R3/3836

Letter mainly regarding Chenies audit, Braithwaite, Miss Burnell and her farm, exchange of land, timber sale, Friendly Society, rumour of Sam Bennett applying for Lidlington etc.

18 Jan 1835

From: 1835 To: 1835

Reads- Chenies audit much as usual. Braithwaite as before. Saw Miss Burnell - not anxious to keep farm after Michaelmas. Lord Wriothesley says Cavendish still anxious to have farm; will write to Simpson & ask him to meet me there; Lord W. says Cavendish has also proposed exchange of part of glebe. Fixed date of timber sale. Obliged for Friendly Societies' rules; approves; if we can establish one for this & adjacent parishes it would in time establish better habits & self-reliance. A false report circulating of writer's leaving. Duke says Sam. Bennett applying for Lidlington; doubtful of this. Have heard of a possible likely man, Pickering of Riseley. If a Bedfordshire man can be found I would give him the preference merely on the score of being more accustomed to populous parishes than the fen farms are.

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Braithwaite,
Burnell,
Wriothesley, Lord,
Cavendish,
Simpson,
Duke of Bedford,
Bennett, Samuel,
Pickering

auditors, Chenies, farms, michaelmas, religious festivals, buildings and land use, glebe, AUCTION SALES, timber, friendly societies, parish, LIDLINGTON, RISELEY, BEDFORDSHIRE, employment, POPULATION, Fens