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pennyworth for himself, neither of what they purchased, nor 

 sold, all the time of his banishment till his return 1 . 



And thus much of the loss of my Lord's estate in rents. 

 Concerning the loss of his parks and woods, as much as is 

 generally known (for I do not reckon particular trees cut 

 down in several of his woods yet standing), 'tis as follows : 



1. Clipston Park and woods, cut down to the value of 

 ^20,000. 



2. Kirkby Woods, for which my Lord was formerly proffered 

 £ 1 0,000. 



3. Woods cut down in Derbyshire, ^8000. 



4. Red Lodge Wood, Rome Wood, and others near Welbeck, 

 ^4000. 



5. Woods cut down in Staffordshire, £1000. 



6. Woods cut down in Yorkshire, /iooo. 



7. Woods cut down in Northumberland, ^1500. 



The total, ^45,000. 



The lands which my Lord hath lost in present possession 

 are ^2015 per annum, which at twenty years' purchase come 

 to ^40,300 ; and those which he hath lost in reversion are 

 ^3214 per annum, which at sixteen years' purchase amount 

 to the value of £$ 1,424. 



The lands which my Lord since his return has sold for the 

 payment of some of his debts, occasioned by the wars (for I 

 do not reckon those he sold to buy others), come to the value 

 of ^56,000, to which out of his yearly revenue he has added 

 ^10,000 more, which is in all ^66,000. 



Lastly, the composition of his brother's estate was /5000, 

 and the loss of it for eight years comes to ^16,000. 



All which, if summed up together, amounts to ^941,303 2 . 



These are the accountable losses, which my dear Lord and 

 husband has suffered by the late Civil Wars, and his loyalty 

 to his King and country. Concerning the loss of his personal 



1 See the Duke's letter to Secretary Nicholas on this subject, written during his exile, 

 in Appendix viii. 



2 The amount of the losses incurred by the Duke on behalf of the royal cause finds 

 a parallel only in the somewhat similar statement drawn up by the Marquis of Wor- 

 cester, and presented by him to Charles II. His total ' spent, lent, etc., for my King 

 and country, £918,000 '. Warburton's Prince Rupert, iii, 515. 



