L30/11/339/256

Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton. Daughter in law Anna Maria Yorke is staying with her four girls; the writer met them at Castleditch before returning to Forthampton. News of Lord and Lady Somers.

1 Nov 1809

From: 1809 To: 1809

Mention of the writer staying with Lady Lucas at St.James Square while seeking lodgings. The wedding in the Buller family is to take place in about a fortnight. Hopes monument to late husband will soon be ready; reference to Mr Blore who is engraving it. Mention of a memeorial tablet in memory of James Somers Yorke, son of Joseph Yorke. With letter from Robert Blore explaining delay in completion of the memorial to James Yorke, who died August 1808 and including wording for the inscription. Also includes costs, which total £85 4s.

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Yorke, Mary,
Maddox, Mary,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Hume-Campbell, Amabell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Yorke, James Somers,
Yorke, James,
Yorke, Anna Maria,
Cocks, John Sommers, 1st Earl Somers,
Buller,
Blore, Robert,
Yorke, Joseph

family correspondence, monumental inscriptions, DEATH