Description | Includes a letter from Tatton Sykes to his sister Mary, 1845, and other individuals to Mary Sykes including Abraham Riby, and Christopher Sykes' express wish for Jack Ramsden to be chief mourner at his funeral;a bill for cleaning the school at Little Driffield, 1867. Table showing the numbers dining (at Brantingham?) 1881-1882. Also includes a specification, addressed to Commander Pakenham, to renew Lady Sykes' carriage, 1899. Also includes guests lists c.1870s, letter from Rosebery, nd and mock minutes regarding dining, signed by Rosebery and Claud Hamilton and others, nd; Christopher Sykes' reminiscences of his first invitation to a royal dinner, post 1871. Separate bundle of letters addressed to and from the Prince of Wales and Jessica Sykes regarding accusations involving a Dr Crowshay[?] 1887-1896 (6). Also includes a bundleof bills and letters from Temple Moore, architect, relating to church building, 1891-1892. Also includes a letter from Blanche Waterford to Jessica Sykes, 1897. |