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RefNoKCON/4/2/2/6
AltRefNoCON 4/2/2/6
TitleRental and Valuation of the Estate of the heirs of the late Sir John Cotton of Steeple Gidding.
DescriptionGives tenants names, length of leases, number of acres, and yearly rent. 1052.2 acres total at £803.8s. p.a. Valuation: £830 p.a. at 30 year's purchase = £24,102. House and timber on estate = £1,000 Perpetual Advowson of the living = £48 p.a. at 7 years purchase = £336. The Manor = £100. Total = £25,538. Less a composition paid to the Rector of £40 p.a. at 30 years' purchase = £1,200. Making total = £24,338. Notes: Parish and Manor coextensive, no other landowner, except the Rector's Glebe. Tenants do repairs - rough timber, bricks and tiles being allowed them, and pay all taxes except the land-tax. Whole estate is freehold and pays no quit rent to any other Manor.
Date1771(?)
CreatorNameHeathcote family of Conington Castle
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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F/0002Heathcote; family; of Conington Castle1652-Present
P/0006Heathcote; John (1727-1795); of Conington Castle; FRS, MP1727-1795
F/0003Cotton; family; of Madingley Hall and Landwade; Baronets Cotton1423-1871
P/0020Cotton; Sir; John (d.1752); 6th Baronet; of Coningtond.1752
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