Lease (counterpart) (demise lease set and to farm let)

Scope and Content

Parties 1. Edward Machell Viscount Irwin

2. Nathaniell Cooper of Halton, clothier

Consideration: payment of rent &c.

Parcels a messuage or tenement in Halton in tenure of 2. or his assigns with garth belonging (1a.), 4 closes of meadow or pasture called the moore closes, 2 acres of arable lying dispersedly in the open fields of Halton; except ... as No. WYL100/HA/A/29

Term 21 years

Rent £8. 19s. 0d. a year payable at Penteocst and St.Martin's,

£5 ........ as No. WYL100/HA/A/31.

Covenants as No. WYL100/HA/A/29 but lessee to plant 2 trees and no covenant for carrying coals

Sig. of 2. seal on fold, red wax, gem.

Witnesses (endorsed) Jo. Roades, Mildrew Roades.

Also, Agreement, 19th Jun 1708, between above parties for lease of `my farm in Halton now in my possession and 4 closes adjoining upon the Park pale' for 21 years at £8. 19s. 0d. a year

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Parchment 27 x 22 indented.