Reference
C2069
Title
Letter: Thomas Ekins to J. Sambrooke:
Date free text
10 Mar 1716/7
Production date
From: 1716 To: 1717
Scope and Content
Some Keysoe tenants occupy land in 'Little Staughton Field'; 'my Lord of Bolingbroke having no more land in Staughton Field than what the tenants of Keysoe then occupied'; when Duke of Newcastle purchased Keysoe he 'adjusted the matter', & has been in quiet possession, & so has Lord Harley; no separate rent is paid for it, but will go into it with old Mr. Brace, the Bedford attorney; thinks the estate was a good bargain, & that some prospective Bedfordshire purchasers were disappointed.
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