1755 CUMBERLAND, BROUGHTON COLLIERY, JOHN CHRISTIAN COPY OF LEASE, LORD EGREMONT

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1755 CUMBERLAND, BROUGHTON COLLIERY, JOHN CHRISTIAN COPY OF LEASE, LORD EGREMONT SEE FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW IMAGE PLEASE NOTE ALL ITEMS SOLD ARE ORIGINAL & GENUINE we do not sell copy or repro material. CERTIFICATE OF POSTING IS OBTAINED FOR ALL ITEMS SENT BY ROYAL MAIL ! 1755 COPY OF LEASE FROM LORD EGREMONT, OF BROUGHTON COLLIERY, WEST CUMBERLAND, TO JOHN CHRISTIAN. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE LEASE, ( EACH PARTY WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN ONE OF THESE) , AS ABOVE, {EXECUTING A LEASE TO HUMPHRY SENHOUSE OF NETHERHALL ESQ. TO JOHN CHRISTIAN OF UNERIGG ESQ, JOHN GALE THOMAS HARTLEY & EDWARD GIBSON OF WHITEHAVEN, GENTLEMEN & JAMES POSTLETHWAITE OF ELLENFOOT, GENTLEMAN, OF ALL MY COLLIERIES IN THE MANORS OF GREAT BROUGHTON & LITTLE BROUGHTON IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, FOR A TERM OF TWENTY ONE YEARS COMMENCING AT MIDSUMMER LAST FOR THE YEARLY RENT OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND A DUTY OF TEN SHILLINGS PER TERM FOR EVERY TUN OF COALS ABOVE FOUR HUNDRED TUNS} ETC. ETC. SIGNED AT THE BASE, EGREMONT INTERESTING LOCAL SOCIAL HISTORY, COLLIERY INTEREST, SEE NOTE BELOW. SEE SCAN *NOTE - JOHN CHRISTIAN RELATED TO THE FAMOUS FLETCHER CHRISTIAN OF MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY FAME:- The Curwens of Workington Hall represent one of the oldest families in England, the male line proper being generally accepted as a direct descent from Eldred, a pre-Norman read more