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Tankerville, a zealous Whig and Protestant, seems to 

 have used his influence to screen his rivals the squires 

 of West Harting, though of the opposite religion and 

 allegiance. A letter in the Caryll Correspondence,* 

 addressed to one Southam, " the Squire's " lawyer 

 friend, says : " 20 August, 1696. I suppose it is newes 

 to you that my Lord Cutts is the person to whom 

 the King hath made a grant of y r - friend's estate. 

 There was a neighbour of yours near Stansted (Lord 

 Scarboro' ? ) who, I am told, did endeavour to beg it ; 

 but ye other (as one in greater power) was more 



prevalent Did my Lord Cuts know that all 



he can legally hope for, is but an estate for life in 

 that of Harting (deed made 1652), and that y e life by 

 which he holds it is already superannuated, I cannot 

 think his Lordship would look upon it as a matter of 



such mighty moment I am just come from 



Madame Caryll, who is put in great hopes of success by 

 my Lord Tank (erville)." 



A further circumstance which made the Harting 

 property undesirable to Lord Cutts, was that only the 

 West Harting moiety of the Tithes was in Caryll's 

 hands. The East Harting Tithes (afterwards purchased 

 by the Squire, and valued by him at 120 per annum), 

 were at that time possessed by the Fords, apparently 

 according to the partition made in Elizabeth's reign, 

 and then belonged to Lord Tankerville. 



So the Squire had his own again, and reigned in all 

 47 years at Lady Holt, and set Harting bells a ring- 

 ing. The old Secretary henceforth was severed from 

 Harting, and doubtless saw with much composure his 

 heir taking possession of his estate during his life time. 

 Lord Cutts really did enter for a time, and the Squire, 

 July 1 8, 1697, entered in his account book that he paid 

 one Thomas Alnutt (Lord Cutts' lessee) " for Tythes 

 due for y e Parke (Lady Holt) and Harehurst, &c., 



* Caryll Correspondence, I., 21. 



