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RefNoKBLC/4/8/13
AltRefNoR59/31/box143/bundle1/1
TitleAgreement between the Bedford Level Corporation, the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Lincoln
DescriptionAgreement between the Bedford Level Corporation, William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, the guardian of Wriothesley Russell, Duke of Bedford; and Henry Clinton, Earl of Lincoln; assigning all the Corporation's revenue from the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Lincoln's lands in the North Level, in return for advancing £6,600 and £3,400 for building a canal along the northern course of the River Nene between Peterborough and Guyhirn.
Date29 May 1728
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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