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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 |