Reference
R3/65
Title
Letter from Samuel Gifford at Dry Drayton to Robert Butcher
Reads- I am willing to take the farm next Lady Day, and am willing to sign a contract as the other tennants do. I am easy at taking all the undertennants rents into His Graces hands, and also pulling down one wingend of the house, and taking down one storey of the barns and malthouse which is very proper. But as for the carting I am not willing to bear the expense until the farm is repaired... as for taking away some of the privileges of the farm - that is disagreeable to my mind. There is the church rate which is considerable, and the Bells and Hippels wood that is in thare closes, and other wood that I shall not menshen which has been of great profit in time past, But I hope that my Lord Duke would take it in consideration to allow for the same Sir you requere all the rent to be pd. Clear to his grace but the Land Tax you forget the window tax which I am informed was pad by his Grace. And I hope you would make some alteration of the dovehouse which now is of no value and then I hope we shall agree But I want to know how my brother Dare leaves the wood of the farm I hope that you would settle it as you have done upon other farms. Sir I am sorry that you cannot come down to Draton. But if there be aney thing that is disagreeable I desere that you would let me heare of you and I would come up to London to talk the affear over if you please to dirict me wheare I shall meat you if you see it convenient.
Date free text
8 Nov 1740
Production date
From: 1740 To: 1740
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