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Certificate of contract for the redemption of land tax addressed to James Dyson Esq, 5 Great Marlborough Street. Pro-forma mentions land tax of £11 3s levied on a messuage and other buildings, a garden and shrubbery and 120a of arable and pasture land occupied by William Knowles at Wilden and another messuage and 80a occupied by William Knowles in the same parish. Consideration for redemption £660 18s 4d. Includes schedule of stock to be transferred to the Land Tax Commissioners, for reduction of the National Debt between 1799 and 1803. Signed George Edwards and Francis Pym Biggleswade: 25 March 1799 Attached Certificate that the lands of James Dyson at Wilden are charged with £11 3s land tax. Signed: Thos Gurney, John Bemberton 7 December 1798 Attached Pro-forma certificate that lands of James Dyson at Eaton Socon are charged with land tax as follows: messuage or farm house and other building and 95a of arable and pasture land occupied by John Fielding; £6 10s 8a of woodland at Eaton Socon occupied by James Dyson; 7s.6d Signed: Henry Brandreth, Thos Gurney 20 March 1799

7 December 1798 - 20 March 1799

From: 1799 To: 1799

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Dyson, James,
Knowles, William,
Edwards, George,
Pym, Francis,
Gurney, Thomas,
Bemberton, John,
Fielding, John,
Brandreth, Henry

DOCUMENTS, Land Tax, money, BUILDINGS & LAND USE, gardens, arable, stocks, Commissioner for Redemption of Land Tax, farm buildings, London Great Marlborough Street, WILDEN, BIGGLESWADE, EATON SOCON