Counterpart Lease for Years

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 418 Booth/2/1/1/15
  • Dates of Creation
      1 Mar 1777

Scope and Content

From (1) John Gore Booth of Salford, esq

James Massey of Salford, esq

Samuel Clowes the Elder of Broughton, esq

Thomas Gorton of Salford, merchant

(Trustees of the Booth Charity lands)

To (2) Ralph Newton of Manchester, chapman

2 closes of land at the higher end of Marketstreet Lane in Manchester known as Standley Barn Close, lately in the tenure of William Houghton, for 7 years.

Rent: £32 12s

Not to plough the land without a licence from (1) for £100 per acre

Witness: James Cooke