Assignment of a plot of land and 2 messuages fronting Slade Lane in Kirkmanshulme

From: 1) Marmaduke Tomlinson of the City of Manchester, Stonemason To: 2) Christopher Preston of Manchester, Machine Broker, and Maria his wife, and 3) John Thompson of Manchester, Machinist, A Trustee for Mrs Maria Preston A plot of land in Kirkmanshulme containing 1530 square yards, and the 2 messuages erected thereon. Consideration: £135 paid to 1) by Maria Preston, and the covenant made by 2) Term: to 3) the residue of 99 years set in 1806 (CE 1/Kirk/1/12), less 2 days subject, to a rent of £9, 11s 3d per annum, and subject to a mortgage (CE 1/Kirk/1/33/2) with £545 owing. Conditions: To the sole use of Maria Preston, entirely separate from the financial affairs of her husband, and after her death to whomsoever should inherit as if she had died intestate and without leaving a husband. 1) covenants to perform any further acts required to prove title, and 2) covenant separately to pay the reserved rent and observe the conditions set in CE 1/Kirk/1/33/1/1, and to pay the mortgage. Signed and sealed: Marmaduke Tomlinson, Christopher Preston and Maria Preston. Witness on dorse:F N Marlowe, Manchester Solicitor.