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SOME FEUDAL MILLS. 187
to Sir William Molyneux and Richard Molineux, his son : to have IV.
and to hold to them and their assigns from the Feast of St. Michael KING'S MILLS,
the Archbishop last past before the signing of the said ^^^^^PQ^L-
indenture, for
a term of twenty-one years then next ensuing and to be fully com- 25 '' ' Accers
pleted ; rendering therefor 20s. per annum at Easter and St. Michael's
Day in equal portions : the said farmers and their assigns to sustain
and repair the said mill and leave it in good condition. With a clause
for re-entry and without any reservation. This year is the eleventh
of their term.
The mill was sub-let afterwards at a fair
profit ; as, for
example, in '*
1589— Accers : for the mill there called
Accers Milne, from John Cole 33s. 4d.,, out of which is
paid to the Crown 20s." ; and in 161 6, when it yielded
Molyneux 45s. per annum. Subsequent
to the sale
by Charles L in 1629 it appears in the Molyneux
rentals till 1651, when it seems to have been again
sold ; and it was then worked by various tenants, in
what precarious trade they could best procure, till the
early part of the nineteenth century.
Much doubt has been entertained as to the site of Lane. & Ches.
Accers, its mill, and its hall, the seat of the ancient
family of the same name.* Baines considered it was Hist. Lane,
at Manchester, and Holt and Gregson quote Salford l^
as its locality ; notwithstanding that the family were ofiii.138.
Liverpool, and that the mill (which, owing to the
misreading of its name already noted, they had not
identified) was included in the Liverpool leases. But
the hall stood in Finch Lane, West Derby, on the
site of the present farmhouse known as " Ackers
Hall." It was conveyed by Henry Accers in 1562 to
Sir R. Molyneux, and was the dower-house of the
Lady Molyneux whom William More married. Here
* The family name occurs in early undated deeds. In 1320 John del Accers
witnessed one of the Moore Deeds. In 1333 the Exchequer Subsidy Rolls for
the district contain the name of Richard del Accers. In 1342, at the inquisition
on West Derby forest, one seasoned oak was stated to have been granted to John
del Accers. In 1529 Henry Akers (or Accres), husband of Alice, widow of
David Griffith, mayor of Liverpool, we have seen to be joint lessee of town and
mills. In 1576 Captain George Accers, son of Robert Accers, of Accers Hall,
CO. Lane, was granted coat armour: in his will he is described as "of
Liverpool, gent. " ; and in 1590 his arms appeared in one of the painted windows
of St. Nicholas' Church, Liverpool, where he was buried.
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