| Content Description | Repeats the contents of a letter dated 31 Oct. 1791 relating to the Duke of Portland's rights over various lands in Sherwood Forest and in the manors of Mansfield and Edwinstowe [see Pl C 63/7 above]; explains that Mr Gould has been incapacitated through illness and has requested Mr Fletcher (as his predecessor as land agent at Welbeck) to answer the queries of the 'Commissioners for enquiring into the state and condition of the Forest and Land Revenues of the Crown'; states that the Duke of Portland and his predecessors have exercised their rights over Lindhurst Wood and Nomans Wood in the manors of Mansfield and Woodhouse, and over the Hays of Birkland and Billagh in the manor of Edwinstowe, for more than 100 years; offers in evidence for such claims legal cases dating back to the reign of King Charles II.
See Pl E12/13/1/4/40 for copy and Pl E12/13/1 series passim for related material. |