| Description | Parties:
1) Michael Houseman of Stripe Head in Stean Beck Down in Nidderdale gentleman and his wife
2) William Layfield of Bewerley gentleman William Pawson of Banks gentleman; Thomas Grainge innkeeper, William Hodgson yeoman and John Greetham linen weaver all of Pateleybridge [Pateley Bridge]
Property: building on backside of house tenanted by Thomas Grainge commonly known as the Cock Pit with the watercourse through the same, extending 40 yards in length of course along Thomas Grainge's yard. Also a moiety of 6 feet of ground on north west side of the Cock Pit to erect a pit for a wheel
Recites that the parties have entered into partnership for business of carding, roving and spinning cotton, for which Michael Houseman has agreed to provide the premises. Not executed 1792 |