1. The Rt Hon William Lord Craveh 2. Joseph Hill of the Chancery Office gentleman...

1. The Rt Hon William Lord Craveh

2. Joseph Hill of the Chancery Office gentleman

3. The Rt Hon Edward Lord Clive, Baron Plassey in the kingdom of Ireland

Consideration:- £4700

Bargain and sale of the manors of Ryton als Ruyton, Kinnerley, and Melverley, with appurtenances payable to the lord of Ryton out of the townships of Ryton, Coton, Sottallor, Shelvack, Ryton Park, Wikey, Bardeston, West Felton, Sutton, Tedamore, Haughton and Rednall - total £12.18.1; heriots and reliefs; fishery in the River Perry; cottages in the township of Ryton in teunre of Thomas Griffiths, John Roberts, Thomas Leek, Robert Thomas, John Green, Thomas Jones, Richard Richards; cottage in Eardestone township (Joseph Pugh); cottage in West Felton (Hannah Morgan); messuage, barn and land (11.0.2) (Evan Davies); land called the Fish Pool (1.2.19) (- Summerfield part of a farm late in occupation of Thomas Thorns (5.2.12) 2 parcels land (Mrs Finch) (5.2.31), all in the township of Kinnerley; Hickens piece (William Mostyn Owen esq) (6.2.3) and tithe of hay on the same; land (Richard Madocks) (5.2.4), tenement and land (Evan Davies) (3.3.37), small tenement or farm (Mrs Farmer) (2.0.36), all in the township of Edgerly, and 1/3rd of the tithe of corn and hay except clover of a farm in the township of Edgerley (Mrs Lister, in occupation of - Bather) and of a farm belonging to William Mostyn Owen and 2 meadows called the Lords Meadows belonging to Edward Thomas, in the township of Edgerley; all chief and other rents amounting to £18.3.8 from land in the townships of Edgerley and Melverley payable to the lord of the manors of Kinnerley and Melverley, heriots and reliefs in same manors; cottages in the township of Kinnerley (John Rogers, Owen Edwards, Thomas Jones, David Lloyd, William Jones, Charles Jones, Thomas Edwards and William Berth), cottages in the township of Edgerley (John Thomas, Henry Roberts, William Thomas, Mauris Morris, Widow Lloyd, Robert Stokes, John Mancell, Richard Davis, Widow Peaton, Widow Lewis, William Lloyd, Robert Pritchard, James Ward, Abraham Powell and William Davies); cottages in the township of Melverley (William Meredith, Sarah Davies, Widow Lawrence, John Gittings, John Dodd and David Jones); fisheries and right of fishing in the Rivers Severn and Verney and in Melverley Brook; timber and woods; soil, commons, fairs etc (except the commons in Rednall and the quit rents and heriots payable by William Mostyn Owen in respect of his estate within the manor of Ryton).

In Hilary term 1778 a fine was levied, Joseph Hill plt, William Lord Craven deforciant, of this property inter alia. This fine is to ensure as to the property now sold to use of Edward Lord Clive and his heirs

Signatures of Craven and Joseph Hill

Acknowledges 11 August 1779

Witnesses to sealing:- Thomas Ryder, William Weightman.