The gentleman's steward and tenants of manors instructed. Containing rational, easy, and familiar rules and tables for finding the value of estates of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, as well on lives as for years absolute, &c. With an enquiry into the nature of the annual disbursements, precariousness of the tenure, and casualties, that estates are charged with, and how they are to be accounted for in the valuation. The tables being founded on Dr. Halley's hypothesis, and calculated by the method laid down by Abr. de Moivre / To which is added an appendix, containing the description and use of an instrument for discovering the number of feet contained in any timber-trees, by inspection only.

  • Richards, John, land surveyor.
Date:
1730
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Credit: The gentleman's steward and tenants of manors instructed. Containing rational, easy, and familiar rules and tables for finding the value of estates of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, as well on lives as for years absolute, &c. With an enquiry into the nature of the annual disbursements, precariousness of the tenure, and casualties, that estates are charged with, and how they are to be accounted for in the valuation. The tables being founded on Dr. Halley's hypothesis, and calculated by the method laid down by Abr. de Moivre / To which is added an appendix, containing the description and use of an instrument for discovering the number of feet contained in any timber-trees, by inspection only. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [vij] I next conjider the Errors that the commonly praSlis d Methods of E'xluation are liable to; and thefe are fo many^ and in fome Cafes fo enormous-^ that thd this Chapter is drawn out into a pretty great Lengthf yet is it necejfary to fay fome- thing more herC'^ in order to clear upy and in fome meafure to account for^ the pre- pojierous PraElice of renewing Leafes of Church and College Lands, \ In Chap. 3. is demonflrated., that the accepting of one Years Value for renew- ing of feven that are lapfed in a Leafe for one and twenty Years, is compounding for two Fifths of the real Value thereof at the rate of legal Interefl. ^ real Value, I mean the Ealue of the Yenure abfolutely confidedd: for I have there likewife fhewn, that the renewing fuch a Lapfe, on the probability that a P erf on of yo Years old will live to enjoy it fo long, is not worth more than one Year s Value; which are the Yerms generally agreed 071. And hence the ConduB of the Lejfor, as far as re¬ lates