Numerous photocopied legal documents relating to Ridge End Farm :
1. 1919 : The Abstract of the Title of Mrs Margaret Anne Young to the farm known as Ridge End Farm Marple in the County of Chester. (A3 - 7 pages)
Marriott & Company, Manchester
2.…
Photocopies of original Will and Inventory of George Shuttleworth of Mellor dated 1721.
Originals held at Litchfield Joint Records Office. (A3 - 6 pages)
Ring bound photocopied pages (119) including :
Extract from Will of James Beard 1844 bequeathing £10 to set up the Mellor Church Sunday School.
Mellor Church Sunday School Minutes 1871 - 1862
Photocopy of original typed nine page last Will of Fanny Marion Hudson of Brabyns Hall, dated 1939 also Probate documents dated from her death in 1941.
In her will she mentions her nephew Charles Edward Hudson, her brother William Joseph Villiers…
Photocopies of original will and inventory of William Sydbotham of Marple dated 1609 with transcripts of both. In his will he left bequests to his wife Lucy, to his sons John, Thomas, William and to his daughter Alice.
Email correspondence from an…
Photocopies of original will and inventory of Robert Stafford 1572-3 of Mellor with transcripts of both.
In his will he left bequests to his wife Joan, Thomas Shuttleworth his sister's son, John Robothom his brother in law, to his godchildren 12d…
Photocopies of original will and inventory for Robert Ridgway dated 1557 with transcripts of both.
In his will he left bequests to his wife Mary, to his sons John and William and to his daughter Margaret.
Typed index of wills held at Cheshire Records Office 1492 - 1857 with typed schedule of wills relating to Marple and Glossop area with pencil research information material.
Photocopy of extract from Brief Summary of Tudor and Stewart Coinage : Ian…
Typed pages with information and details of legal documents and wills held at Lichfield Records Office and extracts from old deeds of Lower Hall Mellor relating to wills, indentures in the Marple and Mellor area.
Typed and handwritten research material relating to wills and inventories from Mellor Church.
19 typed draft pages titled "Mellor Wills and Inventories" from 1549, author unknown.
Typed records of wills at Mellor Church and handwritten list of…
Typed two page transcript of the indenture between John and Elizabeth Stafford and Samuel Egerton for parcels of land called the Birchinhough & Cobshurst dated 1747.
Single page with 'sideways note in margin' and 'notes on back'.
Photocopy of original handwritten last will of Ann Hudson of Brabyns Hall dated 7th November 1880 appointing her daughter Maria Ann Hudson as her executrix.
Probate documents dated 13th December 1884 stating value of Personal Estate £29,746.10.7.
Photocopy of Indenture between Richard Alleyne Arkwright of Broadway in the County of Worcester, the vendor and Abigail Yeates, the wife of John Yeates, Furnaceman of Lane Head Farmhouse, the purchaser. A sale had been agreed at a price of £300 for…
Copy Conveyance of lands and mills situated at Marple dated 2nd September 1876 between the Trustees under the will of Perter Arkwright Esq deceased to John Clayton & Company Limited.
Two large photocopies showing map of land mentioned in the…
Typed transcriptions of five indentures from The Arundel Papers relating to the King's Part of the Common Land of the Township of Mellor from Ann Hearle's papers 2019 :
a. 23rd February 1680
b. 17th May 1682
c. 18th May 1683 :
d. 9th June 1764…
Photocopies of Probate papers relating to Ralph Waller's will and testament dated 1838.
Ralph Waller, late of Mellor, Yeoman, died 9 June 1837.
Thomas Brindley and Mary Ann Waller executors signed The Oath
Two typed pages of a transcription from the Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas, held in the National Archives (Ref: CP 43/711) relating to the Manor of Mellor 1760.
The extract appears to uphold the claim to various rights of the Manor of…