| Content Description | Hopes that Lady Margaret [daughter of the earl, later Duchess of Portland] has recovered well from the smallpox; reports that Mr Cole has received the broccoli seeds and that Mr Pridmore and Mr Belcher are about to start work on glazing the chapel windows; writes that a court has been held at Kingston Wood and an appraisal of Mr Kimpton's goods taken; lists meat sent to London; mentions that he has abandoned negotiations with Mr Papworth over Kingston Wood Farm because he demands too large a rent reduction, as did Mr Smith; has taken Mr William Woodham around the farm and wishes to know whether the earl would accept him as a tenant.
Proposes, if a tenant cannot be found, to let the outlying fields to the adjoining tenants and to keep the rest in hand; sends the letter with John Bouron who wishes to speak with the earl; requests an indications of how many candles are needed for the earl's family in Dover Street and Down Hall, and undertakes to account for the same with the Excise Office for the purposes of composition duty. |