Identity area
Reference code
A 2.
Title
Bencliff Hall, p. Eccles, co. Lancs
Date(s)
- [Watermarks 1804-1814] (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil = File
Extent and medium
1 bundle (15 items).
Context area
Name of creator
(1852-1950)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Original bundle of mainly attested copies of papers relating to the descent of the Bencliff Hall estate, including attested copies of the wills of Rev. Thomas Valentine of Frankfort, co. Sligo (dated 1763, proved 1766), Samuel Valentine of Freetown, co. Bristol, Massachusetts, yeoman, 1781, and John Partington of Bencliff House, p. Eccles, co. Lancs, gent., 1813; conversion of the reversionary interest of premises in Bencliffe otherwise Bentcliffe Hall, p. Eccles and in Pendleton, co. Lancs, between Thomas Valentine of the said Freetown, mariner, and John Partington of Garratt, Manchester, co. Lancs, dyer and printer, 1794; and other deeds, 1796-1814.