Deeds and papers relating to properties in Market Street, Tib Street, Oldham Street and Pool Street, Manchester

M634/BOX 1

Bundle 1 (abstracts of deeds regarding land between Oldham Street and Tib Street, sold for development in 1773 by Ashton Lever, Esq. , containing detailed convenants governing the type of building, etc. to be erected; with papers regarding the subsequent development of the site):

Attested copies of lease and release of a plot of land in Manchester to build upon 1) Ashton Lever Esq. 2) Mr Ralph Newton, 21-22 May 1773.

Bundle 2:

Extract from conveyance of lands in Manchester 1) Messrs. Eyre & Dickenson 2) Thomas Withington, 2 Oct 1734;

Copy of will of Thomas Withington, 29 Sep 1764;

Pedigree of the maternal heir at law to Mr William Tomkinson received from Mr Clough of Manchester, 1 Sep 1791;

Opinion regarding Thomas Withington's will, 31 Aug 1791;

Attested copy of deed of covenants to produce the will of the late Mr Thomas Withington and his daughter Elizabeth, 27 Oct 1791.

Bundle 3 (relating the Rowland Hill Public House (formerly Lord Duncan):

Abstract of title of the trustees of the will of the late Mr John Bell to a public house called the 'Rowland Hill and other premises situate in Oldham Street, Manchester, 1892;

Requisitions and answers relating to property in Oldham Street and Tib Street, Manchester, 9 Mar 1892;

Abstract of title of the late John Bell to a plot of land hereditaments and premises situate in Oldham Street and Tib Street, Manchester, 1892.

Bundle 4:

Abstract of Mr John Simpson's title to a certain plot of land with the messuage or dwellinghouse and buildings thereon erected in Pool Street, Manchester, 25 Dec 1788.

Bundle 5:

Schedule of deeds and writings relating to the title of Mr Edmund Butterworth and Elizabeth his wife to land and buildings in Oldham Street in Manchester, mortgaged to John Begg Esq.;

Lease for certain dwellinghouses at Manchester 1) Edmund Butterworth 2) Ralph Aspinall, 2 Jun 1827;

Rental prices on property on Oldham Street, 18 Nov 1836;

Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors ruling regarding Edmund Butterworth, 20 Dec 1830;

Notice of indenture 1) Thomas Butterworth, Rochdale, 2) Ralph Aspinall, Rochdale, 12 Aug 1840;

Release 1) Edmund Butterworth 2) Henry Dance, Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, 23 Dec 1830;

Copy of order re Edmund Butterworth and related documents, 6 May 1830;

Certificate of the burial of Edmund Butterworth, 18 Oct 1840;

Marriage crtificate of Edmund and Elizabeth Butterworth, Todmorden, 25 Nov 1800;

Receipt by Samuel Barker for money owed by Edmund Butterworth against the mortgages on property in Oldham Street, Manchester, 12 Aug 1840.

Bundle 6 (deeds and other papers regarding land acquired by the Market Street Improvement Commissioners):

Letter from Samuel Brookes to the Commissioners of the Market Street Improvements detailing his offer to sell land to the commissioners including Pool Street and Market Street, 31 May 1826;

Continuation of abstract of the title of Mr Samuel Brookes to a messuage or dwellinghouse situate in Market Street in Manchester during the joint lives of William Wardle and Martha his wife, 21-22 Feb 1825;

Reply from G. E. Aubrey of the Market Street Commissioners that the Owners Committee will recommend Samuel Brookes's proposals, 1 Jun 1826;

Requisitions on title and replies thereto regarding James Whitaker's marriage 1) James Brookes 2) Veevers, 1881 (and drafts).

Bundle 7:

Abstract of title to a house in Market Street Lane sold to Mr Samuel Brookes during two joint lives, 28-29 Sep 1736.

M634/BOX 2

Bundle 1 (relating to the Rowland Hill public house):

Apportionment account, Apr 1892;

Items to keep in mind re Oldham Street purchase, Peter Yates Esq., 13 May 1892;

Solicitor's bill paid by Pater Yates, 18 May 1892;

Letter from Brett, Hamilton & Tarbolton re Walton's mortgage, 17 Apr 1894;

Correspondence and bills regarding purchase of Rowland Hill, Apr 1892;

Further objections arising out of replies to requisitions regarding property in Oldham Street and Tib Street, Manchester 1) Bells trustees 2) Yates, 1892;

Final objections arising out of replies to requisitions regarding property in Oldham Street and Tib Street, Manchester 1) Bells trustees 2) Yates, 1892;

Loose documents:

Abstract of title to dwellinghouses in Market Street 1) Samuel Powell 2) Samuel Brookes, 1-2 Oct 1734;

Abstract of Miss Elizabeth Linney's title to a dwellinghouse and premises in Market Street, Manchester, 26 Sep 1735;

Abstract of the title of the Commissioners under the Market Street Improvement Act to a dwellinghouse and premises in Market Street, Manchester, 28-29 Sep 1825;

Baptism certificate of Reuben Rawnsley, 12 May 1750;

Baptism certificate of Elizabeth Ransley, 15 May 1782;

Burial certificate of Thomas Ransley, 45, 22 Oct 1789;

Baptism certificate of Betty Calvert, 14 May 1790;

Marriage certificate of George Rawnsley and Elizabeth Chadwick, 3 Apr 1743;

Bundle of records relating to the redemption of monies due to the County of Lancaster from James Rushton for his property in Manchester, 1793-1808;

Instructions to counsel to peruse the draft conveyance from Mr Powell to Mr Brookes, 1826;

Valuation of Bank in Market Street, 21 Jul 1837;

Copy will of John Linney, will dated 20 Jul 1801, proved 12 Feb 1802;

Copy will of David Barker, 23 Sep 1846;

Copy will of Samuel Jackson, 30 Jun 1819;

Copy of the settlement of the marriage of James Wardle and Phoebe Fletcher, 29 May 1800.