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HOW
TO SELL A HOUSE IN 1793
The
following bill of sale and details of the bidding at an auction
is dated 1793. The original document is held at the West Yorkshire
Archives (Calderdale) in Halifax, along with the deeds for this
house from 1785 to 1842.
It
seems that Thomas Dawson was the tenant of the house and that he
tried to buy it for himself, but was out bidded. Thomas was a shopkeeper
at Knowlwood.
26th
June 1793
John
Taylor of Knowlwood, Cotton Weaver, hath agreed to sell and convey
and John Crowther of Midgelden, Stone Mason, hath agreed to purchase
and take conveyance of a leasehold messuage and dwelling house,
garden and other premises in Knowlwood now in the occupation of
Thomas Dawson, at the price of one hundred pounds.
Bidders
and Bidding:
| Bidder
|
Amount
in pounds |
| James
Lord |
75
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| Joshua
Fielden |
76
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| William
Fielden |
77
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| Thomas
Barrett |
78
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| George
Whittaker |
80
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| George
Thompson |
81
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| John
Crowther |
84
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| Thomas
Dawson |
85
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| James
Haigh |
86
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| Thomas
Knowles |
87
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| George
Thompson |
90
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| John
Taylor |
91
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| John
Crowther |
92
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| Thomas
Dawson |
93
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| John
Crowther |
94
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| Thomas
Sutcliffe |
95
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| George
Thompson |
96
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| John
Crowther |
97
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| James
Haigh |
98
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| George
Thompson |
99
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| John
Crowther |
100
SOLD
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