L30/11/339/307

Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton. Arrangements for visits.

8 Dec 1811

From: 1811 To: 1811

Determined to visit Mrs [Agneta] Yorke at Bath on the 27th, setting out on the 26th, as the roads are too bad and the days too short to complete the journey in a day. Proposes to stay about a fortnight. Lady Somers writes that the Horkesley family [son Philip Yorke & family] are coming to her in Town before they go to Ely, where they must be by the middle of February. The writer thinks she will return to Forthampton and not visit Twon till nearer her son's return from Ely. Writer believes Mr [Thomas] Dowdeswell's death was brought on by the want of proper exercise, which the calamity of being blind prevented him from taking; the palsey siezed first one leg, and at last spread all over him. The road between Forthanpton and Cheltenham is so bad it would be difficult to get venison to the writer; neighbours must content themselves with ham and turkey and mince pies. Mrs Raynsford has been very unwell this winter; writer asks Lady Lucas to call on her when in Town. Seperate sheet: Requests Lady Lucas send the publications 'The Servant's Friend' and 'The Two Farmers', both by Sarah Trimmer, for the use of her servants young maidens for this winters reading. Also 'Lessons for Young Persons in Humble Life' [by Elizabeth Frank].

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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, Agneta,
Yorke, Philip,
Dowdeswell, Thomas,
Raynsford,
Frank, Elizabeth,
Trimmer, Sarah

family correspondence, illness, venison, books