TOKEN RENTS.
Amoug many survivals oi" earlicr days in Britain are the token rents still paid to the t'rown by sonie land lords. Ainong tliein is the Duke of Marlborough, who this week, dispatched to tlie superiutendent of 'Windsor Castie a sniall sillt flag liearing threc lluers (le-lis. This is the only rent paid by tlie Dukes ot Marlborough for their Blenheim estate, which is valued today at over £2, 000, 000, and includes Blenheim Palaee, tlie largest pri'vate residence in England.
A similar token. rent is paid an- ( uually by the Dulce of Wellington, xn J refurn for his estates at. Strathfield, which- were bestowed upon the Iron Duke after his victory at - Waterloo.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 August 1948, Page 7
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