Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/139
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, written from Bonnington. Death of Mrs James Yorke [Mary, nee Maddocks/Maddox, widow of James Yorke, Bishop of Ely]. The news was unexpected as the last the writer heard of her, from Leatitia Dunne [nee Beauchamp], was that she was well and cheerful, and that Joseph Yorke [son of deceased Mary] seemed to be particularly tranquil.
  • Date free text
    5 Jan 1824
  • Production date
    From: 1824 To: 1824
  • 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
    The letter telling of Mary Yorke’s death was written as from Joseph, but in the handwriting of his wife; it seems that Mary had been in gradual decline from the beginning of December. ‘What will become of poor Joseph one can hardly venture to conjecture, the influence his dear Mother maintained over him was greater than that of his medical attendants, and I am very certain that his wife will never be able to obtain a similar influence – indeed she is very little more to be trusted than himself.’ Lady Hardwicke has just lost her faithful and attached domestic Mrs Watts [see L30/11/329/52] Sister and nieces are still with the writer, but will settle in London next week.
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