A manuscript with 78 leaves (54 are blank) in two hands, of the fee farm rents belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. The first half of the volume lists the names, locations, rentals, details of payment etc. in columns in a fine hand. The second half of the volume in the second hand, divides the pages between debtor and creditor. In 1760, Lord Walpole received 76 rents but by 1807, the figure appears to have been reduced to 59, with many properties having been sold.
Title: A rental of the fee farm rents belonging to the Right Honourable Lord Walpole, and to Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1760-1814.
LWL Mss Vol. 228
Acquired September 2016