Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/103
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, written from Bonnington. Accept kind offer of venison, as inviting Sir James Macintosh, together with [Thomas Robert] ‘Population’ Malthus and other heads of the Hertford College [Oxford?] for dinner. Hopes the stormy weather will not render the venison inedible by the time it arrives.
  • Date free text
    6 Aug No year [1820]
  • Production date
    From: 1820 To: 1820
  • 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
    Describes recent storm. Reference to Agneta Yorke, and her news from a recent letter. Bemoans the fact that Agneta took up residence in Bath, when she could have remained in an excellent house in London in the midst of her children and other connections. The writer and Mr Yorke have only been with her twice in eleven years; had she been in London, they would have seen much more of her. Mention of Mrs J Yorke and the ‘extraordinary ménage’ of her daughter in law. ‘I am glad she is pleased with Mr Powell – we have heard that he is quiet and amiable, but some years younger than Mary Agnes.’ [Refers to Mary Agnes Waddington, daughter of Thomas Waddington and Margaret, nee Yorke, who was daughter of James Yorke, Bishop of Ely. Mary Agnes married John Harcourt Powell in July 1820]
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