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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/56/1/14
Acc No	260
Title	Lease as part of a lease and release of Scotchwell [Release missing]
Description	1 Paul Surman late of Scotchwell in the parish of Prendergast but now of the town and county of Haverfordwest 2 John Rees Stokes of Cuffern in the County of Pembroke, gentleman Consideration: 5 shillings Property: Messuage called Scotchwell late in the tenure of Paul Surman and the fields called Haggards Meadow and Prendergast Meadow between the tanyard and the village of Prendergast late in the tenure of Thomas Stokes and now of John Rees Stokes Witnessed: Henry Rees, clerk to Mr Stokes
Date	1798

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