The Swaledale Estates of Lord Wharton in the 16th and 17th centuries, edited by M.Y. Ashcroft

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The Swaledale Estates of Lord Wharton in the 16th and 17th centuries (including documents to illustrate the sturdy of the Wharton mines in Swaledale in the 17th century by Arthur Raistrick), edited by M.Y. Ashcroft

TheWharton family were substantial landowners in the sixteenth and seventeenthcenturies. By the eighteenth century the family were ruined and their estatesdispersed along with the family papers. The transcripts and abstracts ofrecords in this volume have been collected from various sources and relateprimarily to the Swaledale estates of the family.  These records form an important source ontenant-landlord disputes and the administrative organisation of land andproperty in a Yorkshire dale.