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RefNoKAcc148/5/C/146
AltRefNo148/5/146
TitleLetter
DescriptionJohn Jones, Lincolns Inn, London, to George Thornhill Esq. Diddington, Hunts. Has examined George Thornhill's father's marriage settlement and his Will and Codicils, can now state amount of money owed to Mrs. Thornhill. Islington estate charged with £6,000 as portions for younger children which now payable. Formal releases needed from all beneficiaries. (Also further legacies and their disposition dealt with). Purchase money contracted for by new River Co. and not yet paid must be considered as part of his father's property. When exact balance ascertained, duty of 1 per cent payable to form fund for purchase of freehold estates. George Thornhill has leasing powers of 99 years for improving Islington estate, 21 years for rest of estate.
Date30 Jan. 1828
CreatorNameThornhill Collection
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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F/0010Thornhill; family; of Diddington Hall11th Century-Present
P/0062Thornhill; George (1783-1852); MP, High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1836); of Diddington Hall1783-1852
P/0061Thornhill; George (1738-1827); High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1791); of Diddington Hall1738-1827
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