Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/58
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Lady Lucas, written from Tyttenhanger. [Typed transcript available.] Was sorry not the see Lady Lucas during the ten days the writer spent in London – explains reasons.
  • Date free text
    20 Jun [1806]
  • Production date
    From: 1806 To: 1806
  • Admin/biog history
    Harriet Yorke, nee Manningham born c.1763, was the daughter of Charles Manningham and his wife Ann. Her siblings were: Charles William Manningham, b. 1762, d.1849 Coote Manningham, b.c.1765, d.1809 Boyd Manningham, b. 1766 Amelia Manningham, b.1767 Elizabeth Manningham, b.1768, d. 1853 (usually referred to as Eliza or Elvira in the letters) Henry Manningham, b 1773, d. 1821 Coote Manningham married Anna Maria Pollen in 1802. Their children were: Charles Coote Manningham b 1804, d.1810 Boyd Pollen Manningham, b. 1807, d. 1831 Harriet Manningham, b,1806, d. 1824 Mary Anne Manningham, b.1802, who married Edward Buller. Coote Manningham died in 1809, and his wife died in 1822. By Anna Maria's Will, Coote’s siblings Harriet Yorke, Charles William Manningham and Elizabeth Manningham became the guardians of Coote's surviving children (Boyd, Harriet and Mary Anne). The children lived with Elizabeth. The letters contain several references to Elizabeth's "charges" and other details of this side of the family.
  • Scope and Content
    ‘We rejoice to find that all has been going on so well with the lying in lady and her little one [birth of Anne Florence Robinson?] Reference to the hot weather and the effect on the hay making. Are more busy at Bonnington that at Tyttenhanger, as there are 40 acres there, and the land is better and the produce more important. Mr Yorke has gone to Bonnington today to instruct the hay-makers. P.S. I rejoice to find that Charlotte Carew’s long protracted match is at last declared by Mr Carew [Charlotte Jemima Pole-Carew married Charles Colleton in 1806]
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