| Description | whereby, after reciting that James Bullocke then deceased, father of the said James Bullocke, and James Bate then deceased, grandfather of the said John Bate, in their lifetime by word of mouth without writing, exchanged certain lands, and with the intent that the exchange might continue for a term of years, the said James Bullocke demised by this deed of exchange to the said John Bate, a close or inclosure called Gilden Sicke in Norton aforesaid, adjoining Dikes Lane on the west, and lands of the said John Bate on the east, Hugh Rollenson on the north and Dikes Lane aforesaid on the south; and a piece of land in Further Lowage [Lowedges], between lands of Leonard Gill and others [above named], for a term of 700 years, without payment; in consideration whereof the said John Bate demised unto the said James Bullocke, a close or inclosure called Moore Landes in Norton, lying between lands of the said James Bullocke and the lands of the heirs of Robert Bright deceased on the south, and the common or waste called Greenhill Moore on the north, for a term of 700 years without payment.
Date: 11 Mar in the 6th year of Charles I, 1630.
Witnesses : Edw Gill, Wm Blythe, Richard [ - ]. |