Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    L30/11/330/201
  • Title
    Letter from Harriett Yorke to Countess de Grey, written from Bonnington. Mentions that Lady de Grey has returned from Tunbridge and is preparing to go to Wrest. Two days before quitting Town, the writer’s young charge Douglas [Charles Eurwicke Douglas?] appeared to be getting very unwell; later in the day Mr Tupper saw him and declared him far too ill to go to the country, but the young man insisted, and the journey was an exertion beyond his strength. The following day he was unable to move from the ‘sopha’ and continued ill for a fortnight.
  • Date free text
    7 Aug [1826?]
  • Production date
    From: 1826 To: 1826
  • 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 worry it occasioned in Mr Yorke brought on a severe fit of gout in both knees. The writer did not materially suffer from attendance on the two invalids. Mr Yorke is now as well as he usually is after one of these attacks, and Douglas is believed to be convalescent, though still very weak. Dr Warren is of the opinion that the compliant has arisen from something very wrong with all the digestive organs and has nothing to do with the lungs. Please to hear that Lady Sarah Robinson is getting better. Difficult to pronounce how much nervousness there might be mixed with real illness; Mr Robinson stated that Lady Sarah eat well and slept well, and yet could not be persuaded to think herself otherwise than is a dying state. Brief news of family whereabouts. Reference to Jean-François Champollion and [William John] Bankes relating to Egyptian antiquities.
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