| Description | Indenture of Settlement between Henry Bright the elder of Whirlowe [Whirlow] in the parish of Sheffield gentleman and Gartred his wife of the 1st part,
Henry Bright the younger, son and heir of the said Henry Bright the elder, and Elizabeth Harris widow, late wife of Edward Harris late of Stretton Derbyshire gent deceased of the 2nd part,
and Raphe Clarke of Cuthorpe Derbyshire esquire of the 3rd part;
whereby, in consideration of an intended marriage between the said Henry Bright the younger and the said Elizabeth Harris daughter of the said Raphe Clarke, and of £700 to be paid for the jointure of the said Elizabeth, and in lieu of dower of the said Gartred, it was agreed that the said Henry Bright the elder and Gartred his wife and Henry Bright the younger, should acknowledge and levy a fine unto Raphe Clarke and his heirs ;
of Whirlowe Hall [fully described];
and all other the hereditaments whatsoever of them in Whirlowe, Ecklesall [Ecclesall], Fulwood, Ecklesfeild [Ecclesfield] or elsewhere in Yorkshire;
and also of a water corn mill in Dore in the parish of Dronfield Derbyshire;
and all other hereditaments in Dronfield, Greenehill [Greenhill] or elsewhere in the parish of Norton or Derbyshire, containing 10 messuages, 5 cottages, 15 gardens, 14 orchards, 100 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 150 acres of pasture, 40 acres of wood, 200 acres of moor and heath in Yorkshire;
and a water mill, a messuage, a cottage, a garden, an orchard, 50 acres of land, 15 acres of meadow, 40 acres of pasture, and 100 acres of moor and heath in Derbyshire;
to the uses following; namely, as to the whole, to the use of Henry Bright the elder, till the said marriage; and from and after the marriage, as to a messuage and lands in Ecklesfeild in the tenure of William Hanley, and certain closes in Greenhill in the tenure of Anthony Poynton, to the use of Henry Bright the elder for ever; as to Whirlowe Hall (except the west part thereof called the parlour, and the pantry, and all the chambers over the same, and the garden place thereto adjoining, and the lathe, barning, or outhouse called the oate lath and oate chamber, with sufficient stabling and cowhouse for the said Henry Bright the elder, his more proper use; together with certain rights of passage through the hall, courts and backside) in a cottage in the possession of Richard Bamforth, the demesne lands of Whirlowe Hall called Nether Fenney, containing 10 acres; a close called Upper Fenney, containing 15 acres; a close called Whynnes, containing 10 acres, a close called Ryefeild, containing 12 acres; a close called Wheatefeild containing 10 acres; a close called Overhouse Feild containing 8 acres; a close called Castle Dike Feild containing 10 acres; a close called Broomefeild containing 20 acres ; a close called Little High Feild containing 12 acres; a croft called Handley Croft containing 13 acres ; a close called Pingle containing 2 acres; a close called Broome Croft containing 8 acres; a close called Stubbing containing 5 acres ; the water corn mill with the stream thereunto belonging; a close at Dore containing 4 acres; closes called Stone Lyme, Rough Lyme, Farr Lyme, Little Lyme and Over Lyme containing together 25 acres, to the use of Henry Bright the younger and Elizabeth his then intended wife, for their joint lives and the life of the survivor of them, for or in the name of the jointure of the said Elizabeth and in lieu of dower, and after the death of the survivor, to the use of Henry Bright the younger his heirs and assigns for ever.
Provided that in case any heir male of Henry Bright the younger, by Elizabeth his wife, should attain the age of twenty one years, and after the death of his father, but during the life of his mother, should desire to have possession of the capital messuage and demesne lands comprised in the settlement, he could do so on certain conditions therein stated; as to the said west part of the said capital messuage, thereinbefore excepted, the hereditaments in Ecklesall and Fulwood, then in the several tenures of George Bougham, John Burley, William Bright, Robert Dent, Thomas Lord, William Carnall, Richard Stone, and John Bamforth, to the use of Henry Bright the elder and Gartred his wife for their joint lives, and the life of the survivor of them; and after the death of such survivor, to the use of Henry Bright the younger his heirs and assigns for ever; and as to the residue of the premises comprised in the settlement; whereof no use had been declared, the said fine should be and enure to the use of Henry Bright the elder for life, and after his death to the use of Henry Bright the younger his heirs and assigns for ever.
Witnesses : Durant Allsopp, Cor Clarke, Robert Ostley [?], John Bunting, George Shawe, W Wither, George Berly. |