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Description: | Account of Mr John Port re: the sale of 3 adjoining closes of land near the lower end of Manor Lane, Wolverhampton, being the first and second lots of the estate of Mr Burslem Sparrow, advertised in the Birmingham Gazette, to be sold at the Red Lion Inn, Wolverhampton, 19th August 1769. The account states that Mr Joseph Lane has paid 60 to Mr Port, as part of the price of 600 for the land. It is signed and acknowledged by Joseph Lane, the purchaser.
Attached is the Deposition of James Hateley of Tipton, Staffordshire, Engineer and Mine Agent. It states that he was well-acquainted with Joseph Lane, late of Wolverhampton, Merchant and Coalmaster, and was employed by him. He made oath that the writing on the 'Account of Mr Port' was the handwriting and signature of Joseph Lane, deceased. Sworn at Dudley, 8th December 1823. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | 1769-1823 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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