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... Tenants , & c . - There are fixteen greater , and a confiderable number ( about a hundred ) of fmaller proprietors , called here Portioners , from their having a fmall portion of land belonging to them . Of the greater proprietors ...
... Tenants , & c . - There are fixteen greater , and a confiderable number ( about a hundred ) of fmaller proprietors , called here Portioners , from their having a fmall portion of land belonging to them . Of the greater proprietors ...
Page 13
... tenant the other . Though the tenants are not mentioned in the fummons , yet fuch of them as chufe to attend are made welcome , and their advice and information listened to by the meeting . The fum affeffed is raised by the heritors and ...
... tenant the other . Though the tenants are not mentioned in the fummons , yet fuch of them as chufe to attend are made welcome , and their advice and information listened to by the meeting . The fum affeffed is raised by the heritors and ...
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... landlords interest for such fums of money as would be neceffary for making inclosures . The gant manfion - houses for themselves , and good farm - houses for their tenants . an acre . no The farmis are in general from 28 Statistical ...
... landlords interest for such fums of money as would be neceffary for making inclosures . The gant manfion - houses for themselves , and good farm - houses for their tenants . an acre . no The farmis are in general from 28 Statistical ...
Page 29
... tenants to have all their corn ground at that mill only . The farms are then faid to be thirled , or under thirlage to the mill . But fometimes , as is the cafe here , the tenants of one eftate are thirled to the mill of another , which ...
... tenants to have all their corn ground at that mill only . The farms are then faid to be thirled , or under thirlage to the mill . But fometimes , as is the cafe here , the tenants of one eftate are thirled to the mill of another , which ...
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... tenants should be aggrieved by paying 12 s . while their fucceffors , who would enjoy the benefit of good roads , pay only 4 s . the landlords fhould pay the additional 6 s . and receive it afterwards from the fubfequent tenants at 2 s ...
... tenants should be aggrieved by paying 12 s . while their fucceffors , who would enjoy the benefit of good roads , pay only 4 s . the landlords fhould pay the additional 6 s . and receive it afterwards from the fubfequent tenants at 2 s ...
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