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A rental of the fee farm rents belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Title
A rental of the fee farm rents belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1760-1814.
Physical Description
1 v. (78 leaves) ; 33 cm
Language
English
Notes
Title from auction catalog.
Manuscript title on front board: Lord Walpole's rents.
With the armorial bookplate of R.C. Fiske, Nth Walsham.
With label pasted on lower corner of front pastedown: MS RCF206. Also description in Gough catalogue affixed to front pastedown.
Bound in original contemporary full vellum.
In English.
Provenance
Listed in the Simon Gough Cat. 23 Oct.' 88. Purchased from Morningthorpe Manor Country House Sale, 9 September 2016, lot 1581, Jarndyce for The Lewis Walpole Library.
Access and use
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Summary
A manuscript with 78 leaves (54 are blank) in two hands, of the fee farm rents belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. The first half of the volume lists the names, locations, rentals, details of payment etc. in columns in a fine hand. The second half of the volume in the second hand, divides the pages between debtor and creditor. In 1760, Lord Walpole received 76 rents but by 1807, the figure appears to have been reduced to 59, with many properties having been sold.
Variant and related titles
Lord Walpole's rents
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
September 16, 2016
References
A Rental of the Fee Farm Rents Belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
A Rental of the Fee Farm Rents Belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Account books.
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