What do the Estate Accounts tell us about Richard Rhead’s Father’s Farming Career?

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Date:1752

Description:By 1752 Richard Rhead was settled in Butterton. The estate accounts state that he was paid nine pounds for one hundred and twenty strikes of oats. This suggests that Rhead was becoming an established farmer in Butterton, providing the Sutherland estates with agricultural produce.