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Document Number:				0509021
Title:	Mortgage
Date:		10 October 1801
For Sale:			£75.00
Condition:
Very grubby on the outside cover as folded, but remarkably clean and clear on the written inside.
Description:
Parchment : 2 sheets 60cm x 76cm with 2 wax seals (1 red 1 black), 1 signature and revenue stamps.
Summary of contents:
PARTIES Thomas ASTLEY of Blackburn, Lancashire. Organist and Overseer. Henry DEWHURST formerly of Blackburn, Lancashire. Crofter - now of Hoghton, Lancashire. Weaver. Roger HAWORTH of Blackburn, Lancashire. Yeoman. SUBJECT Henry Dewhurst is mortgaging property in Blackburn to Roger Haworth for £65. The property is all at Salford in Blackburn and consists of: 1. A cottage acquired by Henry Dewhurst in 1881. 2. A quarter share of 3 other dwellinghouses which had belonged to James Dewhurst (deceased). We are told that the property of James Dewhurst had been divided between his 4 nephews and nieces - James Dewhurst, Henry Dewhurst, Ann Dewhurst and Elizabeth, now the wife of Roger Haworth. Thomas Astley appears to come into it only as a trustee involved in some previous transaction.
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