§. 20. Francis Nevile desired the Petitioner Mary (for a Wife for his Son) and he would recover her the Mannor of Bentley.
* 1.1He heard Francis Nevile say, that if the Father of the Petitioner would let him have her (and as he conceived for a Wife for his Son) he would make no question at all but to recover her the Mannor of Bentley.
* 1.2She heard Francis Nevile at Netherthorpe about half a year after G. Copley's death, say, that if Mary Mote (the now Petitioner) was turned over to him, he would recover her the Lordship of Bentley or give her as much of his own Lands.
Note. What title had the Petitioner to the Mannor of Bentley, but by these her Leases made by G. Copley? If Mr. Nevile can make good her Leases for Bentley, how can he overthrow them for Plumtree, seeing the one aswell as the other is given to her by the same Leases, and there is par ratio for them both, viz. the meer good will and affection of the Donor Mr. G. Copley.