One example is Richard Tunwell (1645–1713) who acquired land at Great Shelford, his first acquisition being a mere of pasture, a copse and a close which was copyhold land belonging to the Bury manor. When Freville's Manor was purchased superior proprietor by William Freeman in 1701, the lands in Great Shelford belonging to the Manor were described as of arable, and a half a rood of meadow, of pasture, a sheepwalk or liberty of foldage and fold course for six store ewes, all by then in the occupation of Richard Tunwell. The Manor also had of meadow in Little Shelford which again was occupied by Richard Tunwell. A rent roll of the Manor of Granhams dated 1708 shows that Tunwell and his sons held copyhold land from that Manor as well. From 1678 onwards, Richard Tunwell served as a Juror on the Bury Baron Court. By 1705, as a landed proprietor, he had qualified as a parliamentary voter and the Poll Book for the election held in that year shows that he voted for Sir Richard Cullen and John Bromley.