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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
E - Estate records - 1380-1940
A - Derbyshire Estates
2 - Tissington
6 - Estate correspondence
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D239/M/E/4201-4305
Title
Estate correspondence of John Beresford, including many draft or copy letters from Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. The greater part of the correspondence dates from 1820 and includes:
- Correspondence related to the projected purchase of the Woodeaves farm from Mr Cooper, 1820 (D239/M/E/4203-09)
- Correspondence with Samuel Harding, surveyor and land agent, concerning a reduction of rents on the Tissington estate, 1821-22 (D239/M/E/4214-30)
- Correspondence relating to the purchase of land in Fenny Bentley from the Ensor family, 1825-26 (4238-51)
- Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert commenting on Tissington rent day, the low price of cheese, and the consequent unfavourable trading at the Ashbourne and Derby cheese fairs (1 April 1826: D239/M/E/4252)
- Correspondence relating to the purchase of a tenement in Tissington from Mr Carrington, 1827 (D239/M/E/4259-61)
- Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, reporting that Ellen Smith wishes to retire as schoolmistress of Tissington; William Hand's wife has proposed her lame daughter as a suitable successor, 20 Feb 1827 (D239/M/E/4262-63)
- Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, reporting on the Tissington rent day; "your principal tenants have unfortunately been reduced to the necessity of buying hay, which, the price being from £11-£12 a ton, is most ruinous to them" 31 Mar 1827 (D239/M/E/4266)
- Correspondence concerning the responsibilities of tenants to maintain their property and to consume hay and straw on the premises, 1828 (D239/M/E/4274-80)
- Correspondence relating to paying off the mortgage on the Bentley estate 1828 (D239/M/E/4284-88)
Date
1805-1829
Level
file
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Access Conditions
D239 M/E 4246 not found 26/8/87
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