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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/56/1/10
Acc No	260
Title	Mortgage for £1000 and interest
Description	1 Thomas Stokes of Quay Street in the parish of St Mary's in the Town and County of Haverfordwest 2 John Harries of Hill Street in the parish of St Thomas in the town and County of Haverfordwest, esquire Sum: £1000 Property: Cartlett Mill, dwelling house, and walled garden, tanyard and stable; fields called Mill Hill and Plantations containing by estimation 8 acres; and The Bottoms and Scotchwell containing over 20 acres Signed and sealed: Thomas Stokes Witnessed: J Rees Stokes, William Thomas
Date	17 Jan 1794

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