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142 HISTORY OF CORN MILLING: vol. iv,
KING'SMILLS
LIVERPOOL.
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^^ '^ known that I, Katharine, formerly the wife of Thomas del
Hough, have given to Richard del Crosse, his heirs and assigns, one
windmill with three selions adjacent, and all appurtenances, in the
3. Eastham town of Liverpool. To have and to hold the said mill and three
Windmill. selions and appurtenances to the said Richard, his heirs and assigns ;
Leases, rendering therefor annually to me twenty-six shillings and eight-
1257-1413. pence.
Given at Liverpool on the Monday next after the Feast of
St. Bartholomew [August 24], thirteenth year of Henry IV. [14 12].
4. Eastham 4 By 1450 the Crosses' holding had terminated ;
^"^ *' our two mills " are again specifically mentioned
Lease^nd
Repairs, 1450. as leased out singly and apart from the town ;
Edward Crosse, receiver for the Crown in 1451, thus
accounting for their rentals :—
Ministers' Et de xxi'f i'uf de firma molend. ventritici voc new mylne sic dim
Accounts, Robto More ad t'mi anno3 p indentur penes ipsm reman :
29-30 Hy. VI. j;|- (]g xxvj^ viij'* de firma alt'ius molend ventritici ibm voc Etton
Mylne sic dim loh'i Fleccher ad t'mi anno}.
13s. 4d. for the farm of the windmill called New Mylne, as
devised to Robert More for a term of years by indenture in his
possession ;
26s. 8d. for the farm of another windmill there [in Liverpool],
called Etton Mylne, as demised to John Flecher for a term of years.
The so-called ** new mill" was that of Townsend ;
its rental being only one-half that of Eastham, then
and later the largest and most important king's mill in
Liverpool. The above compotus proves that it was
not a *'new mill," like Townsend ; and, in fact, Crosse
also accounts for payments made for its repair :—
In div'sis custib} p appartorem ibm hoc anno apposite sup repacoe
moli ventritici voc Etton mylne ut in opib} carpeii p. billam de pcell
sup compm examinate iiij^ vij'*.
In divers expenses for workmen incurred there during this year
for the repair of the windmill called Etton Mylne as regards carpentry
work, per bill of particulars certified in this account, 4s. yd.
Close Rolls, In 1471 Edward Crosse himself held the fee-farme
11-13 w. .
j^g^g^ q|- ^j^g town and its two windmills, and in 1475
Henry Crosse was lessee of the same. The total rental
was ^14, the amount at which it remained till 1528,
when it was increased to ^14 6s. 8d. It is by the