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Letter relates to Sir William Strickland's finances and his attempt to raise funds for his large family
Sir William Strickland's claims for indemnity against the management of the estate by his father and his mother
1) 'No 1', claim for house rent due to Sir William Strickland who was refused a suitable house for his family of ten children by Sir George Strickland
2) 'No II': claim for the stock at Hildenley
3) 'No III': Sir George Strickland (5th baronet) 'willful voluntary waste' by letting the estate decline and not making it profitable
4) 'No IV', claim by Sir William Strickland for heirloom disposed of by Sir George Strickland (selling family plate, Lady Strickland removing some of them to Hildenley)
5) 'No V' claim for the loss of the lease of Pocklington school lands
Extracts from Sir William Strickland's marriage settlement to support his case and rents on houses let to Sir William Strickland
6) Statement respecting £120 claimed for manure at Hildenley by the executors of Lady Strickland [1816]
7) 'Calculations of the rent of the house in Petergate and the interest due upon it to Lady Day [1793]-1814'
8) 'Expense of furnishing the house in Bootham exclusive of some furniture my property before that time 1793'
9) A valuation of the stock upon the estate at Hildenley belonging to the late Sir George Strickland at the time of his decease 1808
10) A valuation of an estate belonging to Sir William Strickland situate at Hildenley in the parish of Appleton, Aug 1813
11) A valuation of the fixtures at Hildenley to Sir William Strickland, May 1814
12) Bills and receipts, 1718-23 include an estimate to repair the paling at Richmond Lodge, 4 Jun 1729
Letters include:
13) John Carr to [Strickland] regarding hall plaster 11 Jan [1770s]
14) copy letter from 'Clarinda's Servant' to 'Your Ladyship', mentions 'dear Lady Jersey's friendship and a love affair[?]. Lord Wandell and Richmond Lodge, 9 Sep 1712
15) Letter to Sir William Strickland, secretary at war informing him that the Office of Ordnance does not repair the victualling storehouses at Gibraltar 'having no allowance for that service', 2 Jul 1731.
16) Letter from John Setterington to Sir William Strickland, regarding some surveying work, 30 Jan 1733
17) Letter from [J Midleton] to Sir William Strickland, His Majesty's Secretary at War, regarding being an ensign [?] as ensign George McCaughlan is lately deceased, 2 Aug 1734
18) Sir George Strickland to his son regarding find a house in York, 6 Jun 1791
19) Sir George Strickland to William Strickland regarding Mr Cholmley's financial neglect of his daughters, 22 Mar 1791
20) copy letter to Sir George Strickland from his son from William Strickland regarding the death of Mr Cholmley and his lack of financial settlement for his daughters and his family's poverty, 15 Apr 1791
21) copy letters to Sir George Strickland from his son regarding his difficulty in providing for his family, Jun and Aug 1793
22) copy letter to Lady Strickland from [Strickland] regarding the quitting of Hildenley by his [aunts] and leaving it to his son, George, 4 Nov 1811 with reply from Lady Strickland, 5 Dec 1811
23) copy letter from Sir William Strickland to Ralph Creyke regarding his worrying about his sister's situation at Hildenley, 17 Sep 1815 with reply from Ralph Creyke, 19 Sep [1815]
24) Letters regarding arbitration between Sir William Strickland, Henry E Strickland and Daniel Sykes 1815-1816 and an arbitration bond dated 12 Apr 1815 between them regarding his mother Dame Elizabeth Letitia Strickland and Juliana Sabina Strickland and Charlotte Strickland.
25) copy letter from Sir William Strickland to Mr Creyke regarding the sale of Hildenley, 22 Sep 1815
Valuation of Hildenley stock, expense of furnishing house at Bootham, 1793, copy valuation of Hildenley, 1813 |