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 '''FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD'''
-Some of the land of the parish of Princes Risborough was now freehold.   The remaining copyhold premises were still rented from the Lord of the Manor, who was John Grubb.    In 1841 he went bankrupt and sold to Lord Buckingham and Chandos.   He too went bankrupt in 1848.   His mortgagees sold his estate in 1849.
+Some of the land of the parish of Princes Risborough was now freehold.   The remaining copyhold premises were still rented from the Lord of the Manor, who was John Grubb.
 '''''Note.'''''   ''The Copyholders had to pay to get their properties enfranchised to become freehold.''
-'''Thomas Tindal Esq.    3rd August 1849.   Conveyance of the'''  copyhold premises of the Manor to [[Thomas Tindal]] Esq.   He took out a mortgage from [[Charles Brown]], John Simpson, Edward Bullock and Thomas Selby Esquires, for £6,500 with interest.
+'''Thomas Tindall Esq.    3rd August 1849.   Conveyance of the'''  copyhold premises of the Manor to [[Thomas Tindal]] Esq.   He took out a mortgage from [[Charles Brown]], John Simpson, Edward Bullock and Thomas Selby Esquires, for £6,500 with interest.
 '''Sir William Foster.'''    21<sup>st</sup> January 1853.   The copyhold premises of the Manor were conveyed to [[Sir William Foster]], baronet.

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 '''ENCLOSURE ALLOTMENTS'''
-In the [[1823. Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] the following allotments were made to Sir William Laurence Young, three were copyhold, four were freehold.
+In the [[1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] the following allotments were made to Sir William Laurence Young, three were copyhold, four were freehold.
 .      693    Copyhold.   Cottage. Garden   off [[Joshua Dell, born 1851|Joshua Dell]]   Later known as [[Well Cottage]]   An old property.

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 '''ENCLOSURE ALLOTMENTS'''
-In the [[Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] in 1823 the following allotments were made to Sir William Laurence Young, three were copyhold, four were freehold.
+In the [[1823. Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] the following allotments were made to Sir William Laurence Young, three were copyhold, four were freehold.
 .      693    Copyhold.   Cottage. Garden   off [[Joshua Dell, born 1851|Joshua Dell]]   Later known as [[Well Cottage]]   An old property.

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 '''Third article   Sir William Lawrence Young'''
 '''THE LORDS OF THE MANOR OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH were always [[absentee landlords]], with agents living in Princes Risborough.'''
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 '''The Penton Family.'''   The Pentons of Winchester and Princes Risborough were Lords of the Manor from 1692 to 1766.
-Thomas Grace.   Lord of the Manor during the Napoleonic Wars.   Sold off many farms in Loosley Row and Lacey Green to Lord George Henry Cavendish
+'''Thomas Grace'''.   Lord of the Manor during the Napoleonic Wars.   Sold off many farms in Loosley Row and Lacey Green to Lord George Henry Cavendish
 '''John Grubb of Horsenden''' was Lord of the Manor at the time of the [[Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] in 1823.
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-[[Absentee Landlords]]   research by Joan West
+[[Absentee Landlords]]     The second article    research by Joan West
 '''Rt. Hon LORD GEORGE AUGUSTUS HENRY CAVENDISH, who later became Lord Burlington'''
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-[[Absentee Landlords]]       Research by Joan West
+[[Absentee Landlords]]     the third article.    Research by Joan West
 '''SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE YOUNG, 4<sup>th</sup> Bart.'''

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 Before the enclosures took place a huge area of Loosley Row, from [[Little Wardrobes Lane]] to Princes Risborough was arable land, all divided into strips and allocated to the farms, so that every farm had land suitable for arable crops to go with their grazing land.   This was completely organised from sowing to harvesting by the officials of the Manor.
-'''1823. MANY STRIPS TO CAVENDISH'''
+'''[[1823.  The Enclosures of Princes Risborough]]'''
 When the enclosures were accomplished in 1823, because Cavendish owned so many farms, most of these strips became his also.   Anyone else who had a right to strips was allocated manor land elsewhere, as near to their home as possible.

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 '''MANOR FARMS SOLD'''
-[[John Grubb]], of Horsenden, the Lord of the Manor of Princes Risborough, was in financial difficulty and from about 1808 onwards he sold to Cavendish, most of the Manor Farms including [[Culverton Farm]], Row Farm ([[Wardrobes Farm]]), [[Brimmers Farm]], [[Old House]], and [[Stocken Farm]], all in the Upper Hamlets.  They were all tenanted
+Thomas Grace the Lord of the Manor of Princes Risborough, was in financial difficulty and from about 1808 onwards he sold to Cavendish, most of the Manor Farms including [[Culverton Farm]], Row Farm ([[Wardrobes Farm]]), [[Brimmers Farm]], and [[Stocken Farm]], all in the Upper Hamlets.  They were all tenanted
 '''CAMPAIGN FOR ENCLOSURE with  MAP OF HIS FARMS'''    In 1818 he had a map made showing this area and his farms and proceeded to campaign for the enclosure of the parish.   The tenants remained.   Cavendish never lived here.

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 [[Absentee Landlords]]   research by Joan West
-'''LORD GEORGE HENRY CAVENDISH'''
+'''Rt. Hon LORD GEORGE AUGUSTUS HENRY CAVENDISH, who later became Lord Burlington'''
 '''INSTRUMENT FOR CHANGE'''

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 '''The Penton Family.'''   The Pentons of Winchester and Princes Risborough were Lords of the Manor from 1692 to 1766.
-'''The Grubb Family.'''   From 1766 the Grubb family were Lords of the Manor until the [[Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] in 1823.
+Thomas Grace.   Lord of the Manor during the Napoleonic Wars.   Sold off many farms in Loosley Row and Lacey Green to Lord George Henry Cavendish
 '''THE ENCLOSURES OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH'''

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 '''THE LORDS OF THE MANOR OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH were always [[absentee landlords]], with agents living in Princes Risborough.'''
-'''THE MANOR OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH'''
+'''The Manor of Princes Risborough'''
-The Manor stretched from Ilmer in the west to Speen and Lacey Green in the east.   for details in 1558 click [[1558 Demesnes of the Manor]].
+The Manor stretched from Ilmer in the north to Speen and Lacey Green in the south.   for details in 1558 click [[1558 Demesnes of the Manor]].
 The Lords of the Manor had always been the Kings of England long before 1066, when William of Normandy came to the throne.
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 '''James Cuddon.'''   11<sup>th</sup> October 1858   The copyhold premises of the Manor were conveyed to [[James Cuddon]].
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 [[Charles Brown]] purchased Stocking Farm from Lord George Henry Cavendish.   All his other properties were sold by 1840.
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 '''SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE YOUNG, 4<sup>th</sup> Bart.'''
-'''BORN 1806, DIED 1842 aged 36'''
+BORN 1806, DIED 1842 aged 36
 William Lawrence Young was born in 1806 in Sidmouth, Devon.  He married in 1832 to Caroline Norris, daughter of John Norris of Hughenden House.    In the 1841 census he and his family were living at North Dean Farm.    He died in 1842.
-'''POLITICIAN'''
+POLITICIAN
 Young was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire from 1835 to 1842
-'''ABSENTEE LANDLORD'''
+ABSENTEE LANDLORD
 [[Sir William Lawrence Young]] acquired land here, but he was an absentee landlord and it was all tenanted out.
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 In the [[Enclosures of Princes Risborough]] in 1823 the following allotments were made to Sir William Laurence Young, three were copyhold, four were freehold.
 '''SEPTEMBER 29<sup>th</sup> 1937.   SALE of SPEEN FARM'''

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 '''CAVENDISH TO CHARLES BROWN, SALE OF STOCKING, ( later called [[Stocken Farm]])'''
-[[Charles Brown]] purchased Stocking Farm from Lord George Henry Cavendish.   All his other properties were sold by 1840.{{Person
+[[Charles Brown]] purchased Stocking Farm from Lord George Henry Cavendish.   All his other properties were sold by 1840.
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