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D231 - Okeover family of Okeover - [12th-20th cent]
- M - Deeds and estate records - [12th-20th cent]
  - E - Estate Papers

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D231/M/E/4698-4768
Title	Bundle of correspondence relating chiefly to the period in 1751-1752 when Leeke Okeover was in exile on the Continent having fled the country to escape his creditors
Date	1751-[c1759]
Description	Correspondence between Thomas Leigh of the estate agents and Mrs Okeover including 7 Jan 1751/2 reporting that Captain Hudson and Mr Heath have viewed the Norfolk estate 4 Jan 1751/2 reporting the sale of timber for £2020 4 March 17512 reporting the sale of the stock at Okeover and damage to the deer in winter 4 May 1752 reporting that the sale of the Norfolk estate is going well 8 May 1752 reporting that the Okeover tenants are not to attend the Court Leet Mr Crewe was proposing to hold at Swinscoe 29 Sep 1752 in which Leigh states that the Symeswold rents will pay for the London debts and that a further £1000 is due from a timber sale on Lady Day Also including 27 Apr 1752 Christopher Tomlinson steward at Okeover to Mrs Okeover regarding Mr Crewe's intention to hold a Court Leet at Swinscoe in violation of Mr Okeover's rights (see Thomas Leigh 8 May 1752) 25 Apr 1752 request by Joseph Utting to take over his father's job as gamekeeper at Okeover Plus various correspondence between Thomas Leigh and Wrightson Mundy on financial matters
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Okeover family of Okeover
Administrative History	While abroad Keeke Okeover used the name William Scrimshaw and his wife left Okeover to lodge at Tunbridge Wells; his friend Wrightson Mundy "kept an eye" on Okeover Hall
Term	Wild animals
Term	Game animals

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