Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/167
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, written from Bonnington. Mr Yorke’s gout and rheumatism. His deafness has not diminished; it resembles the deafness that so affected his mother, and is certainly in a great degree nervous. He went to Town yesterday to seek Mr Maule’s advice, and the writer will be interested in his opinion of the cause of it and the possibility of its removal.
  • Date free text
    17 Oct [1823]
  • Production date
    From: 1823 To: 1823
  • 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
    Mention of visit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Frederick John Robinson] and Lady Sarah to Wrest. Assumes they have now gone to Nocton. Mention of Lady Sarah Robinson’s health. Reference to music at York cathedral and a meeting at Birmingham. Death of Lady Frances Legge, daughter of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth. A new edition of History of My Own Time by Bishop Gilbert Burnet has been printed from an edition in which were the manuscript notes of Lord Hardwicke, Lord Onslow and Lord Dartmouth and was given to the Oxford Press by Henry Legge, brother of the late Lord Dartmouth. Good accounts of Lord Hardwicke, who has regained his former character, and is doing business just as he used to do before the seizures. Visitors at Wimpole. Mrs [Mary Agnes] Powell is very near her third confinement.
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