Mirehouse, Nicholas, of Sosgill in Loweswater (alive 1646)
Brother of Isabel Pearson of Mockerkin.
Isabel made bequests to his children in her 1645 will, without naming them. She gave each 4 shillings.
In a codicil to the will, she also handed over to Nicholas the ownership of a substantial loan (£12 18s) that she had made to Gilbert Mirehouse of Hobeck (?) some four years earlier.
There are two known baptisms in Loweswater for his children: Anthony (26-02-1628) and Mary (25-03-1631). Neither would have been old enough to be listed in the Protestation.
It seems that he was involved in slate-quarrying.
Unseen sources
Title:John Holstocke, John Rogers, J Allinson, and Thomas Allanson v. Nicholas Myrehouse and John Fletcher: summary of the two sides' arguments and of the evidence taken and from whom
Reference:D LAW/1/261
Description:
Concerns slate-quarrying by Loweswater tenants at Waterwood Crag within Mosser.
Date:Circa 1664
Held by:Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, not available at The National Archives
Language:English
Reference:D LAW/8/16/1
Description:
Holstock and others v. Mirehouse and Fletcher (the defendants being both of Loweswater, yeomen) - Lawyer's extract of pleadings by both sides concerning alleged forcible trespass in a quarry in Brigham parish, whereby Mirehouse and Fletcher removed 500 cartloads of slate worth £20 in the freehold fields called Clatre and Black Acre (Lawson estate)
Date:[1668-69]
Held by:Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, not available at The National Archives
Language:English