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D517 - Miller Mundy family of Shipley Hall, Heanor - [16th-20th cent]
- F - Family papers - [early 16th cent]-1982
  - NM - Papers of Nelly Mundy (1739-1813)
    - 1 - Letters and papers of Nelly Mundy relating to Mary Victorine Feilding, ward of Edward Miller Mundy - 1802-1806

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D517/BOX/12/9/4/21
Title	Letter from Mrs Elizabeth Oliver in Bath to her sister Nelly Mundy regarding Mary Feilding
Date	2 Feb [1805]
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Miller Mundy family of Shipley Hall, Heanor
Transcript or Index	Bath Feb 2d My Dearest Nelly, I wrote to you on Thursday & directed to Higham Clifton & just after I had sent my letters to the Post received yours dated Sudbury, which tells me you were there on your road to Shipley : as my last letter was so full of my own Grievances that I had no room for any other Subject, I now sit down to tell you what I have done relating to Miss Fielding since the receipt of my Brothers Letter & since I wish to enclose one which I have received from That Honourable young Lady, & another from Harriet Bowdler I will direct the pacquet to L[or]d Vernon & am sure it will be forwarded to you, for I […?] it is not worth postage as my Brother desired me to consult with Harriet, & both she & myself being confined to our separate Houses by illness I had no way of doing this but by writing & sending her his Letter & not to trouble You with all our Consultations we agreed to meet in […?] Chapel for Service last Sunday & talk the matter over: in her first [page 2] Letter to me on the subject she had desired when I answered my brothers Letter (concluding I suppose I should do it immediately) that I woud enquire what h… …?] received for which she wrote to him the beginning of last Month & directed to Shipley, & as it was on on business she was surprized he had not answered & I did not intend to write to him at all whilst he was in Town but at the request of hers I wrote a Line just to send her message & told him I would not trouble him with anything relating to his Ward, as I meant to send all the particulars to you as soon as you get to Shipley : Harriet Bowdler seem’d to think he was quite right in refusing to give any Premium to the Percivals; I told her the purport of Miss Fielding’s letter which I now send to you & she promised to call upon her the next morning & let me know the result of their meeting, & I assured her that I was ready to assist in any way she coud point out for the settling this unfortunate Girl except the paying a premium with her which she saw was as strongly objected to by my Brother that I did not think I could be justified to him if I consented to it. [page 3] Tuesday Morning brought Miss Fielding to me she told me she had seen Miss Bowdler & with her permission came to request me to pay the ten Guineas to Mr Percival without which he woud not suffer her to remain in his House any longer : on my persisting in the refusal she seem’d much disconcerted & said there was then no way in which she coud get her bread except going upon the Stage & that she must do that unless I paid the premium as she desired : I told her that before she took such a step she had better again consult Miss Bowdler who she knew was her real friend, that I did not presume[?] to advise her as to the manner in which she coud gain a Livelihood but in my own Opinion the Waiting upon a Lady of good Character was a much more creditable way of doing it than either going upon the Stage or remaining in such a shop as Mr Percivals : this raised the Ladys indignation to the highest pitch Ma’am says She do you think L[or]d Fieldings Daughter will Condescend to go to service? No I have too much pride for that & since you will not assist me in the only way which is in your power I can truly[?] say it shall be the last favor I will ever ask of you or any of the Mundys who have all used me cruelly & [page 4] indeed every body allows that Mr Mundy was a very improper Guardian for my Person whatever he might be for my Fortune, but I shall go to Miss Bowdler & let her know what you say, believe me nor indeed any one but yourself cou’d have thought of my going into service: I forgot to mention when she urged me to pay the ten Guineas to Mr Percival as the only way of saving her from the greatest distress, that she told me he had a right to expect it from me & that she coud assure me he was not a man to be trifled with: I answer’d that I woud have nothing to do with Mr Percival, for he had wrote me a very impertinent Letter some time ago (which he has My Dear Nelly, for he tells me I have neither acted with Justice or Propriety to Miss Fielding or to them) that his Opinion of my Conduct in the Affair was much beneath my notion[?], but if he woud send his wife to me I woud shew her my Brothers Letter & that then if she & Miss Bowdler coud fix upon any plan wherin I coud assist in settling Miss Fielding with her, I shoud readily acquiesce in whatever Miss Bowdler thought proper to recommend for I was certain she woud not advise me to act in direct Opposition to my Brothers orders [page 5] as I neither saw or heard from Miss Bowdler , I sent on Thursday night to inquire the reason & had the note in return which I have inclosed, so I flatter myself I have almost done with the unpleasant Business : I will send you all Miss Fieldings receipts[?] when I may enclose[?] & my Brother at Shipley, & also the note she gave me when I paid the Premium to Miss Edgill (to repay me when some of aga…? the back of which I have acknowledged the recovering Ten Guineas of it back again […] Miss E & whatever you woud have [..] with the remainder of your money now is my […] me know when you have time [… missing…] that will not happen whatever your of Company. I am better than last & have my Doc[to]rs leave to go middle of next week so I hope take me to the Cherry Orchard. Yours My Dearest Nelly, affect[tionate]ly E Oliver