Grafton Estate Rentals from NRO: The following rentals of farms and cottages are taken from a series of rent books covering the 1700s and 1800s. Some books are missing, other books are not available due to their poor condition.
Stoke Bruerne & Shittlehanger Rents 1737
Stoke Bruerne & Shutlanger rents combined until 1756
G1640
1737
Farms
1.William Addington					10. 0.
2.Robert Britten		Late Joseph Kingston			19.2.6
		For land late Hale's and c			5.10.0
		for his bargain per annum		14.15.0
		another particular late Robert
3.George Bland		Whitmayes at per annum		4.10.0	12.13.8
		Another part late Robert		6.12.4
		Campion at per annum		25.7.4
4.Robert Campion					5. 0.
5.John Dunsby					14. 0.
6.John Gostwick					7.0.0
		Late Cox at per annum		20.0.0	26.4.0
		For a meadow late Mrs. Pickering		2.15.0
		For land late Sheppard's		23.4.0
		For part of Weymoor		2.10.0
7.Samuel Grace		For the Close late Lukes
		Ansell & formally Pickerings		4.0.0
		from Lady Day 1737 when Ansell
		quit the same
				52.8.0
8.In hand the House late Luke Ansells formally Pickerings
9. Thomas Kingston					12.10.0
		For Plowman's farm		28.0.0	20.9.0
10.Susannah Kingston		late Thos. Hale's at p. ann		11.5.0
		For Siscroft late Mr. Pickering p. ann		1.13.0
				40.18.0
11.Reverand Mr. Leigh late Joseph Kingston					17.2.6
		For Rodham's Farm		42.0.0	60.0.0
		Susan Kingston's		34.13.0
12		David Wright		14.11.0
		Brierly Closes		12.0.0
		Naylors's Closes		16.16.0
				120.0.0
13.Widow Peasland		late John			10. 0.
14.William Read		for Serjts: Grod & one of the sand pits			5.15.0
15. In hand		The Farm late Serjeant's who quitted at Lady 1737
16.Catherine Travell		for
17. Sarah Webb		For her own Farm at p. ann
		… that late … Web	11.4.6		16.19.0
18. James Webster
19. John Wilcox		for			12. 0.
20. John Welford		For the farm formerly John Britain's			26.5.0
		For an acre of The Land late Hale's			4.0.0
		Late Cox's p. ann	28.0.0
		For that in his own name	25.10.0
		For the Wood Close	6.0.0		29.15.0
			59.10.0