1865 02 04 : Receipt for right to game & rabbits

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 9:00PM by Petra Mitchinson

04 Feb 1865. RECEIPT FOR RIGHT TO GAME & RABBITS. A neat and clean receipt with an Inland Revenue one-penny stamp. 4” x 6”. Edenhall, Feb. 4th., 1865. Received from Sir Geo: MUSGRAVE Baronet, the sum of Fifteen Pounds, being 3 years’ rent (to Dec. 31. 1864) for exclusive right to preserve and destroy all game and rabbits on my Lands situate in the Parish of Edenhall, including damage done by them. [signed] Robert DALTON R. D. £ 15 . 0 . 0 . Feb 4 1865