| Description | Bundle of papers concerning Samson [Eardley], [Baron] Eardley's claim that he has paid too much tax on his Adventurers' lands in Stanground, [Drysides] and Wisbech Common, as some of the land has been leased to the Bedford Level Corporation. Contains a plan of Drysides and the Must, showing Lord Eardley's estates; Robert Bevill's report about the claim; an absolute surrender to the Marquess of Tavistock, on behalf of the Corporation, of one acre of land in Stonald Field near Whittlesey; particulars of the owners of land adjoining Moreton's Leam; notes and correspondence. |