| Description | These papers consist of copies of deeds, correspondence and associated material relating to the sale of the Cock and Magpie Inn with adjoining land by Richard Sankey to Hubert John Barclay Galton. This property was situated on the Lightwoods estate, which had been in the possession of Lord Lyttleton. The material includes papers relating to a suit in Chancery concerning the inheritance of the property by members of the Sankey family and its uses for Joseph and Ann Mould, reputed children of Joseph Sankey, consisting of pedigrees, birth, marriage and burial certificates with declarations of verification, and other papers relating to the administration of Joseph Sankey's estate. The file also includes a coloured plan showing the land sold by John Sankey to Hubert Galton. |