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A er extensive crosschecking, records do seem to agree that John Munday was born in 1793 and baptised at All Saint’s Church, Fawley on 14th July 1793. e earliest record we have for the family Munday traced back as ancestors to ‘our’ John Munday is for omas Munday 1717-1771. omas was born at Hordle and later married Elizabeth Singleton in 1759 at Hordle. Both omas and Elizabeth were illiterate and their marriage certi cate was signed by an ‘X’ and of John growing up there was a school in Fawley which taught 3-to-14-year-olds, so it is possible that John received some formal education there. His role as ‘Land Agent’ was an extremely important one, especially at the period in history that he was in this employment. John married Frances Stride in the April of 1824 at Millbrook when he was aged 31, and this marriage produced only one child, John, who was born in 1834 at Fawley. What is remarkable about John Munday is his obvious intelligence and ability to communicate and negotiate. In 1772 the Drummond Family had settled in this area and a huge quantity of small parcels of land, small estates and dwellings were being purchased on behalf of the Drummond family, to form a large estate. John became the Land Agent for the Cadland Estate. Robert Drummond had purchased the Manor of Cadland from Lady Mary Talbot and her sister. At that time the original Cadland house had not been built, and Andrew Berkley Drummond had approved a simple architectural design for his house. On 19th July 1775 the original Cadland House was started with £2000 paid on account. It was built on the crest of a hill overlooking the river estuary facing Southampton, and was to be two stories high. Later, when John was Land Agent he was instructed to keep a close eye on the enlargement of Cadland House because Wyatville, the architect, kept ‘modifying’ the plans away from the original simple architecture. Prior to this era, baili s and stewards of medieval estates were the administrators who oversaw many aspects of the estate management. However, when John Munday became a Land Agent it was a period of unrest in the rural and agricultural world. It was the time of the industrial revolution (1760 to 1840) and mechanisation, in a very basic form, was coming into the agricultural world. Wages to the rural community was appallingly low. Agricultural workers were moving to work in factories where the pay was signi cantly better. John, in the pivotal role of Land Agent, was responsible for dealing with many aspects related to both land and estate management. He was involved in the acquisition and negotiation for both purchase and sale of land. is would have involved knowledge on the drainage systems, building maintenance and agricultural practises, the quality and condition of land, buildings, and any improvements requiring to be made. He had to provide and advise clients on legal matters and the tax implications related to landownership and management. Records show that one such project is recorded as: M60/23 Declaration of agreement between Messrs Munday and others a committee representing persons to common rights in Bishop of Winchester Purlieu then con rmed by the vicar with the comments ‘his mark/her mark’. It is probable they later lived in Romsey. eir marriage produced at least 4 children including a son named William. It seems that he was born a er his father’s death in 1771/2. is son, William, married Mary Brook (1770-1835). William died in 1817 at Fawley but his marriage produced at least eight children, one of them being John Munday. William may have had some education but his occupation was listed as a ‘Hatter’. At this period in history everyone, male, female and children, would not be seen out of the house without wearing a hat, so it was probably a reliable employment to have. John must have had a reasonable education because he later became a Land Agent, but we have been unable to nd any records of where he was schooled. At the time Continued on page 27
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