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adjoining aforesaid Aldwinshagh ancient Andrew appears Ashton Ashton-under-Lyne Audenshaw Bank Bardsley belonging brick built chapel Cheshire Chester church Cock Bank Coldhurst contains corn cottages Cross Bank daughter of Sir descended died Dukinfield Dunham Massey Earl of Stamford Edward eldest Elizabeth erected farm Ffarm formerly free tenants garden Hall hamlet Harrop Hartshead heir held Henry the Sixth Heyrod Hill Hurst Hyrst issue James John de Assheton King Knight Knott Lanes Lancashire land lease Lees Leese Leghes Lord Lord's Lusley Manchester manor mansion married Mary Medlock Messrs mill milne Mossley neat Nicholas number of Acres occupied Oldham Palden Wood possession present Ralph Rectory reign residence Richard Ricus river Medlock river Tame Robert Saddleworth Saxon Shepley shillings side Sir George Booth Sir John Sir John Assheton Sir Raphe situated Slater Stayley Bridge succeeded tenants-at-will tenement town Uxor Uxor Robti village Walker whole service William yearly rent
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Page 165 - year of the reigne of our Sovereign Lord George, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, Anno Domini 1722, by John Simon De la houze, Clerk, Rector of the said Rectory; John Cock, John Newton, Emanuel Smith, gentlemen, and Abraham
Page 130 - of their Swine, the year of the reign of King Richard the Second after the Conquest, the third, that the aforesaid Tenants shall have their Swine going in the Demesnes of the foresaid Town. Fro the latter end of Harvest unto Sowing time (out taken the little
Page 36 - Heav'ns! what a goodly prospect spreads around, " Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires; " And glitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, 'till all
Page 53 - of Ashton-under-Lyne; and to commemorate this singular display of his valour, he instituted the custom above described, and left the sum of ten shillings yearly to support it (within these few years reduced to five) with his own suit of black velvet, and a coat of mail, the helmet of which is
Page 58 - couple that are linked together in the course of the year. The Black Boy is then fixed on horseback, and after being led in procession round the town, is dismounted, made to supply the place of a
Page 52 - as the annual custom of Riding the Black Lad, which is always celebrated on Easter Monday. There are different traditions concerning the origin of this extraordinary circumstance, and the idea is generally prevalent, that it is kept up to perpetuate the disgraceful actions of Sir Ralph
Page 131 - with all the services, customs, and usages, as after is, in this same Book written and rehearsed, and as it has been used and customed of old time, and every man to pay his ffarm at two tymes in the year, as the Rental of this said
Page 37 - horn once belonging to Canute, or the Wassel horn of Robert de Eaglesfield. Of the description of ale that flowed merrily on these occasions, we know little; but there can be no doubt that it was as good as King Henry the Eighth's ale, which contained neither hops nor brimstone* We may suppose,
Page 57 - to levy the penalty arising from the neglect of clearing the land from carr-gulds. The interference of so powerful a Knight, belonging to another Lordship, could not but be regarded by the tenants of Assheton, as the tyrannical intrusion of a stranger; and as Sir