Catalogue description Marriage settlement on the marriage of John Shawe and Elizabeth Mellor daughter of...

Marriage settlement on the marriage of John Shawe and Elizabeth Mellor daughter of Thomas Mellor, senior, between Dorothy Shawe of Foxt, Ipstones, widow, Robert and John Shawe, her sons, Thomas Mellor of Butterton, yeoman, Thomas Mellor his son and William Shawe son of Dorothy Shawe, by which Dorothy, Robert and John Shawe have enfeoffed to Thomas Mellor, junior, and William Shawe (trustees), in consideration of £100, a messuage in the manor of Ipstones with closes called the Fornefield, Over Ridding, Lower Ridding, Ridding Sprinke, Little Piece, Lunn Flatt, the While Lands, the Croft at the Door, the Little Hempyard, the Croft below the Field, the meadow at the Coates, the Little Foxt Wood, the Great Foxt Wood, the Laughton, the Intakes and the Lane: the premises, apart from the over end of the house, the Little and Great Foxt Woods and the meadow at the Coates, to be held by trustees to the use of Dorothy and Robert Shawe for life: if Robert survives Dorothy then John Shawe to pay to Robert £7 per annum: after the death of Dorothy and Robert to the use of John Shawe for life then to his lawful issue by Elizabeth Mellor and in default to the use of his right heirs: the remainder to be held to the use of John Shawe for life, then to the use of Elizabeth his wife for her jointure, then from her decease to the use of their lawful issue and in default to the use of the right heirs of John Shawe 20 Apr