Detail View: Rylands Collection: Lease for Lives

Image Number: 
JRL1110226
Reference Number: 
RYCH/3858
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Lease for Lives
Series Title: 
Dean Row (Cheshire) Leases for Lives (1675/6-1833)
Parent Work Title: 
Lease for Lives (16 Apr 1708)
Date Created: 
1708-04-16
Page/Sheet: 
recto
Image Sequence Number: 
1
Description: 
A lease for life by William Shaw, a gentleman from the parish of Wilmslow. Lease for life was a form of tenure on the Dunham Massey estates from the seventeenth century, when it replaced copyhold or tenancy at will, until the mid-nineteenth century.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language: 
English
Subject: 
Law and legislation
Category of Material: 
Archives
Sub-Category: 
Charters
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Places Covered: 
England: Cheshire: Wilmslow
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2011-01-07
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB