Enclosure letter From Mr Francis Burton to The Revd. Dr Jenner 8th May 1758

Revd Sir

I have the honour of yours of ye 5th instant with your most judicious determination upon the contents of Mr Harriot’s Letter and which I will take care shall be carried into execution. Mr Cartwright tells me he left ye Bill in ye House of Lords, & doubts not it will pass in time. Give me Leave, Sir, to return you my most grateful thanks for the last instance (after many others) of your kindness to my little Boy, and more particularly for the manner in which you was so good as to confer upon him this favour as it gave me the most agreeable opportunity of perceiving his little heart full of gratitude to his own and my benefactor. Whether I have any other business at Oxford or not you may always command my attendance. I only beg now to give you a Caution not to hear of a present Renewal of your Leases at Helmdon (a proposal of which sort is I hear intended to be made to you) unless you mean by it to contribute to ye Enclosure. After ye Lands are enclosed, you will come at ye Value with much more certainty than at present you possibly can.

I was very agreeably surprised to see ye Terriers now delivered in by ye several Tenants exactly correspond with ye old. A thing I am sure not over frequent in College Estate. I do find that there really is a great difference in the yard Lands at Helmdon but some of ye College are as good as any others, though ye majority of them are perhaps of the lower rates. I hope we shall be able to do Justice to all Parties, I think it my duty to acquaint you that Mr Harriot in particular has behaved in ye most gentleman like manner with ye utmost freedom and candour & I believe will continue to give his best assistance on behalf of the College. I am