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D-EE - Eaton Evans Papers
- 56 - Papers of the Scotchwell Estate, Haverfordwest The Scotchwell Estate located in the parish of Prendergast was originally a farm on the outskirts of Haverfordwest and in the hands of the Surman family in the 1700s. They sold to the Stokes family in 1794. John Lort Stokes of Scotchwell born in 1812 accompanied Charles Darwin on HMS Beagle as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Having survived being speared by a native and escaped being eaten by a crocodile he went on to command the Beagle and ended his career as an Admiral. Later the estate passed to the Samson family. It has since become a caravan site and the house an old peoples home.
  - 1 - Legal items relating to the Scotchwell Estate such as deeds, leases, marriage settlements etc.

Ref No	D-EE/56/1/3
Acc No	260
Title	Bond for the performance of a covenant
Description	1 Thomas Surman of Rosepool in the parish of Walwyns Castle, gentleman 2 Simon Surman of Scotchwell in the parish of Prendergast Premises: Messuage, tenement called Scotchwell containing by estimation 15 acres in the parish of Prendergast late in the possession of Thomas Surman and also a messuage and three gardens in the village and parish of Prendergast heretofore in the possession of Lewis Thomas and Richard Griffiths Signed and sealed: Thomas Surman Witnessed: D Hughes
Date	10 Mar 1767

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