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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    [84] to the other two in equal Shares; and at the Death of another of them, the whole is to come to the Survivor for Life ; their Ages at the Father's Death are 32, ii and 12, What is the Right of each worth in ready Money at 5 per Cent. ? Years. The Value of the eldeft Life is 12.75) That of the next is-14.14 or 283 The youngeft worth-or 305 Thejoint Lives of the i ft and 2d is 10.21 Years. Of the I ft and 3d is 10.56Years. Of the 2d and 3d is ii.4iYears. The three joint Lives is worth-— 8.55)Years. For the Right of the eldeft Daughter. FlrJij 20/. fer Jnn. during her Life is^ wnrrti -----r Secondly., i o /. per Ann. in Reverfion of the youngeft, to continue from thence during the joint Lives of the other two ^ found by fubtrading the Value ^ of the three joint Lives from theVa- lue of the firft and fecond jointly .-.—-■ thirdly10/. per Ann. in Reverfion of the lecond, to continue during the joint Lives of the firft and third ^ found by fubtrading the Value of|^ the three joint Lives from that of the\ firft and third jointly ----- Fourthly^