| Content Description | Concerns the future of the Titchfield Estate, and how it is to be divided between the Portland and Beaufort sides of the family (Lots A and B); feels that if the duke intends to allow this old seat of his family to fall into ruins and be pulled down and the materials be sold off, and parkland ploughed up, then it should be done by the Duke of Beaufort because it was the birthplace of both their mothers [Elizabeth and Rachel Noel, daughters of the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough].
Reminds the duke that the Dukes of Leeds and Beaufort will be removing half of the furniture soon, and that it will be a great expense if he only uses the house once a year.
Provides an account of the yearly outgoings of 'Lot A'. |