SILKSTONE:
The Bolton and Goldthorpe Tithe Book.
Source=h:/!Genuki/RecordTranscriptions/WRY/NNixon.txt
A transcription of a land deed
from the year 1653.
TRANSCRIBED FROM A DOCUMENT IN BARNSLEY ARCHIVES dated 28 January 1653
by the Barnsley Archive Project Group
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[1] To all People to whom
this P(rese)nte writeing shall come Daniell Rich of Smallshawe
in the County of Yorke yeoman and Charles Usher of Dodworth in
the said County yeoman send greetings [2] in our Lord ev(er)lasting.
KNOW yee that wee the said Daniell Rich & Charles Usher for
Div(er)s good causes & consideracons us hereunto moveing HAVE
given graunted b(ar)gained sould enfeoffed [3] confirmed AND by
these p(rese)nts SOE give graunt b(ar)gaine sell enfeoffe &
confirme unto John Greenwood of Southill in the said County yeoman
his heires & assignes forever ALL that one Messuage [4] Cottage
or tenem(en)t with thapp(ur)ten(e)ces scituate lying & being
in Thurgoland within the p(ar)ish of Silkstone in the said County
of Yorke AND all the houses edifices buildings barnes stables
orchards [5] gardens Tofts Crofts lands Tenem(en)ts & p(re)misses
whatsoev(er) thereunto belonging or app(er)taining and therewithall
used occupied or enjoyed & late in the tenure & occupacon
of one George Harrison deceased or of (his?) [6] assignee or assignes
AND also the several Crofts or p(ar)cells of ground arrable meadowe
or pasture comonly called or knowne by the sev(er)all name or
names hereafter menconed (that is to say) one close of arrable
la(nd ) [7] meadowe or pasture comonly called or knowne by the
name of great Dickin paddack heretofore divided into two p(ar)tes
& now into three p(ar)tes, one close of arrable land meadowe
or pasture comonly called or knowne by the [8] name of the Paddack
or by what other name or names the same are called, one sp(ri)ng
wood containeing by estimacon one acre & a half of land be
the same more or lesse, one close of arrable land meadowe or pasture
[9] comonly called or knowne by the name Broome close, one close
of arrable land meadowe or pasture comonly called or knowne by
the name of the Croft, one close of arrable land meadowe or pasture
comonly called or [10] or knowne by the name of Broad Croft and
one p(ar)cell of ground arrable meadowe or pasture comonly called
or knowne by the name of Little lane or by what other name or
names (what)soever the same are called AND [11] alsoe all other
houses edifices buildings lands tenem(en)tes & p(re)mises
with thapp(ur)ten(en)ces late in the tenure or occupacon of him
the said George Harrison dec(eased) or of his assignee or assignes
under the demise of Lyon [12] Bamford Esq(ire) by Lease but in
being under the yearly Rent of seaven pounds, and alsoe one close
of arrable land meadowe or pasture comonly called or knowne by
the name of great Rasin? Intack, one close of [13] arrable land
meadowe or pasture comonly called or knowne by the name of Huthwaite
Lee, AND one close of arrable land meadowe or pasture comonly
called or knowne by the name of Long Lands now or late (in) [14]
the tenure and occupacon of Priscilla Bamford widdow or of her
assignes also under the demise of the said Lyon Bamford att the
yearly Rent of Nyne pounds AND alsoe all and all manner of Tythes
[15] & grayne Hay wooll & Lambe & all other Tythes
whatsoev(er) yearly & from time to time comeing growing &
upon the p(re)mises with thapp(ur)ten(en)ces AND on Rencon? &
Rencons? remainder & remainders [16] all & singular p(re)mises
above graunted with thapp(ur)ten(en)ces and all the estate right
tythe interest clayme & demannde whatsoev(er) of them the
said Daniell Rich & Charles Usher or either of them of in
& [17] the said graunted p(re)mises & of in & to all
& ev(er)y pi(ec)e & p(ar)cell thereof with thapp(ur)ten(en)ces
AND all deeds evidences & writeings touching & concerning
the firme and true copyes of all such other writeings & [18]
touch or concern the same together with any other lands or tenem(en)ts
any now being in the posession & either of ye the said Daniell
Rich [& Charles Usher (insert)] or of our assignes or which
wee concerne unto without suite in law [19] TO HAVE AND TO HOULD
the said Messuage Cottage tenem(en)t Tofte Crofte Lande Tenem(en)ts
rentes heraditam(en)tes & all other the p(re)mises above menconed
with their & eine? of their app(ur)ten(en)ces unto [(insert)
the said John Greenwood his heire and assignes to the only proper
use & behoof of] [20] the said John Greenwood his heires &
assignes forever TO bee helde of the Cheif Lord or Lordes of the
of the Fee or Fees thereof by the rents & services therefore
henceforth due and of right accustomed AND [21] I the said Daniell
Rich & my heires ALL the said Messuage or Tenem(en)t Land
Tenem(en)ts & p(re)mises above menconed and ment to be graunted
b(ar)gained & sould as aforesaid unto the said John Greenwood
his [22] heires & assignes to the only p(ro)p(er) use &
behoof of the said John Greenwood his heires & assignes against
me the said Daniell Rich & my heires & all & eny other
p(er)son or p(er)sons clayming by from or under us [23] or any
p(er)sones shal & will warrant & forever defend by these
p(re)sentes AND I the said Charles Usher & my
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heires ALL the said Messuage
or Tenem(en)t Lands Tenem(en)ts & p(re)misses above menconed
& ment to be graunted [24] b(ar)gained & sould as aforesaid
unto the said John Greenwood his heires & assignes to the
only p(ro)p(er) use & behoof of the said John Greenwood his
heires & assignes against me the said Charles Usher &
my heires [25] & all & ev(re)y other p(er)son & p(er)sons
clayeming by from or under us or any of us shall and will warrant
& forever defend by these p(rese)nts. IN witnesse whereof
the said Daniell Rich & Charles Usher [26] have hereunto sett
our hands & seales the eight & twentieth day of Januarie
In the yeare of our Lord god according to the Computacon of the
Church of England One Thousand Six Hundred ffiftie Three.
[27] Daniell Rich Charles Usher
[28] (En)dorsed thus Sealed & deliv(er)d & allsoe full
& peacable possession & seizen was had & deliv(er)d
by the within named Daniel Rich & Charles Usher in their p(ro)p(er)
p(osse)sons unto the within named John Greenewood [29] in his
p(ro)p(er) p(osse)son of & in the Messuage within menconed
in the names of all the Lands & p(re)mises within exp(re)ssed
the day and year first within written IN the p(rese)nce of John
Hobson, Richard Flather, [30] William Senior his marke S, John
Staniland his marke J S:
[31] (Endo)rsed alsoe thus
M& (Memorandum) that the Thirtith day of Januarie One Thousand
Six Hundred ffiftie & Three, Willm. Senior, John Staniland
& Mary Harrison wid(ow) tenants of the p(re)mises within menconed
[32] did afforn(amed) tenants unto the within named John Greenwood
by the delivre of ev(er)ie one of them six pence in the name of
Afforenam(e)d & have hereunto subscribed their names their
names Willm. [33] Senoir his m(arke), John Staniland his m(ar)ke
J S, Mary Harrison her m(ar)ke M.
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Archives and Local Studies Department
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