Description:In April 1846 the Poor Law Commission wrote to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) the second Duke of Sutherland, as 'Lord of the Manor' of Penn concerning the sale of Parish property in Penn.
Mr. E. Chadwick, Secretary at the Poor Law Commission Office, Somerset House wrote to inform the Duke that the Poor Law Commission had 'been applied to on behalf of the Township of Upper Penn for their consent to the sale' of 'a House and Garden commonly called the Workhouse' in the township of Upper Penn.
Before the Poor Law Commission could 'sanction' the sale, they wrote to the Duke to clarify whether he held any 'claim' over the property as Lord of the Manor of Penn.
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