Record

Document Reference	Os C 400
Title	Letter from [W.H. Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck], 4th Duke of Portland, to J.E. Denison; n.d. [1850]
Date	1850 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Informs him that Mr Parkinson has valued Lindhurst [Lyndhurst] estate; comments that valuation is lower than at tithe commutation survey; states that if he had been Sir Robert Peel he would have reduced rents according to corn prices; states that he is taking percentage of cost of drainage scheme from tenants together with rents; includes example of particular land and tenant at Lindhurst [Lyndhurst].
Term	estate business, tenants
	agriculture, drainage
	land, use of
	estate business, rentals
	tithes
	trade, corn

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1860	Peel; Robert (1788-1850); 2nd Baronet; Prime Minister 1841-1846	1788-1850
NA10020	Parkinson; - (fl 1850); Mr; land agent	fl 1850
NA1045	Bentinck; William H. Cavendish-Scott- (1768-1854); 4th Duke of Portland; styled Marquess of Titchfield 1768-1809	1768-1854
NA199	Denison; J. Evelyn (1800-1873); 1st Viscount Ossington; M.P. Speaker of House of Commons 1857-72 created Viscount Ossington 1872	1800-1873