| Description | Parties:
1) Cicely Ayscough of the City of York, widow of William Ayscough, deceased and William Ayscough of London, apothecary (son and heir)
2) Robert Belwood, sergeant at law (barrister), Thomas Moseley of the City of York and Thomas Langley of the same city, esq
3) Robert Ayscough of the City of York, gentleman
Property: messuages, lands, tenements, whatsoever and wheresoever upon trust but also mentions the Statute of Uses to transform uses into possession regarding Hodger Lane near a place called the pavement in the City of York and which is in the occupation of George Stockton, alderman and then Richard Booth. Also two closes of pasture and meadow called Hall [?] or Great Hall Fields in the occupation of Thomas Woodhouse, Richard Muram and William Lazenby. Also two closes called Hall Fields or Little Hall Fields or Buggend close and Butt Lane close and now in the occupation of Robert Bemtram and William Newham which all lie in the City of York
Consideration: £1,360 which acquits Robert Ayscough and will go towards the payment of debts of William Ayscough and an annual rent of £9 will be received by Cicely Ayscough `
and for Hodger Lane for 5 shillings.
On the reverse of the deed it notes an annual reversion for Mrs Ayscough's life
Witnesses: Francis Power, John Comins, Thomas Leppington
Also enclosed in this deed were two receipts of the same date of payments by Cicely Ayscough to her brother, Robert Ayscough, of £837 14s 9d and £60, on behalf of their deceased brother, William Ayscough. |