Lease

Scope and Content

Lessees: Sarah Walton of Dunham Massey widow, and Thomas Walton [jun] of Dunham Massey yeo, executors of James Walton of Bowdon innkeeper dec'd [son of Thomas Walton sen].

Tenement no.: 4.

Property: a messuage and tenement in Dunham Massey called the Rowsons, and fields and parcels of land thereto belonging called the Coaty Crofts, the Townfield Croft or Intack, the Cross Field, the Marled Earths, the Newhey, the Townfield Loont, and the Meadow (9 a. 2 r. 26 p.).

Rent: £2 1s. Heriot: £3. Consideration: £40.

Surrendered lease: to James Walton dec'd, dated 13 August 1757.

Attached is a receipt from Joseph Smith for £200 paid by James Walton, the legacy left to his wife by her father James Walton dec'd, 16 September 1777.