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RefNoKBLC/5/5/23
AltRefNoR59/31/box53/bundle2
TitleEarl of Westmorland v Bedford Level Corporation
DescriptionBundle of legal papers concerning three separate claims for compensation for lands cut and spoiled in the Peterborough Wash. Contains statements of the case; the petition of the Earl of Westmorland to the Lords Commissioners of Adjudication, asking for compensation to be paid for more than 60 acres of lands spoiled by the Bedford Level Corporation; draft petitions of the Corporation to the Lords Commissioners; copies of the response of the Earl of Westmorland to the answers of the Corporation; earlier proceedings by the Lords Commissioners; legal briefs; further papers (in Latin) recording the progress of the case; notes and correspondence. See also R59/31/40/37.
Date1666
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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