1 66 PROCEEDINGS FOR COMPOUNDING. 



Sir W. St. Loe's estate was ;^i,5oo per annum ; from Lady Ogle, 

 ;^3,ooo ; from the Bassett inheritance, ;^2,4oo ; and a jointure 

 for life of ;^8oo per annum. In 1641, his estates in Derbyshire, 

 Notts., Stafford, Lincoln, Gloucester, Somerset, York, and 

 Northumberland brought in an income of;^22,393. All these 

 estates fell into the hands of Parliament, and brought him no 

 profit for eighteen years. The woods on his property were cut 

 down to the amount of ;^45,ooo, his parks were disparked and 

 the deer let out, whilst many of the estates were sold at five and 

 a half year's purchase, by which means the Parliament raised 

 a sum of ;^i 1 1, 593. 



The first two of the papers relative to the Duke among the 

 Meynell Sequestration MSS. refer to a curious mistake made 

 between a part of his property and that of the Earl of Worcester. 

 The full valuation of the Newcastle estates, made immediately 

 on the restoration, is decidedly noteworthy, and (Hke the rest of 

 these papers) now printed for the first time. 



The following example of the Loyal Duke's signature is 

 facsimiled from a firm signature written by him in the year 1670, 

 when he was 78 years of age. 



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" 8 July 1652. 

 " Gentlemen 



There is expected from us an exact and speedy Accompt 

 of the State of those Revenues which were formerly vested in 

 the Trustees for the Service of Ireland Wee doe therefore 

 request you to Certifie us att what Rent the Estate of the Earle 

 of Worcester of your County hath beene lett from Michaelmas 

 1649 to Michaelmas 1652 And alsoe what moneyes have beene 

 already reserved out of it for the Use of the Commonwealth 

 either for arreares the groweinge Rents or any other way till 

 Lady day last Inclusive The occasions of the Commonwealth 

 in reference to this perticuler are very pressinge for which reason 



