| Description | This series is an artificial series of correspondence. Before the Pares archive came to Derbyshire Record Office, letters had been separated out from other documents in the archive, bundles had been broken up, and the series had been arranged chronologically. The correspondence has now been re-ordered by correspondent or class of correspondent for ease of use and in order to re-establish some context for the letters.
The letters were collected on the whole by three separate people: Thomas Pares I, Thomas Pares II and Thomas Pares III, and the series has been arranged to reflect this. In general, letters are arranged according to the person who received them, meaning that letters written by certain people may be found in a number of different series.
The correspondence of Thomas Pares I includes a vast amount of letters between himself and his son Thomas Pares II, and letters relating to the purchase of Hopwell Hall. Thomas Pares II's correspondence reflects his work as a lawyer, involved with many family trusts, and also includes many personal letters from family and friends. The correspondence of Thomas Pares III, MP, includes letters relating to political affairs from the 1810s to the 1830s, and also many family and personal letters. Finally, the series includes correspondence between the male family members and relatives involved in the Pares Leicestershire Banking Company in the mid 19th century.
The names given in this catalogue are not always as they are written on the letters. Abbreviations have been expanded, relationships explained, and some assumptions made, in order to give the list greater clarity. It is also the case that many undated letters have been assigned years or decades, where there is no clear evidence for this on the letter itself. Dating in these cases was done before the letters came to Derbyshire Record Office, and it is assumed that dates were written on wrappers for original bundles (now broken up) which were subsequently discarded.
Contents of the correspondence series:
Thomas Pares I
D5336/3/1 Letters between Thomas Pares I and his son Thomas Pares II, 1762-1795
D5336/3/2 Letters from John Pares to his father Thomas Pares I, 1782-1785
D5336/3/3 Letters from Mary Pares senior to her father Thomas Pares I, 1777-1793
D5336/3/4 Correspondence relating to legal case involving Witherbed and Perkins, 1762-1763
D5336/3/5 Correspondence with the Revd Mr Joseph Jackson of Risley relating to purchase of Hopwell Hall, 1785-1787
D5336/3/6 Other correspondence of Thomas Pares I, 1752-1799
Thomas Pares II
D5336/3/7 Family correspondence of Thomas Pares II and his siblings with their mother and with each other, 1762-1799
D5336/3/8 Correspondence of Thomas Pares II with his nephews and nieces, 1807-1822
D5336/3/9 Letters relating to the trusteeship of the estate of John Dod of Cloverley, 1791-1820
D5336/3/10 Correspondence of Thomas Pares' brother John Pares, 1802-1833
D5336/3/11 Correspondence of Thomas Pares' brother Revd William Pares, 1800-1809
D5336/3/12-208 Correspondence of Thomas Pares II with business associates, tenants, estate officials, clients and friends, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
D5336/3/209 Draft letters written by TP II, recipient unknown, 1799-1824
D5336/3/210 Barwell/Mundy correspondence probably sent to Thomas Pares II, 1811-1821
Thomas Pares III
D5336/3/211 Letters between Mary Pares junior and her brother Thomas Pares III, 1811-1846
D5336/3/212 Other correspondence received by Mary Pares, 1821-1824
D5336/3/213 Correspondence between John Pares and his son Thomas Pares III, 1807-1830
D5336/3/214 Other family correspondence of Thomas Pares III: letters between him and his siblings (except Mary), brothers-in-law, aunts, cousins, wife and children, 1806-1860
D5336/3/215 Correspondence received by Octavia Pares and the Mackmurdo family, 1805-1856
D5336/3/216 Family correspondence of Thomas Henry Pares and his siblings and children, 1832-1894
Correspondence of the Tylston Pares family:
D5336/3/217 Letters between Mary Tylston Pares and her brother-in-law Thomas Pares III, 1831-1860
D5336/3/218 Letters between Thomas John Tylston Pares and his uncle Thomas Pares III, 1835-1859
D5336/3/219 Letters from Agnes Tylston Pares to her uncle Thomas Pares III, 1844-1854
D5336/3/220 Letters between Thomas Pares III, Mary Tylston Pares and B Holme, 1844-1847
D5336/3/221 Letters from Mary Tylston Pares and Mr Billson (of Pares Bank), 1842-1847
D5336/3/222 Letters from Mary Tylston Pares and Agnes Tylston Pares to Roger Miles, 1844-1847
D5336/3/223 Other Tylston Pares family and general correspondence, 1825-1860
D5336/3/224-569 Correspondence of Thomas Pares III with political associates, tenants, estate officials and friends, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
D5336/3/570 Draft letters written by Thomas Pares III, recipient unknown, 1820-1837
D5336/3/571 Correspondence of the Heygate, Hodgson and Pares families relating to their banking and other businesses (Pares Leicestershire Banking Company), 1807-1859
D5336/3/572 Miscellaneous letters, 1673-mid 19th cent |