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I have now traced the two Fees from their origin to the 
respective persons from whom they received their distinctive 
names, namely, the Marquis Fee from the Marquis of Northampton 
in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Queen Mary ; and the Richmond 
Fee from the Countess of Richmond in the reign of Henry VI. 
Margaret, Countess of Richmond, was mother of Henry VII., and 
on her death the Richmond Fee came to him as her heir-at-law, 
and consequently again became the property of the Crown. 
Henry VIII. granted it to his natural son, the Duke of Richmond 
and Somerset, on whose death without issue it again reverted to 
the Crown. The Marquis Fee, as I have told you before, came 
into the hands of the Crown not long afterwards, and both Fees 
subsequently appear to have usually passed together by temporary 
grants to different persons, until after the death of Catherine, 
Queen of Charles II., when they were leased to a member of the 
Lowther family, in which family they have remained ever since, 
and now through purchase by one of the late lords, belong to the 
present Lord Lonsdale in fee. 
RENTS OF THE MARQUIS FEE. 
In 1596 a rental of the Marquis and Richmond Fees was 
made for Queen Elizabeth, when it was ascertained that the yearly 
rents of the Marquis Fee consisted of— 
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Burgage rents in Kendal - - - - Ce iy Dae 
Customary and other dry rents— 
Kendal and its vicinity - - - - Ares Ox) 96 
Grasmere - - - - - Sa Tle Ge 
Langdale - = - - - - 5 14 11 
Underbarrow - - - - - Moser er 
Staveley and Hugill - - - - - 9 3 7 
Nethergraveship - . - - i BLO Gras 
Scalthwaiterigg - - - - RE eee: 
eM ee Chr ee Cm a Alay Se one aes 
Hutton-1-the-Hay - - - - - 8 18 24 
Strickland Roger - - - - “iy LE EAL TE 
Greenhead - - . - - - Io 16 Io 
Hugill  - - = > 5 é z Se ag) 
Crosthwaite — - - . - - . ollriy ig 
Amounting in all to - - 4134 10 43 
