The Second Book Jj 



Yorkshire 



The Manors of Slingsby, Hoverngham (Hov- 

 ingham) and Friton, Northinges and 

 Pomfret ...... £1700 o o 



Northumberland 

 The Barony of Bothal, Ogle and Hepple, etc. /3000 



Total . ^22,393 10 1 



That this particular of my Lord's estate was no less than 

 is mentioned, may partly appear by the rate, as it was sur- 

 veyed, and sold by the rebellious Parliament ; for they raised, 

 towards the later end of their power, which was in the year 

 1652, out of my Lord's estate, the sum of ^111,593, 105. ud., 

 at five years' and a half purchase, which was at above the rate 

 of £18,000 a year, besides woods ; and his brother Sir Charles 

 Cavendish's estate, which estate was £2000 a year, which falls 

 not much short of the mentioned account ; and certainly 

 had they not sold such lands at easy rates, few would have 

 bought them, by reason the purchasers were uncertain how 

 long they should enjoy their purchase : besides, under-onicers 

 do not usually refuse bribes ; and it is well known that the 

 surveyors did underrate estates according as they were fee'd 

 by the purchasers. 



Again, many of the estates of banished persons were given 

 to soldiers for the payment of their arrears, who again sold 

 them to others which would buy them at easier rates. But 

 chiefly, it appears by the rate as my Lord's estate is let at 

 present, there being several of the mentioned lands that are 

 let at a higher rate now than they were surveyed ; nor are 

 they all valued in the mentioned particular according to the 

 survey, but many of them which were not surveyed, are 

 accounted according to the rate they are let at this present. 



The loss of my Lord's estate, in plain rents, as also upon 

 ordinary use, and use upon use, is as followeth 1 : 



The annual rent of my Lord's lands, viz. £22,393 10s. id., 

 being lost for the space of eighteen years, which was the time 

 of his acting in the wars, and of his banishment, without any 

 benefit to him, reckoned without any interest, amounts to 

 £403,083. But being accounted with the ordinary use at six 



1 ' Use ', interest ; ' use upon use ', compound interest. 



