The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TOWN DUES'

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(Continued from yesterday.) 11 his
year of his reign, by certain letters patent to a..
faithful people who may wish to take burgages at Liver!
pool, granted "that they shall have all liberties and
free customs in the town of Liverpool which a
oril
'l
borough on the sea hath in our land." And that e),
by
111. in the thirteenth year of his reign granted, and bYi
his charter confirmed, "That our town of Liverpool
shall have a mercatorial guild, with house, and otherd
liberties and free customs to that guild pertaining, an
no one who shall not be of that guild shall do any toerti a
chandise unless of the will of the same burgesses,"
the same charter also granted, " that whatsoever e'
chants seek the said borough with their merchandlsie,;
whether foreigners or other, shall safely and secure
come to the said borough with their merchandise, an
safely there dwell, and thence depart, rendering there-.
fore the right and due customs. Wherefore we will all
firmly command that the aforesaid town of LiverPnli
be a free borough, and that the aforesaid burgesses SlwA
have the aforesaid mercantile guild, with house an'
other liberties and free customs to that guild pertaini gn'
and that they shall have all other liberties and free cus;
toms as is therefore." And that King Charles l•
Duke of Lancaster, and was seized of, and entitledo I,
the fee simple of "the town and lordship of Liverpo
the ferry over the Mersey, the butchers' shambles of the
town, and all stallage and tolls of markets and fairs,
with the perquisites of courts in Liverpool aforesal
and all customs, anchorages, and key toll of the water oc(
111arsey there or within the said town or lordship." I°l3
which, say the corporation, comprised the duties I
the said bill enquired after. They proceed to state,
that his Majesty King Charles 1., by his letters pat%
under the great seal, and also under the seal of
duchy, bearing date the ninth day of September, 16,241;
gave and granted to Edward Ditchfield, John 11e16.01
land, klumphrey Clarke, and Francis Mosse, their helot
and assigns for ever, " All that our town and lordship
Liverpool, parcel of the honor o f Lancaster, with every
their rights and appurtenances, and all that boat an
passage over the ;Mersey, and the butchers' shambles la
the said town, and all stallage tolls of the market alio.
fair, and all customs, anchorage, and key toll of the °lll
of Mersey aforesaid, and within the aforesaid CotV4 130
lordship of Liverpool aforesaid, then or then late in t
occupation of Sir Richard Molyneux, knight. To hr),,,
the aforesaid town and lordship as parcel of the delel
of Lancaster, as of the said King Charles, hie 14,
ikc., as of the manor of Enfield, in the county of gia'na
sex., And further that by an indenture of bargain and
sale bearing date the 4th day of December, 1632, aair,
made between the said Edward Ditchfield, John Heigr' a
land, Humphrey Clarke and Francis Mosse, of thei',
part, and the right honourable Richard, Lord iey
neux, Viscount Maryborough, Sir Thomas Walnial.
knight, William Fazakerly, gentleman, and John RntUe
of the other part, which indenture was enrolled in ,
high court of Chancery on the 29th day of Jannali
1635, the said-Ditchfield and others by the appointive ,
and direction of the then aldermen of the city of Londe;
for the consideration mentioned, did grant and sell 1.8
the said Sir Thomas Walmsley and others, their helot
and assigns, all that the said town and lordsb'P
Liverpool as before recited, together with all custoraef
anchorage, and quay toll of the water of Mersey aferer„
said, and within the aforesaid town or lordship of 10,',
pool, in as full and ample a manner as the said NIA%
Charles by his letters patent, bearing date the 9111"80;,
of September, 1621, gave and granted the premises d
any of them to the aforesaid Edward Ditchfield ant,
others; and that by au indenture of lease bearing dace
the 27th day of May, 1672, and a fine levied in pursue° 0
thereof, and which said indenture was made bet"it
Caryl Lord Viscount Molyneux and John Tatioes,
therein described of the first part, the then mayor, bailint,
and burgesses of Liverpool aforesaid of the second Pars,„
and Lawrence Brownloe, Thomas Andor, Henry ",r,', of
John Chandler, Peter Lurting, John Stlrzaker, a"
Liverpool aforesaid, aldermen Thomas Bickerstetb
Thomas Johnson, James Jerrom, of Liverpool, tner,..
chants. Silvester Richmond, Robert Seacome, of Live'a
pool, gentlemen, and Robert Williamson and Eduard
Tarlton, of Liverpool, mariners, of the third part :
which said indenture was duly enrolled in the
court of Chancery, reciting the said grant or letteiria
patent of the 9th of September, in the fourth year of Safe
reign of his then Majesty, and the said bargain an" 7-„e
of the 4th day of December, 1632; and also reeit'
rlfj
that the said Sir Thomas Walmsley, William Fazake
and John Rutter, the trustees of the said Richard 1'°,01.0
Viscount Molyneux, were all dead, having bad no "5" a
but daughters, that was to say, Elizabeth, Eleanor, and
Margaret, of whom the said Eleanor was dead, hav,ill%
issue, one Richard Crombottle, of Lark Hill, in Wital'ila
her son and heir-at-law, and the said Margaret was al,er
dead, leaving issue, Henry Robinson, of Chatburn, ':„ti
son and heir, and stating the premises to be then vested
the said John Tatlock in trust for the said Caryl c'
Molyneux, by indentures of lease and release of 111 e: ,-0
and 15th days of September, in the twelfth year 01 it
reign of his then majesty King Charles the Second ;
was witnessed, that for the considerations in the s„,11
indenture mentioned, the said Caryl Lord Visen",tt
Molyneux and John Tatlock, did grant and demise n" ~-;
the said Lawrence Brownloe, Thomas Andor, OA
Corks, John Chandler, Peter Lurting,
Stirzaker, Thomas Bickersteth, Thomas Johnson, Jarp-rt
Jerrom, Silvester Richmond, Robert Seacome, Re"--
Williamson, and Edward Tarlton, their executors,
administrators, and assigns, the said town and lordshg
of Liverpool, and the customs, anchorage, and quay t°De
and all the hereditaments and premises comprised in 'la
before-mentioned indenture of bargain and sale, to too
the same, except as is therein excepted, unto the aas,
several parties thereto of the third part, their executer,'
administrators, and assigns, for the term of 1000 yea
subject to the payment of the yearly rent of £3O at 'af
time therein mentioned. And that the said t:einisen-a
the town and lordship, and the customs, anchorage? 3:1
quay toll, comprised the said tolls and duties in the said
bill mentioned, and that the demise was made r
said parties of the third part, in trust for the loa;,t°;
bailiffs, and burgesses of Liverpool, and that by?7,olles
of the said demise, the corporation, at that time or rot
diately afterwards, entered into the possession °' and
premises therein comprised, including the tolls aye
duties in the said bill mentioned, and that 00' baar
ever since continued in possession, by themselves,po.
agents, of the said tolls and duties. And that by in'-the
tures of lease, or confirmation of lease, bearing elate, -ht
17th day of October, 1700, and made between the rno,
honourable Sir William Molyneux, baronet, Lord
and
count Molyneux, of Maryborough, the hon. R,icehn
Molyneux, Esq , his son and heir apparent, and "rr-
Tatlock, gentleman, son and heir of the said John jfaio,
lock, deceased, of the first part, the then mayor, bai' ad
and burgesses, of Liverpool, of the second part, a,
William Clayton, Jasper Mauditt and Thomas Johli,ree
Esqs., James Benn, Thomas Sweeting, and
Preeson, aldermen, and Thomas Tyrer, Richard ilna°o,
ton, Richard Norris, Levinus Houghton, John 1-1
West-
land, and Thomas Bickersteth, merchants, all of "ibe
pool, of the third part, it was witnessed, that for
consideration in the said indenture mentioned, the 510
William Lord John Molyneux, Richard MolyneuXt araj
John Tatlock, did grant and demise unto the said severs,
persons, parties thereto of the third part, their exeeuto of
administrators, and assigns, the town and lordsbiPa,
Liverpool and the customs, anchorage, and quay ;n-
-and all the premises comprised in the said lastly to id
tioned indenture of bargain and sale, and in the nsied
letters patent as aforesaid, except as is therein Ole% of
in the said lastly hereinbefore-mentioned indentar-ths
lease, to hold the same except as before excepted fa,,,if
term of 972 years subject to the payment of the ye-waS
rent of 301, and that the said last-mentioned clause of
in trust for the said mayor, bailiffs, and burgessl„ase
Liverpool • and that by indentures of lease and re!!:
bearing date respectively the 3rd and 4th days of
to be
rimy, 1777. the release being made or expressed a,
made between Mary Johnson and Susannah Jalit„s°bo-
two of the three sisters and co-heirs of Bellinghan3";e
son, esquire, deceased, and sisters and co-heirs of .A."-eeir
Johnson, spinster, deceased, the other sister and co—pa
of the said Bellingham Johnson, who was the san4l•
heir at law of Elizabeth, late wife of the reverend
Liam Johnson, clerk, formerly called Elizabeth Teti -too
spinster, which Elizabeth Johnson was one of the, ;aci
daughters and co-heirs of Richard Tatlock, deceasene
esiesatseerdnlhe heir at law of
daughter
Ellenau
and co-heir
siosfi n stthee and
Richard Tatlock, which Richard was the eldest Or,
heir at law of the said John Tatlock deceased, at
the
ri of
first part, the right hon. Lord Viscount Molyneu%,•claiiffs,
Sefton, of the second part, and the then mayor, halit or
and burgesses of the third part, reciting the grail'oeS;
letters patent, of the said 9th day of September, 4th
and the said indenture of bargain and sale of th„eaell-
day of December, 1632, and also reciting certain Ibet.
tures of the fourteenth and fifteenth days of SePte7coi
in the twelfth year of the reign of his late majestY:inoje
Charles the Second, contained in the before-men bi,
which the said premises had become vested in
indenture of lease of the 27th day of May, iut-'sai°
the tare
John Tatlock : and also reciting that by an in3°ll67of
duly executed, bearing date the 7th day of Maren,..'i-iarle,s
and made between Francis Lord Hawley, Sir an'
Howard, Sir John Talbot, Sir Robert Stover', t• fee
William Harbord, esquire, trustees for the sale nnart,
farm rents and other rents of the Crown, of the "e:rt, it
and John Farnworth, gentleman, of the other P the
was witnessed that the said trustees, in obedieneetnota
order of the treasury, and in consideration of the been
Of money in the said indenture mentioned to have nuer,
paid to his then majesty, at the receipt of the exelle„.'raot,
and for the considerations therein mentioned, did fill
and sell to the said John Farnworth, and his hersserced
that the said annual or fee -farm rent of 141.6 s 861.re,ettere
and assured by virtue of the before-mentioned
(To be continued.)

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NATURDAT, MARCH 1, il/116.