L30/11/339/48

Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Amabel Polwarth, sent from Forthampton. Congratulations on the recent happy event, and thaks Lady Polwarth for her letter and description of the occasion. [The marriage of Lady Mary Jemima Yorke and Thomas Robinson.]

31 Aug 1780

From: 1780 To: 1780

Mention of the place they are to settle; very near Mr Aislabies and some 200 miles from Wrest. 'The manner of living there is very different from what we are used to in the south.' Mention of Thomas Robinson's inability to make great offerings to the lady 'in the jewel way'. Writer has enjoyed a comfortable repose this summer in Gloucestershire.

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Yorke, Mary,
Maddox, Mary,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Yorke, Mary Jemima,
Robinson, Thomas (2nd Baron Grantham),
Aislabie, William

family correspondence, specific marriages