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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/56/1/33
Acc No	260
Title	Counterpart agreement for letting 5 fields
Description	1 Sir Edward Marlay Samson KBE, KC of Scotchwell 2 Mrs Lucy Morgan of Greenfields, Prendergast, widow Property: Part of Greenfields in the parish of Prendergast Consideration: £40 per annum to be paid by equal half yearly payments Plan and schedule of property included Signed: Lucy Morgan Witnessed: J J Price, Clerk to Messrs Eaton-Evans and Morris, solicitors
Date	29 Oct 1945

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