Reference
R3/23
Title
Letter from John Davis of Dry Drayton to Robert Butcher of Bedford House, London
Reads- Having surveyed the inclosures and the two cornfields I have got Churchman's brother and Sam Gifford to go over the fields and tell me every persons lands distinctly. I hope to get a perfect account of the business when you come over yourself. Possibility of an advantageous agreement with Henry Markham - it would enlarge the Duke's estate. Other land bought. Talk of the possible dispersal of another estate, that might be bought up John Battriss wants you to know that the wheat house his father built has fallen down and hopes you will give him leave to take away the old matter, and also hopes you will buy his crop so that he can pay the Duke his arrears in rent.
Date free text
11 May 1740
Production date
From: 1740 To: 1740
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