| Description | The large sums involved - £16,250 'for purchase money' suggest this is for the Chippenham Estate. Russell was known for his lavish expenditure on the estate - see D.D. Aldridge, 'Russell, Edward, earl of Orford (1652-1727)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004; online edition Jan 2008 (http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24304) |