| Description | Includes letters from: Robert Gilbert, Worsley; Thomas Gilbert, Cotton, Staffordshire; Mr Keld, Beverley; Thompson and Bramley, Hull; Thomas Stanwell, Doncaster; R Morris, Beverley; Benjamin Blackden, Gray's Inn and Highfields near Uttoxeter (4 pieces); John and Grosr. Perfect, Pontefract; Mr Bethell. Rise; G Strickland, Boynton; George Wright, Kilnwick (4 pieces); William Thackwray, Queenshead Inn, Harrogate; William Rogerson, Hull (2 pieces); Mrs Legard, Etton; Matthew Wirker, York; William Proud, Hull; Townend and Wolley, Undersheriff's Office; F Best, South Dalton; Samuel Watson, Rudston; Henry Maister, Hull (2 pieces); William Cross, Clerk to M Lockwood, Beverley ; Marmaduke Prickett, Bridlington; Henry Broadley, Hull; Bryan Taylor, Bridlington; John Todd, York; William Carr, York; John Carr, York; Thomas Legard, Driffield; William Dade, York; William Strickland, Welburn. Concerning: deputation of gamekeeper for Duke of Bridgewater's manor ('adjoining you'); meeting of Turnpike Trustees (Driffield); horses; planting asparagus roots; alteration in method of conveying mail from Malton to Bridlington; death of Mr Iveson; work on stables to be done in April, the road to the brick kiln is impassable; estate, financial and social affairs; Harrogate water '5 shillings per dozen', (22 Feb 1787) subscription to new publication of works of Shakespeare; Antwerp roots; special jury service: Joseph Sutcliffe versu Christopher Moorehouse; death of mother of F Best, following accidental burns; price of 'Sinkfoild seed'; notice of meeting of Court of Sewers; clerk and Treasurer to Burlington Pier Commissioners; Lund Moor; subscription to Gibraltar Medal; books; cost of plasterers' work at Grimston, (10 Dec 87); engraving of Grimston Hall, (17 Nov 1787); Sir Griffith Boynton 'a most graceful person... ranked the third in list of nineteen speakers at Eaton', (17 Nov 1787); Ecclesiastical vacancies caused by death of Dr Tubb; request for details of a water barrow used at Kilnwick and Late harvest. |