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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/56/1/13
Acc No	260
Title	Release as part of a lease and release of Scotchwell
Description	1 Thomas Stokes of Ashford Hall in the county of Salop, esquire and Susan his wife 2 John Rees Stokes of Cuffern in the county of Pembroke, gentleman 3 Joseph Fortune of Loveston in the County of Pembroke, esquire Consideration: £3000 Property: Scotchwell and also plantation with cottage, stable, carthouse and garden above the mill leat, part and parcel of Cartlett Mill and lands all within the parish of Prendergast Signed and sealed: Thomas Stokes, S Stokes, Joseph Fortune Witnessed: Henry Lloyd, James [ ]innersley
Date	14 Feb 1798

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