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The following entries in Accounts of the Dukes of Kingston 1725 to 1763 mention John Bignall.

Date	Name	Type	Description	Amount (£ s d)		Building link
29/9/1746	John Bignall	rent	Sandpit Ground Â£11.10, Bullington little ground Â£8.10.0	20 - 00 - 00		none
29/9/1748	John Bignall	rent	the Long Meadow, from Lady day 1747	10 - 00 - 00		none
29/9/1749	John Bignall	rent	Bullington Farm	21 - 00 - 00		none
29/0/1751	John Bignall	rent	the Long Meadow	10 - 00 - 00		none
29/0/1751	John Bignall	rent	a Farm	21 - 00 - 00		none
29/9/1757	John Bignall	rent	a Farm	21 - 00 - 00		none
29/9/1758	John Bignall	rent	the Long Meadow	10 - 00 - 00		none
29/9/1758	John Bignall	rent	a Farm	21 - 00 - 00		none
29/9/1760	John Bignall	rent	the Long Meadow	10 - 00 - 00		none

Notes:
	These records are extracted from the accounts of the Dukes of Kingston's estates in Hanslope from 1722, not long after the first Duke inherited Hanslope Park and considerable property in the Parish of Hanslope until 1763 when the second Duke sold the estates. One accounts book was prepared each year containing six to ten pages on each of the estates owned by the Dukes. The information recorded was probably prepared in Nottinghamshire from returns submitted by each local agent. They are prepared on the double entry principle with balancing entries representing amounts owned by the agent to the Duke (excess of income over expenditure). This balancing entry is recorded after detailed records of amounts transferred during the year to the Dukes' bank account in London.

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