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1 March 7 George IV 1826: Bond by Joseph Birchinall [signs] of Sutton, county Chester, silkthrowster, John Norbury [signs] of Macclesfield, county Chester, silk manufacturer and William Hopes [signs] of Macclesfield, gentleman, to David Browne of Macclesfield gentleman, clerk of the court of the manor and forest of Macclesfield, in £226: for Birchinall to appear at the next court, to prosecute Richard Hine and Peter Filcock, Peter Moore Cullow and Thomas Dodd, for taking 1 hard silk engine, 86 swifts, 3 ditto ditto, 88 swifts each, 1 ditto ditto, 80 swifts, 1 ditto ditto, 86 swifts, 1 ditto ditto, 88 swifts, 1 ditto ditto, 90 swifts, ½ ditto ditto, 44 swifts, ½ of a wooden doubler, 44 bobbins, 3 wooden doublers, 78 bobbins each, 3 spinning mills, 2½ throwing mills, 6 horses, 3 organ boxes, line shafting for mills and engines, 25 lamps and sticks, 14 skips, weights and scales, two doubling wheels and jack and two stools and about 14 gross of engine bobbins (worth £113). Witness: W. N. Allen [signs]. 1 March 1826 William Johnson [signs] of Macclesfield, sworn appraiser, testifies to the value of the goods, before Peter Browne [signs]
