
fe
before the said John Moune...
confirmed by the said John Mount... NOWE KNOW all men by
these presents that I the said John
Mount for and in consideration of £3-6-8 to me paid y the said Richard Eccleston and in the name=
of a
fine and gressome for and touching the said messuage etc whereof I the said John Mount hereby acquit, exonerate and discharge the said Richard Eccleston... forever... a=
nd I
the said John Mount do hereby =
remit
him the said Richard Eccleston=
my
tenant of in and unto all the said premises according to the custom used and
allowed in the borough of Flookboro=
ugh
and town called Flookborough...
YIELDING and paying the aforesaid annual rent to the Queen’s majesty (sic) =
his
heirs and successors and to me 13/-......
Signe=
d: John
Montt
Seal,=
on tag,
red wax, ca 1” dia, cracked, repaired, but device indistinct.
The w= itnesses are: James Burgesse, Richard Sympson and John Gardner.<= o:p>
FLOOKBURGH =
1602
RELEASE AND QUITCLAIM
TO ALL TRUE CHRISTIAN
people…I Isabell Kellett of Tenterbanck in Cartmell in=
the
county of Lancaster, widow, sende greeting…. KNOW YE that I the said Isa=
bell
for diverse good causes and consideration me hereunto moving, but most chie=
fly
for and in consideration of the dutiful obedience and good service heretofo=
re
done unto my late husband Richard Kellett late of the said Tenter=
banck,
deceased, and me the said Isabell by my son in Lawe Richard <=
b>Simpson
now of the said Tenterbanck, wright and to confirm, ratifie and
establish my late husband his former act and deed made to the said Richa=
rd
have given granted bargained assigned confirmed remised released passed over
and surrendered unto him his heirs executors and assigns forever all and
singular all that one whole messuage tenement and farmhold situated in F=
lookburgh
in Cartmell sometimes in the proper tenure and occupation of my late
father Thomas Simpson late of Flookburgh, deceased and since =
then
in the possession and occupation of me the said Isabell as next heir=
to
my said father Thomas of the annual rent of ------ not given) … parc=
el
of the lands of our Sov Lady Queen….TO HAVE AND TO HOLD forever…
Signed: Isabell Kell=
ett.
Attached to the documen=
t is
its original seal tag, but the seal is lacking.
The witnesses have sign=
ed on
the dorse: Thomas Barker(?), Edward Turner, Christopher Ho=
lme,
John Burye and Thomas -----inbye.
FLOOKBURGH =
1602
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
TO ALL TREWE XPEN PEOPL=
E…. John
Maston of Chippin within the county of Lancaster, husbandman, an=
d Margaret
Maston his wife sendeth greetinge… know ye that they in consideration of
£21 well and truly paid by Richard Eccleston of Cartmell
in the county of Lancaster yeoman … have remised relaxed assigned sell over
given granted alienated bargained and sold… unto said Richard Eccleston<=
/b>
…ALL that one messuage and tenement forever according to the ancient custom=
s of
Cartmell and Flookburgh.
Dated 2nd Fe=
bruary
1602
No signature.
Attached to the documen=
t are
two seal tags, one seal, one fragment.
The witnesses to the si=
gning
of the document were Hugh Dyconson, John Gardner, A=
llan
Myers, Robert Seater, Robert Carter and William Tompso=
n.
Witnesses to livery of =
seisin
were Hugh Dyconson, Robert Cunfrey or Cuntrey, Thomas Medc=
alf,
Henry Wylson, Thomas Ganell, Allayne Myers and Geor=
ge
Kylner.
ULVESTON =
1609
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE WITH FEOFMENT
Betwe=
en George Fell the elder, John Benson and William Kilner of Ulves=
ton,
in the county of Lancaster, yeomen, of the one party and William Brockbank of Ul=
veston,
carpenter, of the other party... WITNESSETH that whereas our Lord Sovereign=
the
King’s Majesty by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England dated =
at
Westminster 26th November in 7th year of his reign...=
for
the consideration therein specified and expressed... DID give and grant unto George Salte of the parish of St Dunstan’s in the City of Londo=
n,
gentleman, and John Williams o=
f the
parish of St Peter le Pore draper and his heirs and assigns forever the man=
or
of Nevilhall... in Ulveston in the county of Lancaste=
r or
elsewhere in the said county called or known by the name of the manor of Nevelhale... TO HOULD of his Highn=
ess as
of his manor of East Greenewitch in the said county of Kent by fealtie only=
in
free and common socage and not in capite nor by knight’s service... AND WHE=
REAS
also the said George Salte(r) =
and John Williams in and by an indent=
ure of
Bargain and Sale inrolled in the High Court of Chancery at Westminster bear=
ing
date 22nd October 8 James I.... DID grant bargain and sell unto =
the
said George Fell, John Benson and William Kilner for and in consideration of a certain sum of
money... HAVE granted bargained an=
d sold
etc unto William Brockbank his=
heirs
and assigns forever ALL that close or parcel of ground lying and beinge in =
mourhide common called or known by the name of the inludam close containing by estimation 2 ½ acres of ye annuall =
and
yearly rent of 2/-, parcel of the manor of Newhall
and now in the houldinge of the said William
Brockbank or his assigns.... forever...
Dated=
11th
December 1609
Signe=
d: Yeorg
Ffell John Benson William KIlner
The s=
eals are:
1 fragment
2
3
The w=
itnesses
to the signing are Mary Boadynge, William
Curwen, Myles Petty, James Williamson and Myles Atkinson.
The w=
itnesses
to livery of seisin on 9th December 1616 are:
Edward Geldart, John
Sands the younger
LANCASHIRE =
1613
BOND
Bond by Peter Mount<=
/b> of
Scalinge Berke within the parish of Urswicke in the county of
Lancaster, yeoman, to John Gardner of Bandend in the said cou=
nty,
yeoman, in the sum of £40.
Signed: Peter Mount =
+
Attached to the tongue =
of the
document is the fragment of a seal bearing a device which is not legible.
The witnesses are Wi=
lliam
Kilner, Reginald Cragg and William Gardner.
ULVESTON =
1613
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
Indenture dated 11=
th
December 1613 BETWEEN George Fell, the elder, John Benson =
and
William Kilner of Ulverston in the county of Lancaster, yeome=
n,
of the one part and William Brockbanke of Ulverston, carpente=
r,
of the other part…WITNESSETH that whereas our soveriegn Lord the King by his
Letters Patent dated at Westminster 26th November 7 James (1609)=
did
give and grant unto George Salter of the parish of St Dunstans in
the West of London, Gentleman, and John Williams of the parish of
Signed: Yeorg Ffell<=
/b> John
Benson William Kilner
Attached to the first o=
f two
seals tags is a seal, in red wax, bearing no impression. To the second is a
major fragment in red wax, bearing the impression of a crest ( a crown
surmounted by ?)
The witnesses are Ma=
ry
Boddynge(?), William Curwen, Myles Petty, James Willia=
mson,
Myles Atkinson, Edward Geldort and John Sands, the younge=
r.
CARTMELL =
1614
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE WITH FEOFMENT
Thomas Willsonn of Flookburgh in the county of Lancaster, carpenter, in considerat=
ion
of £7/13/4 HAS granted, confirmed etc to Richard Simpson the son of John Simpson of Nethercarke in the parish of Cartmell
yeoman ALL that parcel of land Ara=
ble
lying between one ‘dallam’ of John=
Sy
on north part and ‘one dallam’ in the tenure of George Killner on south part called Robinhawe containing by estimation 1/2 acre land arable (next to
the parcel in the holding of Rowla=
nd
Millner) and that which Rowland
Millner by his charter made to him sold... TO HAVE AND TO HOLD of the c=
hief
lord of the fee forever.
Signe=
d: Thomas Willson
Seal,=
red
wax, on tag, design unclear.
Witne=
sses: to livery of seisin Robert
Barrowe, John Kellett, Edward Kellett and John Burscouche
CROSSLAND 1614
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
TO ALL XPIAN PEOPLE to =
whom
these presents shall come to heare see reed or understand Robert Wilson<=
/b>
of Crosland in Furness Fells in the county of Lancaster, husbandman,
sendeth greetinge… KNOW YE the said Robert Wilson … in consideration=
of
£16-13-4 to him paid by Christopher Tailor of Croslande,
husbandman…. HATH given granted etc. unto the said Christopher Tailor
his heirs and assigns forever… ALL that estate right etc to the moiety of o=
ne
half of one messuage or tenement with the appurtenances situated at Cros=
land
aforesaid or elsewhere late in the possession and occupation of Christop=
her
Wilson, late deceased together with the moiety of all houses etc whatso=
ever
to the same belonging… as parcel of the said moiety and one half of the said
messuages and tenements being of the annual rent of 2s… TO HAVE AND TO HOLD=
….
To the said Christopher Turner his heirs and assigns for ever yieldi=
ng
and paying therefore from henceforth yearly therefor to the Lord or Lords
thereof the said annual rent…
Signed: Robert Wilso=
n
The seal tag and seal a=
re
missing.
The witnesses are Th=
omas
Rawlinson, Reginald Ffrearsonns, James Tailor, Richard Keene and Myl=
es
ffearson.
ULVESTON =
1614=
FEOFMENT
Feofment by Anthony =
Noble
of Southgate in Ulverston in the county of Lancaster…. together with=
his
wife Ellen inconsideration of £12 paid by John Lawe of Mun=
ckbarowe
in the parish of Ulverston, husbandman…. HAVE given granted etc =
unto
John Lawe his heirs and assigns… ALL that burgadge howse garthe and ons=
ettt
sirtuated in Southgate in Ulverston between one uncle leased noble h=
owse
garth and onsett upon the south part and the laninge that garth fro the =
Kinges
street in Southgate to James Fell of Chanhowse barn
upon the north part and is nowe in the occupation of one Thomas Noble…TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD the premises with all and singular unto the said John L=
awe
his heirs and assigns forever… PAYING yearlie to the Lords and Lordes there=
for
the time beinge 3d of free rent and no more…
Signed Anthonie Noble
Ellin Noble
There is no seal attach=
ed to
the seal tag.
The witnesses are Th=
omas
Bensone, Francis Bur--------. William ------------- and William
Curn-------.
BIRCKBIE IN CARTMEL =
12
James 1
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE WITH FEOFMENT =
Richard Fell of Birckbye in Cartmell in
the county of Lancaster, yeoman, in performance of a certain covenant and
agreement declared in indentures between him and Agnes Roskell daughter of said Robert
on other part confirms to the said Robert
Roskell and his heirs all that messuage and tenement and other lands, t=
enements,
meadows, pasture and hereditaments lying and being in Birckbie in Cartmell to
have to hold foerever
Signe=
d: Richard Fell
Seal =
on tag,
red wax, a fragment
Witne=
sses to
livery of seisin: William Preston<=
/b>, William Newbye, John Atkinson, Thomas
Allinbye and William Crosfield=
=
=
1617
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE WITH FEOFMENT
To al=
l Christian
people.... Wee Richard Fell of=
Trinckett (?) in Fourness within the countie of Lancaster, yeoman, and Jane nowe wife of me the said Richard sendeth greeting in our L=
ord
God everlasting... KNOW YEE that we... for and in consideration of three sc=
ore
and sixteen pounds thirteen shillings four pence... paid to us by Christopher Fell of Trinckett brother of me the said Richard, Webster....... we HAVE
Signe=
d: Jane Fell
Richard Fell
Witne=
sses: James
Greaves, John Fell, Richard Houlton and William Fell
Memor=
andum: I
geve my consente to this so as it be not preiuditiall or hurtfull to my
inheritance. Joseph Pennington=
ORIGINAL WILL 1620
In th=
e NAME
OF GOD AMEN, the 30th November 1620... I William Nubie of Nether=
gate
in Cartmell, sicke in my bodye yet nevertheless in good and perfect
remembrance, praysed bee god for the same doe make and ordaine this my last
will and testament in maner and forme followeinge.. viz FIRST and principally I give and bequea=
th my
soule etc etc... I give to Richard=
Nubie
my son all my messuage and tenement according to a pair of indentures made =
at
the marriage of the said Richard,<=
/b>
hee paying forth of the said viz to John
Nubie my son and to Agnes Nubi=
e my
daughter the sum of £20 equally between them viz £13/6/8 at or before Candl=
emas
day wich shal bee 162(?) and the sum of £6/13/4 at the 2nd day of
Februarie 1622... ALSO it is my will and I give to John Nubie my son and =
Agnes
my daughter all my morgagees ??? of the same ----- my wife’s profit... ALSO=
I
give to John Simpson my grandc=
hild
20s... ALSO I make executors of this my last will and testament Agnes my wife and Richard Simpson my son in lawe they paeinge my debts legacies a=
nd
funeral expenses... ALSO I desire to be supervisor of this my will James Finsthwaite, John Stainton and John
Roskell
Witne=
sses: Jesm Finsthwaite, Edward Waller and Rich=
ard
Simpson
With =
probate
FLOOKBURGH =
1622
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE WITH FEOFMENT
By Edward Punder of Burton in Kendell in the county of Westmoreland, yeoman, in
consideration of the sum of £40/10/0 paid to him by Richard Simpson (late son of Richard
Simpson deceased of Alithwaite =
in
Cartmell in the county of Lancaster, yeoman)... who bargained and sold =
to
said Richard Simpson his heirs=
and
assigns all those two several closes of land (one barn or lathe thereon
standing), situate between Flookbur=
gh
and Alithwaite .... and also al=
l that
close of meadow called lawfield med=
dow
containing by estimation 1 roods, situate lying and being at or near Flookburgh, now in the possession and occupation of George Kill=
ner
of Flookburgh, tanner, or his
assigns TO HAVE AND TO HOLD... for=
ever..
Signe=
d: Edward
Punder. The seal is lacking.
Witne=
sses: William
Punder, Edward Bell, John Slayton, George Hall and Edward=
Marshall.
LANCASHIRE =
1623
BOND
Bond by William Pear=
son
of Hyerleth? In the county of Lancaster, husbandman, to Richard P=
etty
of Osmanderley in the county aforesaid, husbandman, in the sum of £1=
0…
Dated 8th Ma=
y 1623
Signed: William Pear=
son
The seal and tongue are
missing.
The witnesses are Jo=
hn
Higgin, youngest, Edward Jackson, John Jackson, M(?) Atkinson.
=
=
1623
RELEA=
SE
William Pearson of Hyerleth in the county of Lancaster, husbandman, for and in
consideration of 40s HATH demised, covenanted, assigned, set over etc to Richard Petty of Osmonderley in
the said county, husbandman, ALL
Signe=
d: William
Pearson, the seal is lacking
Witne=
sses: Edward Jackson, John Jackson and Micha=
el
Wilkinson.
FLOOKBURGH =
1626
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
TO all true christian
people…. Richard Simpson of Allithwaite in Cartmell in the co=
unty
of Lancaster, yeoman, send greeting… KNOW YE that I … in consideration of £=
30
paid by Richard Simpson (late son of John Simpson of Flook=
burgh
in Cartmell, yeoman) HAVE bargained sold enfeoffed… unto the said Ri=
chard
Simpson his heirs and assigns forever all that whole close of arable la=
nd,
wood and waste commonly called punder close containing by estimation=
2
acres situate between Flookburgh and Allithwaite… now in the
tenure and possession of me the said Richard Simpson…..TOHAVE AND to
hold forever.
Dated 15th
February 1626.
Signed: Richard Simp=
son
Attached by its origina=
l seal
tag is a seal, in red wax, c2/3 inch dia, bearing the impression of the
initials R S.
The witnesses are Jo=
hn
Mallorie, Christopher Ffinsthwaite and Edward Marshall.
ULVERSTONE =
1628
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE
Inden=
ture
dated 28th April 1628 BETWEEN John
Fleming of Constone in the =
county
of Lancaster Esquire of the first part and Richard
Brockbanke of Hebanke in Suberthwaite in the said county, y=
eoman,
Richard Holme of the Proutcragge in Blaweth in the said county of Lancaster.... WHEREAS our late sovereign King James of worthie
memorie by his highness Letters Patent under the great seale of England and
under the seale of the Dutchie of Lancaster and likewise under the seale of=
the
countie Palatine of Lancaster bearing date at Westminster the 17th
day of Februarie in the 6th year of his reaigne of England etc..=
.. HATH granted and conveyed unto the sai=
d John Fleming and John Ambrose of Lowicke=
in the said county Esquire their heirs and assigns the Rectory and parsonag=
e of
Ulverstone in Fourneis in the said county of Lancaster and all the Tythes of
corn, graine, eaves(?), hay, wolle and lamb and all other tythes as well gr=
eat
and smale as personall and real or mixte... within the parish of Ulveston (except in the said lette=
rs patent
excepted).... NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
that the said John Fleming<=
/b>
(after division of the Tythes made between him and John Ambrose) for and inconsideration of the some of 3 pounds
forteene shillings of Lawful English money to him the said Richard Brockbanke and Richard
Holme truly paide.... HE HATH granted bargained and sold etc all the re=
nts
and yearly somes due and payable.... and all other church dues and spiritua=
ll
dues whatsoever... TO HAVE AND TO HOLD and enjoy all and singular the said
tythe etc of that moiety and half messuage and tenement with their
appurtenances unto them, their heirs and assigns... YIELDING and paying
therefore yearely unto the said Ri=
chard
B and Richard Holme the an=
nual
some of 20d... PROVIDED always that if it happen the said yearly rent or so=
me
of the 20d to be behind and unpaid in all or in part... at the space of 14 =
days
after the same being lawfully demanded at the church or chapel in Blaweth... that then the said John Fleming... to enter into the=
afore
named premises and to repossess.....
Signe=
d: John
Fleming
The w= itnesses are: William Ambrose, Henrie Sawreys and William Tyson<= o:p>
FLOOKBURGH =
1634
RELEA=
SE
Relea=
se by Richard Eccleston of Flookburgh in Cartmell in the coun=
ty of
Lancaster, yeoman, and Anne his
wife.. whereby for diverse good and valuable causes... but most chiefly for=
the
sum of £10... paid to Richard Eccl=
eston by
John Simpson, youngest son and=
heir
apparent of Richard Simpson the
elder of Flookburgh, yeoman...f=
orever
ALL that their messuage, tenement or burgage situated in Flookburgh, which Rich=
ard
Eccleston lately bought of one John
Maston and Margaret his wife and now is in the quiet possession of Richard Eccleston and of the free=
hold
of William Garner gentleman an=
d of
the yearly rent of 7s payable unto Edward
Garner, besides a yearly rent of 12d unto the King’s Majesty... contain=
ing
by estimation 3 rods of arable land and meadow.. TO HAVE AND TO HODL foreve=
r by
title of tenant right from and after the decease of the said Richard Eccleston and Anne his wife forever, according =
to the
ancient custom of the manor of Floo=
kburgh....
Signe=
d: Richard
Eccleston, seal on tag, legend
unclear
Anne Eccleston
The w=
itnesses
are James Barrow, John Burscoughe and Thomas Burscoughe
HOWBARROWE in CARTMELL 1636<= o:p>
BARGA=
IN AND
SALE WITH FEOFMENT
INDEN=
TURE
made 2nd January 1636 BETWEEN Christopher
Brockbancke of Howbarrowe in Cartmell in the county of Lanca=
ster,
butcher, upon the one partie and R=
ichard
Biglande of Holker in Cartmell, linen Webster, upon t=
he
other partie... WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of £85... the said=
Christopher Brockbancke HATH bargained and sold unto the SAID Richard Biglande his heirs and as=
signs
all those closes or closures of arable lande meaddowe pasture and waste whi=
ch
apparently contain by estimation 5 acres of land lying and being at Howbarrowe.. called or knowne by t=
he
several names of the high ffield, Long Dale and crofte meadow, late in the tenure and possession of the said William Brockebancke, father of the said Christopher, and now in the quiet possession of the said Christopher... TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
forever... YIELDING AND PAYING the=
tythe
thereof three hoopes of Bigge y=
early
to the proctor of Cartmell and =
for
the free rent and haye 3d yearly
Signe=
d: Christopher Brockbancke + his mar=
k
Seal:=
fine,
on paper, red, round, c 1” dia eagle displayed.
Witne=
sses: John Wainhouse, William Caton, John Ke=
llet
and Thomas Burscough
FLOOKBURGH =
1636
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
TO ALL TRUE XPIAN peopl= e unto whom this present writing shall come to bee seene hearde or reade William Gardner of the Bankende in much Urswicke in Ffurness within the county of Lancaster, yeoman, sendeth greetubge in our Lord god e= verlastinge… knowe yee that I the said William Gardner…. In consideration of the = full sume of £27-13-4 to me by Richard Simpson the eldeste of Flouckbu= rghe in Cartmell within the county of Lancaster, yeoman… HAVE given granted aliened bargain and sold…unto the said Richard Simpson his heirs and assigns forever all those my messuages lands tenements burgages whatsoever situated within Flouckeburghe aforesaid… nowe in the possession and occupation of Richard Eckleston of Flouckburgh … TO HAVE AND = TO HOLD unto the said Richard Simpson his heirs and assigns forever…..<= o:p>
Signed: William Gard=
ner
Attached to the origina=
l seal
tag is a seal, in red wax, c 2/3 inches dia, bearing within a circle the
impression of a flower or fleur de lis(?).
Livery of seisin is giv=
en on
the dorse:
…and seisin was deliver=
ed to Richard
Simpson of and in one parcel of arable land lying on the backside of the
howse of the within named Richard Ecklestone being parcel of the wit=
hin
granted premises in the name thereof and of all messuages tenements etc wit=
hin
mentioned and delivered in the presence of
Thomas Burscoughe, T=
homas
Ffinsthwaite, Thomas Warringsidd(?) and
Edward Wanihouse E W his =
mark.
FLOOKBURGH=
1636
LEASE
Indenture made 13t=
h
November 12 Charles I (1636) BETWEEN Richard Ormandy of Birkerigg=
e
the younger within the county of Lancaster, yeoman of the one part and R=
ichard
Ormandy of Birkerigge the elder, yeoman of the other part…WITNES=
SETH
that Richard for diverse good causes HATH demised granted letten and=
to
farm lett ALL that messuage or tenement and mansion house ----------- acres=
of
arable land meadow and pasture part of parcel of the manor of Nevill Hal=
le
of the yearly rent of 4/3 and now in the tenure or occupation of him the sa=
id Richard
Ormandy ,the younger… TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto Richard Ormandy, =
the
elder his heirs and assigns from the feast of St Michael the Archangel last
past until the full end of four score years… if the said Richard Ormandy=
,
the elder shall so long live and not otherwise YIELDING AND PAYING therefor=
e…
one pepper corn if lawfully demanded.
Signed: Richard Orma=
ndy
Attached to the documen=
t is
its original seal tag, but the seal is missing.
The witnesses are
----------------, Thomas Cowper.
FLOOKBURGH =
<=
/span>1646
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
THIS INDENTURE made 1
Signed: Robert Danson
Isabell Danson Christopher Cowhird Agnes Cowhird
Attached to the documen=
t are
four original seal tags. The first and second, c 2/3 inches in diameter, be=
ar
devices, which are unclear, but could be a small circle within a larger one.
The third bears a fragment of a seal, the fourth none.
The witnesses to the
signatures and livery of seisin are John Mallery, Robert Bond, Thomas Bo=
nd,
John Mallery, junior, and Thomas Simpson.
FLOOKBURGH 1646
BOND
Robert Danson=
of Templand in Cartmell =
in the
county of Lancaster, yeoman and Isabella his wife, Christopher
Cowhird of Templand, yeoman and Agnes his wife bound to <=
b>John
Simpson, senior of Fflookburgh in Cartmell, yeoman in the sum of
£68-10-0
Dated 1st Oc=
tober
1646
Signed: Robert Danson
Isabella Danson Christopher Cowhurd Agnes Cowhird
Attached to the tongue =
of the
document are four seals in red wax bearing the impression of a rabbit(?)
passant.
ULVESTON =
1654
BOND
Bond by Ellin Fell the
wife of Thomas Fell, late of Ulverston in the county of
Lancaster, mercer, deceased, to Thomas Fell her son and heirs appare=
nt
in the sum of £60.
Dated 17th M=
arch
1654.
Signed: Ellin Fell <=
/b>E
her mark
Attach to the tongue of=
the
document is a fragment of a seal, in black wax.
The witnesses are Th=
omas
Fell and William Hobson.
FLOOKBURGH =
1674
BOND
Bond between Robert =
Barker
of Chester in the county of Chester and Isabell his wife and John
Roskell of Greene in Cartmel, in the county of Lancaster, yeoman=
… in
the sum of £180.
Dated 17th
February 1674.
Attached to the seal ti=
e is a
seal, in red wax, c 1/3 inch diameter, bearing the impression of a device w=
hich
is indistinct.
Signed: John Roskel<=
/b>l
‘I R’.
ULVESTON =
1693=
BARGAIN AND SALE WITH
FEOFMENT
Bargain and sale with
feofment by Robert Willson of Soutergate in Ulverston in the
county of Lancaster in consideration of £15….to Richard Noble of the
same place miller… with the license and consent of Roger Kirkby of <=
i>Kirkby
Esquire landlord thereof…of ALL that messuage, dwelling house, outhouses, k=
iln
etc situated in Soutergate in Ulverston and adjoining to a barn now =
in
the possession of Mrs Ann Benson with the southend… TO HAVE AND TO H=
OLD
to him the said Richard Noble his heirs and assigns forever… YIELDING
AND PAYING therefore unto the said Richard Kirkby for the time being
annually 4d rent.
Signed: Richard Will=
son
his mark 'W'.
The seal tag is missing=
.
The witnesses are Wi=
lliam
Leathome, William Noble and William Fell.
The deed is endorsed:
8th May 1694
Received then of Richard Noble the sum of £15. The witnesses are =
Richard
Jackson, John Townson, Robert Wilson and William Fell.
CASTLETON =
1739
RELEASE
Indenture dated 23=
rd
March 1739 BETWEEN The Reverend Humphrey Walley clerk, curate of =
Billinge
in the parish of Wigan and county of Lancaster and Alexander Leigh of
Wigan Gentleman of the one part and Samuel Tailor of Cronkashaw
within Huddersfield in the said county, merchant, of the other part….
WITNESSETH that in consideration of £18-10-0 they have granted etc unto the
said Samuel Tailor ALL that capital messuage or dwelling house commo=
nly
called Lower Place situated in Castleton in the said county a=
nd
the several messuages or dwelling houses, cottages and tenements at Lower
Place heretofor in the several tenures, possessions or occupations of <=
b>James
Crossley, James Chadwick, =
George Kenyon, Thomas Wolfend=
en,
John Walker, James Scholfie=
ld,
John Tailor, Abraham Tailor, Fabian Whitehead, William Tailor, Thomas
Crossley and George Tailor… AND also all those several closes or
parcels of land lying or being at or near Lower Place therewith usua=
lly
enjoyed commonly called Great Calf Hey, the Ryehurst, the hopwood, the a=
cre,
the high, the headmeadow, three high headfields, the lower hunger hill, =
the
little calf hey, the higher hunger hill, the bank meadow, the barnfield, the
wellfield, the three nearer roughs, the three further roughs, the well mead=
ow,
the moss meadow, the little fough, the great fough, the Brickhellfie=
ld,
the two ---field, the four wingreave field, the stackmeadow, the roughs and=
the
moss… containing by estimation 82 acres after 7 yards to the rood or th=
e pole…
ALL which said capital messuage etc (amongst other lands) were the inherita=
nce
of Mary Whalley widow deceased, mother of Robert Hindley late=
of
Aughton in the county of Lancaster, clerk, deceased and afterwards of t=
he
said Robert Hindley and in several successive tenures of them… and l=
ate
were in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Heys, John Brownsword and=
Cathrine
Atherton… and now are in the possession or occupation of the said
Alexander Leigh his assigns or undertenants… SAVING AND EXCEPT out of t=
hese
presents the privilege by the partition deed between the said Mary Whall=
ey
and the other sisters and coheirs of John Newton Esquire deceased or
otherwise reserved to the tenants of the dwelling houses upon an estate of<=
i>
Lower Place which was late the inheritance of Dorothy Butterworth,
widow deceased who was another of the sisters and coheirs of John Newton=
and in the possession of her or her undertenants but is in the present
possession of Randle Andrews of Preston, clerk, and Elizabeth=
his
wife, late Elizabeth Todd and great grand-daughter of Dorothy
Butterworth for getting of turbary in the said close there called the moss…. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the=
said
capital messuage etc… unto the said Samuel Tailor forever…
Signed: Humphrey Wal=
ley
Alexander Leigh
Attached to the seal fo=
ld of
the document are two seals, in red wax. The first, c 2.5 cms x 2 cms bears =
an
armorial impression of a chevron, 3 hunting horns.
The second,c 1 cm x .9 =
cm
bears the impression of a bearded man’s bust facing the left.
The witnesses have sign=
ed on
the dorse. They are Rd(?) Lowndes and R Shuttleworth.
HASLERIGG IN CARTMELL =
1704
PROBA=
TE COPY
OF WILL
Of Edward Killner of Haslerigg in Cartmel in the county of Lancaster, yeoman,.... he
devises all his messuage with the lands and grounds thereunto belonging
situated at Haslerigg in Cartmell and
wherein he now lives to Elizabeth<=
/b>
his loving wife, and until such time as Edward
Killner his son attains the age of 24 she is to maintain thereout his 6
children and when Edward reach=
es the
age of 24 he gives the messuage to him his heirs and assigns forever. It is
nevertheless charged with the payment of the sum of £40 unto Agnes, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and George Killner, his brother and sisters equally amongst them in
manner following (to wit) £20 thereof upon his entering upon the premises a=
nd
£20 remaining upon his attaining the age of 26, his said younger children
having maintenance out of the said lands till they attain the age of 16 yea=
rs.
And if any of his said younger children die before his or their party becom=
es
due, then the share or shares be given to the survivors. He also gives his =
wood
(excepting ashes) standing and growing in the field on the bank of his house
and the portion adjoining to Eliza=
beth
his wife, she to sell the same by the first opportunity after his decease a=
nd
the monies to be employed towards advancing his children.
He al=
so gives
to his son Edward 40s towards
setting him up in trade and also gives him the table in the house and wood =
to
make stools. Also to George Killne=
r
the younger son the sum of £5 now in Mary
French’s hands, and the interest thereof to go with the same till he
attains the age of 21 years. All the remainder of his goods and personal es=
tate
undisposed of he gives and bequeaths to his wife and unto Agnes, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and George h=
is
children, whom he makes his executors, they paying thereout all his debts. =
And
he nominates Elizabeth his wif=
e the
guardian of his children until they reach the age of 21. He appoints Henry Beck of Fairridge, Edward Walk=
er
of Newyeat and Thomas Barrow of Hill,
all in Cartmel, yeomen, his
supervisors, and he gives each of them 2/- apiece in token of his love for
them.
Dated=
21st
January 1703/4
Signe=
d: Edward Kilner
Proba=
te
attached, dated 10th October 1704.
WOOLRIDGE =
1774
RELEASE
Indenture dated 12=
th
February 1774 BEWTEEN William Seatle of Nether Newton in the parish of Cartmel
in the county of Lancaster, yeoman of the one part and Jonathan Simpson<=
/b>
of Green Bank in the said parish and county, weaver, of the other part WHER=
EAS John
Seatle of Cark in the pa=
rish
of Cartmell, eldest son and hei=
r of Richard
Seatle late of Woolridge in=
the
said parish deceased by indenture of lease and release dated 10th and
11th April 1758 did for the consideration therein mentioned gran=
t,
bargain, sell, release etc unto said William Seatle his heirs and
assigns all that messuage or dwellinghouse and all the outhousing, garden a=
nd
orchard heretofore belonging with all those several closes of land called t=
he high close
and hay situated at Woolridge and also a parcel of moss
called outley moss (being part of a messuage and tenement dev=
ised
by the said Richard Seatle to the said John Seatle)…TO hold to
the said William Seatle and his heirs and he should permit Cather=
ine
Seatle widow of the said Richard Seatle to enjoy the said premis=
es
during her natural life and that after her death the said William Seatle=
his heirs or assigns should sell and dispose of the premises for the most
money…. And to apply the money to and amongst the younger children of the s=
aid Richard
Seatle… as in the last will of the said Richard Seatle is
directed….AND whereas the said Catherine Seatle is lately dea=
d…
and the said William Seatle has exposed the premises to public sale….
And the said Jonathan Simpson having been the highest bidder at the =
sum
of £185 was declared the purchasor… NOW THIS INDENTURE witnesseth………