Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/133
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, written from Bonnington. [Typed transcript available]. Mention of a violent storm; at Sir Abraham Hume’s at Wormsleybury more than £2,000 worth of glass was destroyed, and every house in Cheshunt and Walthams Cross had their windows broken. There was a report of hailstones of a circumference of six and a half inches at Gilstone.
  • Date free text
    21 Jul No Year. [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
    Whereabouts of various family members. Mention of the heath of the writer’s youngest niece, whose lungs have always been delicate and had who has been reduced to a state of weakness from constant fever and cough.[Possibly refers to Harriet, born 1805, died 1824, daughter of Coote Manningham]
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