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After 1823 the Common Land of the Manor - the actual Common of Princes Risborough, the Open Strip Corn Fields and the Parish Woodland all went under individual ownership or if leased under the name of the occupant, with the landlord still absent. | After 1823 the Common Land of the Manor - the actual Common of Princes Risborough, the Open Strip Corn Fields and the Parish Woodland all went under individual ownership or if leased under the name of the occupant, with the landlord still absent. | ||
| − | The | + | The Lords of the Manor were the first absentee landlords - from the monarchy, followed by those to whom it privately belonged. But there were others who had purchased property from them when they were in financial difficulty. Lord George Henry Cavendish for one and Sir William Lawrence Young. After 1823, John Grubb, Lord of the Manor who lived at Horsenden. For details of these people, click [[Absentee Landlords]] {{Person |
|Forename=Many | |Forename=Many | ||
|Surname=Many | |Surname=Many | ||
|PositionsHeld=Landlords | |PositionsHeld=Landlords | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:39, 12 March 2022
Before 1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough many people with money took out copyhold (leased) properties from the Manor of Princes Risborough. They sub-let them, making their own income as letting agents. The Manor would need to approve the new, sub-let tenants. These same agents sometimes gave mortgages to their sub-tenants if they were ambitious and wished to improve them. The "agents" never lived here.
After 1823 the Common Land of the Manor - the actual Common of Princes Risborough, the Open Strip Corn Fields and the Parish Woodland all went under individual ownership or if leased under the name of the occupant, with the landlord still absent.
The Lords of the Manor were the first absentee landlords - from the monarchy, followed by those to whom it privately belonged. But there were others who had purchased property from them when they were in financial difficulty. Lord George Henry Cavendish for one and Sir William Lawrence Young. After 1823, John Grubb, Lord of the Manor who lived at Horsenden. For details of these people, click Absentee Landlords