KIRKHAM & LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE

RELEASE DATED 1 JULY 1817

A vellum Indenture being a Release dated 1 July 1817 for £250 settled upon Mrs Mary Butcher by Margaret Shepherd of Kirkham, Lancashire. Mr John Butcher and Mary his wife to William and Joseph Birley Esquires. The document also recites information from an Indenture made in 1809.

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PARTIES TO DOCUMENT

Name	Other Information
John BUTCHER	Merchant of Liverpool. Husband of Mary Butcher
Mary BUTCHER	Of Liverpool. Wife of John Butcher. Had £250 settled on her by Margaret Shepherd
William BIRLEY	Esquire of Kirkham, Lancashire. Also party to Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 August 1809
Joseph BIRLEY	Esquire of Blackburn, Lancashire. Also party to Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 August 1809

OTHER NAMES MENTIONED IN DOCUMENT

Name	Other Information
Margaret SHEPHERD	Deceased. Spinster of Kirkham, Lancashire. Party to Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 August 1809. Settled £250 on Mary Butcher following the deaths of herself and Frances Shepherd. Described in document as having “departed this life some time ago”. Cover of document names her as Mrs Margaret Shepherd but actual document describes her as being a spinster
William LANGTON	Esquire of Kirkham, Lancashire. Party to Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 August 1809. Described as “since deceased”
Henry FEILDEN	Esquire of Witton, Lancashire. Party to Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 August 1809. Described as “since deceased”
Frances SHEPHERD	Named in recital of Indentures of Lease and Release dated 1 and 2 August 1809 to receive the interest, dividends and annual proceeds and profits of the estate of Margaret Shepherd for life following the decease of Margaret Shepherd. Died on or about 7 July 1816

Document Signed

and Sealed by

John Butcher

Mary Butcher

Witnesses

(with signature to document)

William Hackney

Richard Blundell[?] Hollinshead

Original Document Size = 75 cm x 61 cm (29.5 in x 24 in) approx

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