| Description | Includes letters from: D Legard, Ganton; P Panton, Chester; William Warner; Josuiah Grove, New Inn (2 pieces); P Johnson, York; Jas Ryder, London (2 pieces); John Graves, York (2 pieces); EL Strickland, Boynton; Henry Maister, Hull (2 pieces); W Stables, York (3 pieces); Richard Judson, Beverley; S Mills, Norbury (2 pieces); Henry Grimston, Harrow; Franci[e?]s Legard, York to Sir John Legard, Harrow School (copy); Edward Elwick, Wakefield; Timothy Mortimer, York; Francis Meeke, Knaresborough; William Tatton, Withenshaw; James Smith, Hull; S Hallifax, Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Thomas Grimston, Trinity Hall, Cambridge (6 pieces); Robert Grimston, Neswick (2 pieces); James John Fenoulhet, Lord Rochford's Office, St James's; John Whaits, Kilnwick; William and John Perfect, Pontefract; Radolph Valltravers, London (4 pieces); J Bagnall, Early Court; Robert Hildyard, Winestead and Cork Street (5 pieces); Thomas Thomasrnton, Knightsbridge; Francis Legard, York and Scarborough (3 pieces); J Johnston, Beverley; Mathew C St Quintin, York; J Legard, Ganton; Frances Grimston, Scarborough; William Iveson, Hedon; MA Wyvill, Bath; T Fentham, 52 Strand, London; Gregory Cooper, Kew Lane; Anth Francis Laine, London; G Crampton, Harrow (2 pieces); Robert C Broadley; William Whately; John Cowper and R Laming, Margate to Messrs Grimston, Bloomfield and Blackden, Lowe's Hotel, Covent Garden; J Bowman, Craike; (Miss) JL (Jane Legard), Etton; V Green, Salisbury Street, London; Mathew Duane, Lincoln's Inn. Concerning: financial, social and family affairs; ball at St James's-'not one of the Royal Family danced.... curious to see the Group in waiting who surrounded so pious a Monarch, Lord Talbot, Pembroke, Hinchingbroke, Grafton, Gower, Sandwich and Charles Fox', (19 Jan 1773) estate (Rotsea; Beverley; Garton); paintings purchased by Robert Hildyard, including 'Sleeping Boy' by Guido and 'Madonna' by Tasso Ferrato. (6 Mar 1773 and 20 May 1773); illness and death of Sir Digby Legard; furniture (Elwick); special jury service-Lascelles v Earl of Egremont. relating to right and royalties of Follifoot Moor (1 Mar 1773); hounds ('the breed of the true Southern Hounds is nearly lost'); gardener; sea bathing at Scarborough; flooding in Cambridgeshire; Mr Mosey's 'new invented fences'; earthenware sent by Mr Wedgewood to John Grimston; account for mourning rings; microscope; account for shipping clothing (to Ireland ?); meeting to discuss new Road Act; prints and books; prints by Faber are very difficult to get, 'much sought after', (19 Oct 1773); rare 'rhinoceros fish'; cabinet for John Grimston's collection of medals, (6 Nov 1773). |