| Title | Deed of Bargain and Sale from James Attkin of Sickhouse in the parish of Norton, [Derbyshire], tanner to George Gill of Lightwood [same parish, gentleman, of a close containing three acres called Woodcroft, lying and being in or near Hymsworth, late in the tenure of Richard Stones ; and another close in or near Hymsworth called Townefield in the same tenure; and all manner of tithes of corn, hay, wool, lamb, wood, and herbage [the right of pasture on another person’s land], to be held of the chief lord of the fee by the rents or services therefor anciently due and of right accustomed ; the price being £75. |
| Description | In the covenant for quiet enjoyment James Attkin covenants to indemnify the purchaser from the jointure or dower of his then wife Hellen; and Elizabeth, then wife of Richard Attkin father of the said James.
Date: 14 Jan in the 15th year of Charles I, 1639.
Witnesses: Leod Gill, Ja Creswicke, Thomas Barton, Wm Wadsworth, Edward Urton, George Bate. |