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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/16578
TitleMalcom Laing to Frances Perrin
Date10 Mar 1759
DescriptionHer husband died at Grange Hill on 21 Feb; immediate demands on the estate amount to between £11-12,000, which should be met from this year's produce; Mark Hall, one of the surviving executors of Mathias Philp, has attempted to take possession of the Retrieve estate, but Laing thwarted him; all the Chancery suits must be begun again; attempts must be made to reach agreement with Mr. Fraunces over his land and negroes at Vere; Perrin has left £250 to his kinsman Charles Hodgson, overseer at Retrieve.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginals withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M784
Related MaterialSee D239 M/E 16533-38
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