1714
ffeb. 13th. Mem. that then Thomas Saule took liverance of seaventy nine sheep, of Joan Dowbiggin of High Winder, that is to say, of wedders sixteen, of ewes thirty six, toops six, hoggs twenty-one, which the said Thomas Saul, his exers, adm's, or assignes, is to rediliver to ye sd. Joan Dowbiggin, her exors. adm's, or assignes of each sort ye same number of sheep bred upon the same heath, at the prices as followeth for want of each sort on the 13th of ffeby, when he leaves the farme of her part of Winder, that is to say, for want of wedders six shillings appece, for want of ewes five shillings appece. But if he have any overplus of the abovementioned sorts of sheepe bredd upon the said heath, att the re-deliverance of the sd. sheepe, then the said Joan Dowbiggin, her exors. adm's or assignes, is to pay the same prices for the said over plus to the sd. Thomas Saul, his exors, adm's or assignes.
Mem. that ten of the above-menconed seaventy-nine sheepe doe belong to and are the proper goods of Elizabeth Dowbiggin junr (given by her brother Lancelot Dowbiggin), namely, two wethers, ffive ewes, two hoggs, and one ram, for wch ye said Tho: Saul is to pay her the rent of four shillings apcce and above the rent hereafter menconed. And be it further remembered that the said Thomas Saul is to pay the sd. Joan Dowbiggin eighteen pounds ten shillings per ann soe long as holds and enjoys her part of Winder, to be paid in equall portions, the first payment to begin the eleaventh of Nov 1715 and the next the 25th or March next following, and the like payments on the same days soe long as he continues her tennane at Winder. Note, that five shillings of the above menconed eighteen pounds ten shillings, the sd Thomas Saul expects the sd Joan Dowbiggin is not to put into her pocket it being sd to be refered to her in curtesie att the time of making the bargain.
Witnesses: - John Coulston.
William Jones.
(Thomas Saul would probably be related to the Sauls who lived in Lancaster, where one William Saul died about 1746. There were also Sauls at Chipping, Goosnargh, Cockerham and one or two other places in North Lancashire. There was a Thomas Saul living at Cockerham in 1700. John Coulston no doubt belonged to the Coulstons either of Wray or Heylot-in-Roeburndale, and William Jones, also of Roeburndale, married into the Dowbiggin family.)
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