Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    R3/3846
  • Title
    Letter mainly regarding Poor Law, workhouse, paupers mingling with gentlemen, Ludlow's farm, Lord St John, gamekeeping, demolition and building work and Thomas as tenant at Lidlington, etc.
  • Date free text
    12 Feb 1835
  • Production date
    From: 1835 To: 1835
  • Scope and Content
    Reads- Prospect for Chenies under new poor law. The nearness of Lord Wriothesley's residence to the workhouse. The commissioners will see it cannot be an agreeable thing to have classes of paupers in a large district brought into the immediate neighbourhood of a resident gentleman; unobjectionable for 1 parish; but highly so when 25 others. Also, Union should not profit by Duke; parish gave Duke £500 in consid. he would spend £1000 and give lease for 999 years. Letter from Adey. Lord Ludlow's farm will require outlay. Hine (?) says it is hard now that neither Duke nor Tavistock are preserving as they did, and as Knotting never was a game preserve, that it should be made one now for Lord St. John; for Mr. Orlebar, who has the game of Souldrop & Knotting since the death of his father, does not choose to be at any expense about it, and has given up the shooting of certain woods to Lord St. John who preserves them as his own. The quantity of hares & rabbits are such that it will be a hindrance to the letting of Lord Ludlow's farm. I went over on Tuesday - am sure we have nothing worse if so bad in the midst of our Woburn preserves. Proposals. Tavistock sent me to Campion yesterday when I was at Oakley; he said if T. wants the houses he will let them go at a valuation. I have pulled down 5 cottages at Oakley last year; I don't see how we can pull down 3 more without building 3 new. Chas. May of Ampthill on Thomas; says Thomas was active in poor matters in Leics.; is aware of what is to be encountered at Lidlington. Satisfied he is the best man. Letter from Wing. Crouch, not quite suitable.
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