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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

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Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, courtier and landowner

Dates: 5 June 1660 – 18 October 1744

Biography

Sarah Churchill was a leading court figure under Queen Anne and wife of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She held a documented leasehold interest in Agney in 1728 through a counterpart lease from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.

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Notes / Sources

Her Agney interest should be classified as leasehold unless the original lease proves a different legal status.

Research sources:
- Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U63/64614, Counterpart lease to the Duchess of Marlborough, 1728, as cited in the published study of the Thornhurst and Temple families. — https://kar.kent.ac.uk/106479/1/198matthews2024marfinal.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Churchill,_Duchess_of_Marlborough

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