The bundle contains letters from Messrs Beever & Darwell of Salford co. Lancs, solicitors acting on behalf of Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, to Legh Richmond at the Stamford Estate Office in Ashton under Lyne (EGR14/17/16/1-103). The letters relate to encroachments made onto Lindow Common, actions of ejectment against encroachers, and a scheme for the enclosure and allotment of the Common.
The bundle also contains draft instructions from Legh Richmond for counsel to prepare declarations in an action of ejectment concerning Lindow Common, 1849 (/104).