| Description | Two bundles of draft papers, many concerning the conveyance of Adventurers' lands in the Bedford Level. Contains bargains and sales, lease and releases, premises and precepts to Thomas Archer; James Custance; John Drage; Sampson, Lord Eardley; John Few; Thomas Gray; Robert Headley; Thomas Lowe; James Osborn; John Owen; Thomas Page; Edward R. Pratt; William Rawling; Thomas Rogers; John Russell, Duke of Bedford; Edmund Saffery; Benjamin Vipan and Hugh Wool. Also contains a printed notice not to hale whilst [Nordelph] Sluice is being repaired; printed notices about the Distillery Bill; draft bonds with John Thurlow Dering, Thomas Low, John Kirkby and John Mortlock; draft agreements between Charles Nalson Cole and Anne Thompson, and between John West and Owen Gray; the report of the Registrar about the regulations the Corporation officers appear to require; draft report about the formation of a sinking fund to pay off Corporation's debt; regulations printed for the further consideration of the Board; a schedule of penalties incurred since 1751; an account of Corporation leases not expired; a schedule of the documents and papers in the Fen Office; draft notices of allotments to Officers in 1813; an estimate of average receipt and expenditure; a summary of the Receiver General's accounts for 1813-1814; a draft petition to the House of Commons; notes and correspondence. |