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D1225 - William Mompesson of Eyam - 1661-1669
- 2 - Personal letters - (17th cent) 20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1225/2/1
Title	Photocopy of a Letter from William Mompesson to an unknown person dated 1 September 1666 and transcribed 20 November 1666
Date	(1666) 20th cent
Description	Mentions the death of his wife and that from the 76 families in his parish 259 people have died but that none have died since 11th Oct
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	William Mompesson of Eyam
Format	Document
Related Material	See also Staffordshire Record Office, D1229/6/6/5 Copies of letters by The Rev. William Mompesson re the Eyam plague [1666]. The catalogue entry for this item includes the following information: "William Seward printed the letters in Anecdotes of some Distinguished Persons, 1795, ii. 27-44 from what were described as 'the originals, in the possession of a gentleman of Eyam' (possibly the Rev. Thomas Seward of Eyam)"
Term	Plague

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Eyam

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