Lease and counterpart

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 205 LC000TN/8/9/1/275
  • Former Reference
      GB 205 WYL100/HX/A/253
  • Dates of Creation
      1 Mar 1708
  • Physical Description
      1 item

Scope and Content

Parties. 1. Rt. Hon Edward Machell Lord Ingram Viscount Irwin.

2. Henry Dawson of Halifax yeoman and Benjamin Thomas of Skircoat clothworker;

Parcels: a house or tenement barn, and fulling and frizeing mills and 2 gardens in Southourome in possession of Richard Lister; (Except overplus of water when it could be spared for watering lands in Southourome)

Term: 21 years

Rent £7 a year

Signed by Benjamin Thomas in presence of John Ray, Jo. Roades, Original signed by Irwin in presence of Jo. Roades, Wm. Knipe.

Seals (shell. appl.)

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Parchment 22" x 15" indented