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Letter Concerning the Lease of the Manor of Slape

26 Aug 1766

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Letter from George Green, written from Crane Court Fleet Street, about the lease of the manor of Slape as follows: 'Mr. Fox of Beamister in Dorset has sent me the Ingrossment of a Lease from you of the Manor of Slape [and] I should be glad to know when it will be agreeable to you to be in Town to execute it [and] whether you will call here or I must wait on you for that purpose. Mr. Fox has sent me up good bills for Acc Reg 220.[.], which is to be paid you as the Consideration for the Lease but I [am] desired to observe to you that after the Lease is assigned [to] you it must be sent into the Country to have seizin del[ivered] without which the Lease is of no Effect Therefore as this is a Trust Account the Trustees hope you will not expect to Receive the money till the Letter is sent me of that being done but in such Case the Witnesses to your Execution of the Deed should sign a paper signifying that no consideratio[n] was paid at the time of executing the Deed [and] I will give you an Undertaking to deliver the bills sent up on Acc Reg 220 [.] [in] Cash on receipt of advice of the Seizin being deliver[ed]. If thi[s] method is agreeable to you I can send a Clerk [.........] on you at Chigwell with the Lease to execute [and] w[it]h my undertaking, if not agreeable I should be glad to see you in Town at such time as you shall first by Letter appoint least I should be from home. I am Sir Your most Obed[ient] [and] most Humble Serv[ant] Geo[rge] Green.' The endorsement reads: 'Edward For[w]ard Son of Edward For[w]ard late of Axminster in County of Owon aged about 21 years, Thomas Cook Son of John Cook late of Beaminster in [the] County of Dorset aforesaid Gent deceased aged about 9 Years [and] Ann Templeman Daughter of [.....]am Templeman of Dorchester Gentleman aged about 9 Years. The letter is fragile and badly torn.

English

Material: paper

Green, George
Kerrich, Walter
Slape