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'''Messrs Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes''' was the company that was selling [[Bag End]] and its contents when [[Bilbo Baggins]] returned home from his adventures told in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. Note the variation in spelling of the last name seen nowhere else. Perhaps this was just an unusual spelling of the name [[Burrows]], though it may conceivably have been an entirely different family of hobbits with a remarkably similar name.
'''Messrs Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes''' was a notary firm in [[the Shire]] led by two [[Grubb]]s and one [[Burrowes]]. They were probably lawyers or auctioneers.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 260</ref>


==History==
Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes oversaw the auction of [[Bilbo Baggins]]' estate after the hobbit went missing in {{SR|1341}}.<ref>{{H|Return}}</ref>
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Messrs Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes was a notary firm in the Shire led by two Grubbs and one Burrowes. They were probably lawyers or auctioneers.[1]

History

Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes oversaw the auction of Bilbo Baggins' estate after the hobbit went missing in S.R. 1341.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 260
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Return Journey"
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