Reference
RO35/5
Title
Particulars of Estate of Mr Southouse in Bedfordshire
Date free text
no date [mid C18th?]
Production date
From: 1730 To: 1780
Scope and Content
[from field names almost certainly Houghton Conquest]
in occupation of James Baker
arable in Home Field, Ash Mead Field and Manton Field
total 40 acres, rent £17
John Lucas - cottage, 2 barns, clay walls and thatched granary
N.B. - very bad repair
orchard and slip; Rough Close; spinney (little value)
arable in Town and Manton Field, Dean Field, Chapple End
total 60 acres, rent £27
[it has not been possible to identify this estate but it appears that at least some of the property of Mr Southouse passed to the Earl of Upper Ossory - see RH9/59 (Register Volume V. pg.217) for reference to land held by Mr Southouse and subsequently by the Earl]
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