Homepage

Record

RefNoKCON/7/2/1
AltRefNoCON 7/2/1
TitleLetter Edward Ferrar, Esq., to: Thomas Brand, Esq., at the Hoo, nr. Welwin, Herts.
DescriptionRe. the Conington Estate of the late Sir John Cotton, of which Brand is a prospective purchaser. Ferrars has procured a rental of the estate, with the selling price, from the Rev. Mr. Brett, the country agent, who says that only the odd £62 will be abated, and expects to get the price. Ferrar reports that there is some timber on the estate and very few buildings. It is well tenanted and has some fine spinneys of wyches and plantations of willows, about 7a. which cost Sir John £50 to plant last year for hedging wood. Outgoings are Composition, Land Tax - £195.7.6d. p.a. for the estate in possession and £12 p.a. for the revertion; Adventurers Tax + £2.0.6d. Hopes that Brand will not be too put off by the high price - almost the same given 4 years ago, for an estate of Sir John Cotton of £600 p.a., in far less good condition. Points out the objection that no allowance has been made in the calculation of the purchase price for the Composition Tythes, which are a perpetual burden on the estate and which he has never known charged to a purchaser before. Asks for further directions.
Date21 Jun. 1752
CreatorNameHeathcote family of Conington Castle
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

Show related Persons records.

Persons
CodePersonNameDates
F/0002Heathcote; family; of Conington Castle1652-Present
F/0003Cotton; family; of Madingley Hall and Landwade; Baronets Cotton1423-1871
P/0020Cotton; Sir; John (d.1752); 6th Baronet; of Coningtond.1752
Add to My Items
    St Ives cattle market, c. 1886

    St Ives cattle market, c. 1886

    Useful Links

    Showcase items

    A list of our latest and most exciting new items.

    The Fisher family of Huntingdon, 1910
    The Fisher family of Huntingdon, 1910
    Men with chickens at Papworth
    Men with chickens at Papworth
    A tuberculosis patient in a hut at Papworth Village Settlement, 1932
    A tuberculosis patient in a hut at Papworth Village Settlement, 1932
    St Ives cattle market, c. 1886
    St Ives cattle market, c. 1886
    Explore Showcase