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age_v about_o 45_o year_n a_o person_n who_o have_v be_v very_o serviceable_a to_o his_o country_n he_o buy_v certain_a parcel_n of_o land_n in_o toft_n from_o randle_n mainwaring_n of_o overpeve_a esquire_n 33_o eliz._n t._n num_fw-la 61._o x._o ralph_n leycester_n of_o toft_n esq_n three_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o sir_n george_n marry_v mary_n daughter_n of_o anthony_n woodhull_n of_o mollington_n in_o oxfordshire_n esq_n and_o have_v issue_n george_n leycester_n son_n and_o heir_n ralph_n second_o son_n die_v without_o issue_n anthony_n three_o son_n die_v without_o issue_n marry_o elder_a daughter_n marry_v culvert_n chamber_n of_o oxfordshire_n who_o buy_v the_o castle_n of_o carnow_n and_o other_o land_n in_o ireland_n after_o who_o death_n she_o marry_v job_n ward_n and_o last_o to_o colonel_n william_n air_n late_o imprison_v in_o ireland_n jane_n second_o daughter_n marry_a captain_n coney_n after_o to_o thomas_n hart_n of_o the_o hart_n in_o fetter-lane_n in_o london_n townesend_n three_o daughter_n marry_v george_n brown_a of_o radbrooke_n in_o overpeve_a gent._n and_o have_v issue_n george_n thomas_n and_o other_o child_n but_o they_o all_o die_v before_o they_o come_v to_o maturity_n f._n num_fw-la 25_o 26._o f._n num_fw-la 13_o 14._o this_o ralph_n sell_v his_o part_n of_o the_o land_n of_o colwich_n and_o the_o advowson_n of_o that_o church_n and_o be_v bury_v at_o mobberley_n the_o 17._o of_o june_n 1640._o marry_o his_o wife_n be_v bury_v also_o at_o mobberley_n the_o 21._o of_o september_n 1653._o xi_o george_n leycester_n of_o toft_n esq_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o ralph_n marry_v dorothy_n daughter_n of_o john_n clayton_n and_o sister_n and_o coheir_n of_o richard_n clayton_n of_o crook_n in_o lancashire_n esq_n 14_o car._n 1._o 1639._o f._n num_fw-la 22._o and_o have_v issue_n ralph_n leycester_n elder_a son_n george_n leycester_n second_o son_n philip_n leycester_n three_o son_n who_o marry_v anne_n daughter_n and_o coheir_n to_o mr._n furnivall_n of_o old-withington_n decease_v anno_fw-la 1671._o john_n four_o son_n die_v without_o issue_n 1666._o william_n another_o son_n and_z richard_z another_o son_n marry_o elder_a daughter_n marry_v george_n hocknell_n of_o prenton_n in_o wirrall_n com._n cestr_n 1668._o anne_n second_o daughter_n and_z elizabeth_z third_z daughter_n live_v 1672._o and_o six_o child_n more_o die_v in_o their_o infancy_n richard_n anthony_n richard_z joan_n dorothy_n and_o joan._n this_o george_n be_v bury_v at_o mobberley_n the_o 19_o of_o june_n 1671._o dorothy_n survive_v by_o who_o come_v the_o land_n in_o lincolnshire_n and_o crook_n xii_o ralph_n leycester_n of_o toft_n esq_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o george_n marry_a eleanour_n elder_a daughter_n of_o sir_n peter_n leycester_n of_o nether-tabley_a baronet_n 29_o augusti_n 1665._o and_o have_v issue_n eleanour_n elizabeth_n dorothy_n frances_n and_o anne_n bear_v at_o mobberly_a august_n 24._o 1672._o being_n saturday_n over-walton_n 1665._o exit_fw-la chartulis_fw-la petri_n brooke_n de_fw-fr mere_n militis_fw-la 1665._o it_o seem_v that_o over-walton_n be_v hold_v immediate_o from_o the_o lord_n of_o daresbery_n for_o margeria_n domina_fw-la de_fw-fr daresbery_n daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o william_n daresbery_n of_o daresbery_n and_o widow_n of_o henry_n le_fw-fr norreys_n give_v to_o alan_n le_fw-fr norreys_n her_o son_n and_o to_o mabill_n his_o wife_n daughter_n of_o randle_n de_fw-fr merton_n the_o manor_n of_o daresbery_n una_fw-la cum_fw-la dominio_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la over-walton_n 7_o edw._n 2._o 1314._o lib._n c._n fol._n 185._o e._n the_o original_a in_o possession_n of_o daniel_n of_o daresbery_n 1649._o howbeit_o original_o it_o be_v hold_v of_o the_o baron_n of_o halton_n where_o in_o the_o feodary_n thereof_o under_o edward_n the_o second_o it_o be_v say_v alanus_fw-la le_fw-fr norreys_n tenet_fw-la villam_fw-la de_fw-fr daresbery_n &_o villam_fw-la de_fw-la walton_n superiori_fw-la pro_fw-la medietate_fw-la unius_fw-la feodi_fw-la militis_fw-la and_o among_o the_o evidence_n of_o sir_n peter_n brook_n of_o mere_n thus_o sciant_fw-la omnes_fw-la ego_fw-la alanus_fw-la dominus_fw-la de_fw-la daresbery_n dedi_fw-la thomae_fw-la filio_fw-la meo_fw-la totam_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la adam_n de_fw-fr stockton_n quondam_a tenuit_fw-la de_fw-la willielmo_n de_fw-fr walton_n in_o walton_n item_n dictus_fw-la alanus_fw-la obligavit_fw-la se_fw-la sub_fw-la pena_fw-la 20._o marcarum_fw-la domino_fw-la comiti_fw-la lincolniae_fw-la solvendarum_fw-la quod_fw-la totam_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la habebit_fw-la vel_fw-la habere_fw-la poterit_fw-la in_o villa_n de_fw-fr walton_n superiore_fw-la dicto_fw-la thomae_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la integre_n dimittet_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la contingat_fw-la quod_fw-la uxor_fw-la thomae_fw-la scilicet_fw-la helewisa_fw-la sine_fw-la haerede_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la discedat_fw-la tunc_fw-la mihi_fw-la praefato_fw-la alano_n integre_n remaneant_fw-la reddendo_fw-la unum_fw-la par_fw-fr albarum_fw-la cheirothecarum_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n testibus_fw-la ricardo_n de_fw-fr aston_n ada_n de_fw-fr hatton_n etc._n etc._n make_v about_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o edward_n the_o second_o lib._n b._n pag._n 203._o num_fw-la 3._o so_o that_o william_n de_fw-fr walton_n son_n of_o herbert_n de_fw-fr walton_n be_v before_o possess_v of_o over-walton_n afterward_o i_o find_v simon_n de_fw-fr merbury_n son_n of_o randle_n de_fw-fr merbury_n together_o with_o idonea_fw-la his_o wife_n pass_v away_o unto_o hugh_n standish_n and_o his_o heir_n medietatem_fw-la totius_fw-la villae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la de_fw-la over-walton_n excepto_fw-la capitali_fw-la messuagio_n &_o piscaria_fw-la nostra_fw-la de_fw-la mersey_n whereupon_o a_o fine_a be_v levy_v at_o chester_n 3_o edw._n 2._o lib._n b._n pag._n 203._o num_fw-la 5._o this_o idonea_fw-la be_v daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o thomas_n de_fw-fr walton_n lib._n c._n fol._n 215._o e._n by_o who_o simon_n have_v issue_n randle_n de_fw-fr merbury_n son_n and_o heir_n from_o who_o the_o merburies_n of_o walton_n also_o thomas_n and_o john_n both_o dead_a without_o issue_n before_o 41_o edw._n 3._o lib._n b._n pag._n 205._o num_fw-la 19_o &_o pag._n 206._o num_fw-la 2._o hugh_n standish_n aforesaid_a by_o fine_a