Legh's Estate Act 1811
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1811 c. clxxxvi |
| Year | 1811 |
ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO PRIMO.
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Cap,186.
Act to enable the Truftees of the Will of
'Thomas
Peter Legh Efquire, deceafedj to purchafe Eftates
for the Benefit of their Truft; and to fell certain of
the Eftates devifed by the Will of the faid Thomas
Peter Legh, for rairing. Money to pay for fucli
purchased Eftates, and for. reimburfing a Sum
expended in the Redemption of the Land Tax,
charged on other Eftates of the faid Thomas Peter
Legh.,
'[i.$\k une 1811.]
HE RE AS at the Halmote Court holden in and for the Manor Surrender,
and Foreft of
Macclesfield,
in the County of Chejler, on the dated
*9tJl
Nineteenth Day of
September,
in, the Second Year of the ^P1* '7*5
Reign of His .late Majefty King
George
the Firft, antd in the Year of our
Lord, One thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, Francis
Legb^
of Lyme, m
the faid County of
Chejier,
Efquire, did furrender into the Hands of the
King, as Lord of
the
Manor and Foreft of
Macclesjield
zforefoid,
all .his
Mefiuages, Cottages, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Paftures, Parcels
of Land, Rents, Reverfions, Services and Hereditaments fituate, lying
ami.
being in Bottoms, Hockerky, Teardjley and Whaley, then late the
Property of John Legh, of fathoms, Gentleman, deceafed,. and then in
the Occupation of Robert Bradbury; and, all other the, Cuftomary
[LCK,
& Per.'} 47 R Meffuages,
4298
5i°GE0RGII III.
Cap.iM.
Meffuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the faid Francis
Legh,
in Bothomes, Hockerley,
Yeardjley
and Whaley, or elfewhere within
the faid Manor ; to the Intent that the faid Lord the King, having Seifin
thereof by his Steward of the Manor and Foreft aforefaid or his Deputy,
might give and grant all and fingular the Hereditaments and Premifes
aforefaid with the
•
Appurtenances unto.' John Hawkins heretofore, of
Macclesjteld
aforefaid, Gentleman, his Heirs and Affigns for ever, to be
holden of the.Lord the King, his Heirs and Succeffors, Lords of the
Manor and Foreft of
Macclesfield
aforefaid; and the faid John Hawkins
was duly admitted Tenant according to the faid Surrender, to' .hold to
Surrender, h;m> fcis Heirs and Affigns : And whereas at the Halmote Court held in
*MMCTX
2 an<' ^ot l^e ^anor an^ Foreft of
Macclesfield
aforefaid on the Ninth Day
of March, which was in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majefty
King
George
the Firft, and in the Year of Oour Lord One thoufand feven
hundred and twenty-three, Peter
Legh>,.
then of Lyme, in the faid County,
Efquire (firice deceafed), John
Shallcrojfe,
then of
Shallcrojfe,
in the County
of Derby, Efquire, Nand Edward
Downes
the Elder, then of Worth, in the
faid County of Chejier, Efquire, (both alfo fmce deceafed,) did furrender
into the Hands of the King, as Lord of the faid Manor and Foreft, all
and fingular the M^ffuages,.Cottages, Lands,Tenements,Rents, Reverfions,
.
Services,
Remainders and other the Cuftomary or Copyhold Hereditaments,
or of the Nature of Copyhold, with all and every of their Appurtenances,
iituate, lying and being in Dijley,
Dijley-Stanley,
Whaley,
Yeardjley ^ Kettle-
Jhulme,
Pott-Shrigleyy
Rainow,
Sutton
and Winkle, or in any of
them,
in the faid
.
County of
Chejier,
and within the Manor and Foreft of
Macclesfield
afore-
faid, then late of Richard Legh, Father of the fame Peter Legh, and which
came to the faid John
Shallcrojfe
and Edward Downes by the Surrender
or Grant of the fame Peter Legh and of one Thomas Bowden then de-
ceafed; and alfo all thofe other Clofes,Inclofures,Lands,Meadows, Paftures,
Feedings, Rents, Reverfions and, Cuftomary and Copyhold Heredita-
ments with their Appurtenances, , lying and being, in Di/ley-Stanley
aforefaid or elfewhere within the Manor and Foreft
.
aforefaid^ which
.formerly belonged to William. Sherd Gentleman, and,which the faid
Peter Legh had then lately purchafed or acquired on Grant or Sur-
render of
t
the Right Honourable. Thomas Earl fivers, with the Ap-
purtenances, and alfo all other the Meffuages, Cottages, Lands, Tene-
ments, Rents, Reverfions, Services ^and Cuftomary or Copyhold Here-
ditaments within the Manor-and Foreft aforefaid, of which the fame Peter
Legh,
or any other Perfon or Perfons in Truft for him or for his Ufe,
then,or then late was or were feifed or had any Copyhold or Cuftomary
Eftate of Inheritance in Poffeflion, Reverfion, Remainder or otherwife
howfoever, with all and fingular. their and every of their Appurtenances,
to the Intent that the faid Lord the King, having. Seifm thereof by his
Steward of the Manor and Foreft aforefaid or his Deputy, fhould give
and grant all and fingular the Hereditaments and Premifes aforefaid, with
the Appurtenances to Edward
Downes
the Younger, of
Shrigley,
in the faid
County of Chejier, Gentleman, and the faid John Hawkins, their Heirs and
Affigns for ever; to the Intent that they fhould ftand feifed thereof to fuch
Ufes,
and under1 and fubjeS to fuch Limitations, Provifoes, Conditions, De-
clarations and Agreements vas the fame Peter Legh by his laft Will and
Teftanient in Writing, orby^any Deed or Deeds to be figned and fealed
by the fame Peter Legh in the Prefence of, and to bcattefted by Three
or
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