This Indenture made the twenty third day of July in the fifty third year of the Reign of King George the third and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen Between Robert Walton of Lane End in Crompton in the county of Lancaster weaver devisee in fee of the cottages and tenements hereinafter hereby bargained and sold in and under the last Will and Testament of Richard Walton late of Luddenden in the parish of Halifax aforesaid Dyer deceased of the one part and Edward Wilkinson of Midgeley in the parish of Halifax in the county of York shopkeeper of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain to the said Robert Walton party hereto now in hand well and truly paid on or before the sealing and delivery of these presents The receipt of which sum is hereby acknowledged He the said Robert Walton Hath bargained and sold And by these presents Doth bargain and sell unto the said Edward Wilkinson his executors administrators and assigns All that cottage dwellinghouse or tenement situate and standing in Luddenden in the township of Midgeley aforesaid wherein Joseph Binns lately dwelled but now in the occupation of Benjamin Haigh Together with the Midding Stead to the same belonging or occupied therewith And also All that cottage or dwellinghouse situate in Luddenden aforesaid underneath the two chambers wherein the said Richard Walton dwelt at the time of making his Will (but not the said two chambers which were by the said Will devised to Richard Walton a son of the said testator in fee) And all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging To have and to hold the said cottages or tenements and hereditaments and all and singular other the premises hereby or mentioned or intended to be hereby bargained and sold with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Edward Wilkinson his executors administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents for and during the full term of one whole year thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and paying therefore at the end of the said term unto the said Robert Walton his heirs or assigns the rent of a White Rose if legally demanded To the intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and by force of the statute made for transferring uses into possession He the said Edward Wilkinson may be in the actual possession of the premises hereby bargained and sold and thereby be enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the Reversion Freehold and Inheritance thereof unto and to the use of him and his heirs and assigns as is expressed and declared of and concerning the same in and by an Indenture already prepared and intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date hereof made between the said Robert Walton and Martha his wife of the one part And the said Edward Wilkinson of the other part In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written

The document has two red seals one of which bears a signature

Signed                    Robert Walton

Signed sealed and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of

Signed                    Lew^s Alexander

                             Rob^t Alexander Jun^r

                             Edw^d N. Alexander (sworn)

A memorial of the within written deed was registered at Wakefield the second day of September eighteen hundred and thirteen near twelve at noon in Book FZ Page 52 and Number 58

Signed                    Francis Dalton

                             Deputy Registrar