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down the goods, books, and letters left in his house 

 in " Lester Square," London, to Lady Holt. " As to 

 your taking into y r - own hands Randall's farme, y r - 

 best way is to follow y r - father's advice (Rich d - of 

 West Grinstead), who understands matters of hus- 

 bandry better then I do. Tell y r - father his friend 

 D. Biddle (probably Biddulph, who accompanied 

 James II. from Rochester), tho' he has y e gowt by 

 inheritance, still rides stag hunting and wolf hunting, 

 w ch - chaces in this country continue y e whole year 

 round, and walks without a staff by y e vertue of y e 

 milk diet and of feeding only upon knuckles of veale; 

 I wish y e same management may have y e same effect 

 upon my brother." As to the Squire's " coming over 

 to these parts," the uncle adds, "You cannot do better 

 than follow the advice of your powerfull neighbour" 

 (Lord Tankerville).* 



In 1706 the young Squire of Lady Holt had another 

 contretemps. Parson Tench, who held the sinecure 

 Rectory and Vicarage of Harting, the former being 

 the key of the latter, resisted the renewal of the lease 

 of the tithes held by the Carylls, and in a subsequent 

 lawsuit the unhappy Squire had to pay him 1,450 f 

 for a new lease, after all the expenses of law. The 

 parson even went so far as to claim the "Canon lands" 

 as Church property. The Squire consulted his uncle 

 the outlaw in his French refuge, on the subject ; and 

 was answered in a letter which shows that the exile 

 had not forgotten Harting. The names on both sides 

 are feigned. 



"J. South (Secretary Caryll) to Hon ble - Mr. John 

 Southwell (the Squire), Lady Holt Jan. 24, 1705-6. 

 Dr. N(ephew), I am sorry that I am not able to give 

 you any account of y r - Canon Lands. They were 

 purchased about 40 yeers ago, when I did not live at 



* Add 1 - 28. 226, pp. 103, 105. 

 f Caryll Correspondence, Vol. I., p. 492. 



