Indenture of Agreement

Scope and Content

Indenture of agreement between George Chetham of Cleyton, esq., and Edward Chetham of Chetham [Cheetham], gentleman, to Edmund Hopwood of Hopwood, esq., Robert Hyde of Denton, esq., Richard Haworth of Manchester, esq., Nicholas Mosley of Ancoats, esq., John Lightbowne of Manchester, esq., Robert Booth, a Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland, Francis Mosley of Collyhurst, gentleman, William Radley of Ouldfeild, gentleman, Richard Johnson, Fellow of the College of Christ in Manchester, John Tyldesley of Rumworth, clerk, James Marler, Thomas Minshull and James Lightbowne, all of Manchester, gentlemen, John Cunliffe of Hollins, gentleman, Ralph Worsley of Platt, gentleman, Alexander Norres and John Okey, both of Boulton in the Moores [Bolton le Moors], gentlemen, and Ralph Brooke of Turton, yeoman, of the College or College House in Manchester, respecting the remainder of the estate of Humphrey Chetham, late of Cleyton, esq., deceased.