Property
From 1744, Hele lived in Myles Place, one of the finest houses in the Cathedral Close in Salisbury. He was involved in numerous land transactions and acquired, in particular, the manors of Sock Dennis and South Petherton in Somerset, and Brook House and Lodgwood Farm, near Westbury, Wiltshire.
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