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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]

BOX - FitzHerbert family of Tissington: box-listed records - [18th-20th cent]

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1 - Miscellaneous

8235 - Elizabeth Smith to an anonymous lady - 23 Dec 1746

8236 - Anna Moody to Miss Meynell: is forced to call in her debts and hopes Miss Meynell will pay her bill of £20; will write to Mrs. FitzHerbert in similar fashion - 28 Jan [1748]

8237 - C. Talbot to Mrs. FitzHerbert: a letter on the death of a mutual friend. From London, 5 April - 1748

8238 - Lord Chesterfield to [William FitzHerbert]: solicits support For "my very near kinsman Captain Thomas Stanhope who intends to offer himself as a candidate at the ensuing election for the town of Derby". 4 December - 1748

8239 - Marquis of Hartington to [same]: has spoken to his father on [FitzHerberts] behalf but cannot promise his support. 20 May - 1750

8240 - Richard Goodwin to William FitzHerbert - 20 Jan [1750]

8241 - G. Lyttleton to [Mrs. FitzHerbert]: good wishes on the birth of her child to whom he is to be god-father; wants to know to whom Miss FitzHerbert is engaged. 17 September - 1750

8242 - Draft or copy letter from William FitzHerbert to an anonymous gentleman. 12 May - 1754

8243 - William Haygarth to William FitzHerbert: encloses school bill for FitzHerbert's son - "I am sorry to part with him ... he is a charming boy, and would have been an excellent scholar before he was 16". 24 April - 1756

8244 - John Wilkes to same: provides an introduction for M. de Beaumont, "a gentleman of real merit and genius" ... "I suppose that I am to be outlaw'd next term. I will only say, for thee, fair freedom, wellcome all the past, for thee, fair freedom, wellcome e'en the last ... I am not sour'd by the persecutions I have suffer'd and the treachery I have met with, but I regret exceedingly the losing your society and that of a very few more ... You are [aware], my dear Mr. FitzHerbert, as to my dislike of your parliament friends. I honour you for so virtuous a connection, and the very name of Cavendish is dear to me, and to every true son of liberty. I love the head and every branch of that illustrious family .... I beg to be remembered affectionately to your son whom I began to love very much. My best compliments to our agreable friends of the Beef Stakes whom I think of oftner than Saturdays". 10 September. From Paris - 1764

8245 - Duke of Portland to same: requests the name of FitzHerbert's son whom he will recommend for the position of Gentleman Usher. 9 September - 1765

8246 - Copy of a letter from William FitzHerbert to an unnamed lord concerning the difficulties of his son's readmission to the army. 3 October - 1765

8247 - John Wilkes to same: returns thanks for FitzHerbert's friendship. From Paris, 17 November - 1765

8248 - Richard Burke to same: has delivered the letter to Mr. Wilkes who rejects the offer of an annuity raised by his friends to support him in exile, while returning thanks for the friendly concern with which the offer was made; reports the rest of Wilke's conversation. "I fear that I have given you the trouble of a very tedious letter to no purpose as undoubtedly you will have his sentiments from himself in a fuller and clearer manner; but it sometimes happens that a man under such circumstances talks a different language to different people ...". 8 December, from Paris - 1765

8249 - John Wilkes to same: "if I return, my actions against Halifax etc. must succeed, and immediately. I am warmly press'd to it, with magnigicent promises from a certain quarter; yet if I find the present ministry my friends, I will not embarass them. On the contrary, my disposition is pacific, if theirs is friendly. Mr. Walpole has often favour'd me with his company. He intends to propose the grant of £1000 per annum for 30 years on the Irish Establishment, in another name, for my use. I think this is the manner of doing me justice, and in that case I give up all claims against Halifax etc." From Paris, 30 December - 1765

8250 - John Wilkes to William FitzHerbert: financial matters. From Paris, 1 March - 1766

8251-8252 - John Wilkes to William FitzHerbert: "I paid the greatest deference to your judgment in not returning to may native country when I was so warmly pressed to it"; believes that Walpole's proposal was not too great "if you take in the variety of my sufferings"; feels he has the clearest right to a full pardon; requests payment of two bills. "I should have been glad to have shewn you that I am not indifferent in the most momentous concern of the age, the American business, but you leave your bird in a cage where, tho' he does not mope, he does not often prune his wings, and cannot take the flights he would. And surely I might add that such a bird is not for a cage. It is difficult to confine long the daring, strong pinion of the eagle". 10 March - 1766

8253 - John Wilkes to William FitzHerbert: "I am very happy to hear that the affair of General Warrants will come on in the House of Commons before the end of this session ... the opportunity of the House going into this important question seems the most natural for my friends in power to propose my pardon and return". From Paris, 23 April - 1766

8254 - John Wilkes to William FitzHerbert: asks FitzHerbert to assure Edmund Burke in particular of his sense of obligation to him; is now returning to Paris but will go to England "any moment you wish me ...". 31 May. From Calais - 1766

8255 - John Wilkes to William FitzHerbert: understood that he would be pardoned: finds that the delay interferes with his private affairs; has read the History of the late minority, and is sure `Almon' has put a good deal of it together; does not intend to be a passive victim; asks for this letter to be shown to Lord Rockingham, and for his thanks to go to Lord John Cavendish and Edmund Burke for their efforts on his behalf. Asks FitzHerbert to write to him under cover "A Monsieur D'Espilly, Libraire a la Croix d'Or, Rue St. Jacques, and your letter will pass unsuspected". From Paris, 6 July - 1766

8256 - William FitzHerbert to William FitzHerbert: has been very hurt to find that, instead of petitioning the king, he had to write to another - "and that other the man in the world who has most injur'd me"; hopes this letter will be read by other ministers, particularly the earl of Chatham and the Lord Chancellor. From Dover, 8 November - 1766

8257 - William FitzHerbert to William FitzHerbe: has been ill with his old complaint and troubled with financial difficulties; "I am printing here a small volume in which I have taken the liberty of naming you as my excellent friend. The first copy I shall send to you". From Paris, 30 March - 1767

8258 - John Wilkes to William FitzHerbert: 14 May. From Paris - 1767

8259 - W. Arnald to same: there has been no "Johnian" since FitzHerbert's departure; very few acquaintances are in the university at present, only Dalton, Hatton, and Scott. The Union is quite forsaken, "which was once the surest place for meeting company"; Hopes to call at Tissington en route for Shropshire; is sorry to hear that FitzHerbert's brother has lost a leg. From Cambridge, 3 June - 1767

8260 - John Wilkes to same: is nor surprised to learn of Grafton's displeasure; "the great expect you should bear all, and never utter a whisper of complaint"; asks for FitzHerbert's continued assistance in negotiations with Rockingham and others; still faces financial troubles; is much occupied with the first volume of his History. From Paris, 24 June - 1767

8261 - John Wilkes to same: hopes for better fortune with a change in Ministry. From Paris, 18 July - 1767

8262 - John Wilkes to same: has been amused by the political changes in England; "fickleness and inconstancy seem to have got beyond the Pas de Calais and to be arriv'd at London"; has been approached to stand as a candidate for the city of London in the forthcoming general election; is employed chiefly with his History. From Paris, 16 October - 1767

8263 - John Wilkes to same: was sorry to have missed FitzHerbert this morning; has borrowed Dodsley's "The geography and history of England". 6 December - 1767

8264 - John Wilke to same: cannot dine as suggested but hopes to meet FitzHerbert soon. Dated 25 February - 1768

8265 - Copy of a letter from William FitzHerbert to an unnamed lord: writes in the hope that his son may be appointed to a position in the king's household above that of Gentleman Usher. "His father had the very great misfortune of being discharged, by which in all probability, he lost the profitable and honourable place of Black Rod, and would esteem it the greatest happiness by his conduct to find the offence forgiven". 7 September - 1768

8266 - T. Hale to William FitzHerbert in Paris: will be grateful if FitzHerbert can assist Hale's servant to a new position; he will be better off in Paris than in England - 1770

8267 - T. Hale to William FitzHerbert in Paris: "... be assured, sir, that I shall never forget the humanity with which you interest yourself in behalf of a stranger". January - 1770

8268 - Copy of a letter from William FitzHerbert to Lord North: requests assistance in obtaining a royal pension of £500 a year; is forced to this request by attempts at Derby to misrepresent him, by his debts, and by his entailed estate. 27 October - 1770

8269 - L. MacLean to William FitzHerbert: arrived in London a day after FitzHerbert's departure for the West Indies; provides a medicinal recipe for combating Yellow Fever, "and other putrid diseases of the tropical climate", which he has found to be helpful. - 1770

8270 - Copy of a letter from William FitzHerbert to an anonymous gentleman: cannot divulge the contents of Mr. Wilke's letters, and cannot find the letter in which Wilkes mentions visiting Turkey. [7 February] - 1771

8271 - Same to anon, recommending an unnamed person as a doctor to work in Grenada. 17 August - 1771

8272 - Duke of Portland to William FitzHerbert: thanks him for his kind gift; the duchess has given birth to another son; is glad to hear that the climate of Barbados is so agreable. 31 August - 1771

8273 - J. Gisborne to same: is glad to hear of his safe return to England; laments the death of FitzHerbert's father - "the only account there was betwixt us when he died was a bond for (I think) £456 ...". 27 July - 1772

8274 - William Congreve to same. From Shrewsbury, 10 August - 1772

8275 - Draft of a letter from William FitzHerbert to Lord North, offering himself as a candidate for the vacant governorship of Barbados. 20 October - 1772

8276 - Thomas Mills to William FitzHerbert: will do what he can to further FitzHerbert's candidature for the governorship of Barbados. 21 October - 1772

8277 - Mr. Callaghan, attorney, to same: requests payment of the debt of £360 which FitzHerbert's father owed to Mr. Wildman. 6 March - 1773

8278 - Thomas Hall to same: writes on behalf of the dowager, countess of Huntingdon requesting payment of a legacy under the will of Mary FitzHerbert, mother of William. 12 April - 1774

8279 - Catherine Bateman to her nephew William FitzHerbert: applies to him for the £100 due to her on his father's note to defray the expenses of her illness; asks for introductions to Oxford acquaintances for Hugh and Dick [Bateman]; is not yet certain to which college they will go - "I am most inclined to University College being told there is the best society of commoners". 5 May - 1774

8280 - Thomas Hall to William FitzHerbert: as he has received no reply to his earlier letter (D239 M/F 8278); he repeats the claim of the dowager countess of Huntingdon. 9 May - 1774

8281 - John Futter to same, promising to pay £55 interest on the note given him by FitzHerbert's father. 9 May - 1774

8282 - Edward Benson to same: will call on him tomorrow before nine "and if you give tea and bread and butter will take some with you ...". 6 July - 1776

8283 - Edward Benson to same: 9 July - 1776

8284 - John Jones, curate of Dollgellau, to same: "by your kind interposition a respite arrived here for John Manley ... I attended him since his condemnation ... he behaved himself with very great penitence"; hopes FitzHerbert may be a means of saving Manley's life. 21 September - 1776

8285 - Note from Mr. Leekmere to same - 1777

8286 - Copy of a letter from Lord Dartmouth to Governor Hay of Barbados: writes in favour of William FitzHerbert's candidature for the position of lieutenant governor. 15 February - 1777

8287 - Thomas Lea to William FitzHerbert: has found for FitzHerbert in his dispute with Lord Townshend 9 October - 1778

8288 - William Pearce to same: returns thanks for his support for Pearce's canvass for the university oratorship. From Cambridge, 14 November - 1778

8289 - J. Stuart to same: regrets that FitzHerbert cannot help him; "should the Nabob's business be carried into a court of law ... I perhaps shall have it in my power to offer you a brief or two in a professional way". 7 December - 1778

8290 - Lord George Cavendish to same: while he is happy to help FitzHerbert, it has always been the practice of the family not to interfere in the direction of corporation affairs at Derby. 23 May. Endorsed: "on recordership of Derby". - 1779

8291 - Jeremy Bentham to same: comments on the expenses of [Alleyne FitzHerbert] at Brussels; and his probable posting to Warsaw. 17 June - 1779

8292 - Francis Beresford to same - 1780

8293 - J. Stuart to William FitzHerbert: will try to uncover the author of a libellous attack on FitzHerbert. From Gray's Inn, 2 March - 1780

8294-8295 - Mrs. Wiltshire to same: 3-6 March - 1780

8296 - Mary Ann Vage to same: seeking assistance in her dire financial situation. September - 1780

8297 - Mrs. Wiltshire to same: 20 November - 1780

8298 - J. Balguy to same: "I want words to express my concern and horror in the newspaper accounts of this public calamity". Endorsed: "reference to awful hurricane in Barbados". 4 January - 1781

8299 - Richard Bateman to same: expresses concern at the effects of the hurricane; offers financial assistance. From Derby, 9 January - 1781

8300 - Draft of a letter from William FitzHerbert to the duke of Devonshire, expressing regret on the death of the duke's brother; proposes standing as an M.P. for the county. 8 October - 1781

8301 - John Forbes to William FitzHerbert: does not believe that FitzGerald will be "capitably convicted", but his health is a cause of alarm. From Dublin - 22 Dec 1781

8302 - John Hope to same: 16 February - 1782

8303 - John Forbes to same: his delay in writing has been occasioned by ill health; thanks FitzHerbert for his representations to the duke of Portland in securing for Forbes the position of solicitor general. "I thought it my duty not to indulge my passion for keeping in the background of the political scene as far as relates to responsible offices; I thought myself bound to stake any little publick character and credit I might have obtained in support of an administration in England founded on real constitutional and Whigg principles against peevish opposition in this country, and against a corrupt and desperate faction in England ... a just and equitable distribution of liberty to every part of the British empire is the only solid basis on which a Whig administration can establish itself securely ...". From Dublin - 19 Jun 1782

8304 - Edmund Sansay to same: recommends two women as wetnurses for FitzHerbert's children [twins, Frances and Charlotte] July - 1782

8305 - John Forbes to William FitzHerbert: wants to know the effect of Lord Rockingham's death on English politics. From Dublin - 5 Jul 1782

8306 - Frederick Palman to same: will endeavour to further FitzHerbert's interests at the court. 3 November - 1782

8307 - R. Beresford to same: From Ashbourne, 18 November - 1782

8308 - Mr. Meynell to same: From Quarndon, 22 November - 1782

8309 - John Forbes to same: April - 1783

8310 - Jeremy Bentham to same, enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr. Frazier to Bentham's father. August - 1783

8311 - Jeremy Bentham to same: "I can never sufficiently thank you for your indefatiguable friendship"; will arrange an interview for FitzHerbert's brother with Bentham's father. 18 August - 1783

8312 - Charles Brandford to same: 9 October - 1783

8313 - Charles Brandford to same: 12 October - 1783

8314 - William Lovett to same: 3 December - 1783

8315 - Charles Brandford to same: has kept in touch with political developments at Westminster; is afraid that many politicians are pursuing their own selfish ends without regard to the public good; has heard that Lord North is no longer received so graciously by the king; reports at length the machinations behind his appointment as attorney general of Barbados. From Bristol, 17 December - 1783

8316 - J. Stuart to same: congratulates FitzHerbert on his baronetcy; lists some medicines - "the best means of preserving health in a hot climate are to keep the bowels always soluble, occasionally to fortify the stomack with bark, or camomile tea, immediately to remove any accidental obstruction in the perspiration, and to live generously but avoid any excess in eating"; drinking salt water now and then during the passage "has been deemed a good preparation for the West India climate". 28 December - 1783

8317 - Mr. Seahouses to same: 21 December - 1783

8318 - Charles Graves, curate of Tissington to same: 6 February - 1784

8319 - Benjamin Bostock jun. to Sir William FitzHerbert. 27 July - 1784

8320 - Robert Bowcher to same: comments on a dissertation on the establishment of the independence of America and the cessation of hostilities to be presented to bishop Thurlow. September 1784 - 1784

8321 - J. Brathwaite to same: hopes that Sir William has returned from Barbados in good health; wants to meet him in London. Dated 26 September - 1784

8322 - Charles Sturt to same: will write to Captain Marshall requesting him to take Sir William's son on his books; is conscious of the honour Sir William does him in taking on the future care of his son. 16 October - 1784

8323 - Benjamin Bostock to same: a begging letter, endorsed "lent him £50". November - 1784

8324 - Charles Sturt to same: Sir William's son has been entered on board H.M.S. Pegasus under Captain Samuel Marshall; suggests he remains on the books about 6 months and is then rated a midshipman for 2 years. From Brownsea Castle, 10 November - 1784

8325 - Captain William Grave from Bristol to same: 17 November - 1784

8326 - Lieutenant Alexander Duncan to Thomas Lashley: imagines that George FitzHerbert, "for whom you seem anxious to be put upon the `Edgars' books as captain's servant"; has never been at sea; has got him on the books to the boatswain; now that there is peace, it is much more difficult to get rated midshipman. 7 December - 1784

8327 - Charles Sturt to Sir William FitzHerbert: the weather has interrupted the post; "we are pent up, the snow being some feet thick close to the house"; asks what is happening in town - "news is really quite dead". 19 December - 1784

8328 - Note from Mrs. d'Armandas to same: 22 December - 1784

8329 - Charles Middleton to William Philp Perrin forwarded to Sir William FitzHerbert. 4 January - 1785

8330 - J. [Pickering] to Sir William FitzHerbert: "you complain that I send you neither news nor observations and that I appear as `isole' as at Tissington - I really am so - I could however give better reasons for giving you neither one nor the other. The news which I hear is confined to politics and plays; with the first I know you are disgusted; with the second you would not be entertained"; hopes Sir William will read more poetry which will relax his nerves; comments on a favourable review of Sir William's `Maxims'. - 1785

8331 - Dr. Munro to Sir William FitzHerbert. 1 February - 1785

8332 - William Edwards to same. From Derby, 2 February - 1785

8333 - Captain Boston to Thomas Lashley: George FitzHerbert has been taken on the books of H.M.S. Latona as servant. 21 June - 1785

8334 - Thomas Lashley to Sir William FitzHerbert: encloses D239 M/F 8333; comments on George's future. 24 June - 1785

8335 - Samuel Betty to same: Sir William's salary will soon be paid. 10 February - 1786

8336 - Robert Dale to same: 5 March - 1786

8337 - Robert Dale to same: declines Sir William's kind offer of a javelin man. 18 March - 1786

8338 - Mr. Armstrong to same: instructions on erecting a marquee. 12 June - 1786

8339 - Joseph Outram to same. From Hopton, 30 September - 1786

8340 - J. Pickering to same: has no objections to Mr. Outram serving the cure of Tissington in his absence. 31 October - 1787

8341 - Draft of a letter from Sir William FitzHerbert to Joseph Outram: wishes to have Outram's son as curate of Tissington and as teacher to his children, the salary is £40 a year; also draft of an accompanying letter from Mrs. Gell to Edmund Outram. 3-7 November - 1787

8342 - H. Lyte to Sir William FitzHerbert: returns thanks for congratulations on his marriage; sets out tomorrow for Sidmouth, where he has taken a house for the summer; sends greetings to his god-son: "I am glad to hear [he] turns out what I thought he would, a healthy and beautiful boy". 12 June - 1788

8343 - R. B. Nickolls to same: apologises for a passage in a publication which has caused offence. 20 July - 1788

8344 - P. Parkyns to same: Sir William's son has made a satisfactory start at school. 22 April. From Rugeley (co. Stafford) - 1789

8345 - Richard Jackson to same: cannot entertain any thought of selling the Fenny Bentley estate. From Edmonton (co. Middx.), 2 May - 1789

8346 - P. Parkyns to same: is sorry that events at the school have necessitated sending his son home before the end of term. From Rugeley, 24 May - 1789

8347 - George L. Palman to Sir William FitzHerbert: congratulates Sir William on his appointment; has taken steps to secure the necessary commission. 19 June - 1789

8348 - Henrietta Becker to her sister - Jun 1789

8349 - M. Jackson to Sir William FitzHerbert: stating the terms of Southwell school. 17 June - 1789

8350 - Major Rooke to same: writes in favour of Southwell school and Mr. Jackson. From Mansfield Woodhouse, 23 June - 1789

8351 - Note from Mr. and Mrs. Okeover to same: November - 1789

8352 - Lady Sarah FitzHerbert to Duncan Davidson. 17 December - 1790

8353 - John Hamilton to Sir William FitzHerbert: has arrived safely in Virginia as H.M. Consul and will happily correspond with Sir William. From Norfolk, Virginia. - 13 Mar 1791

8354 - Lady Sarah FitzHerbert to Duncan Davidson: reports the death of Sir William from a liver complaint, which explains "the immoderate distortion of his body"; she is guardian of the children; and has been left and immediate legacy of £200. 4 August - 1791

8355 - Mrs. Edgar to Lady Sarah FitzHerbert. 11 June - 1793

2 - Undated eighteenth-century correspondence

3 - Letter books

4 - Nineteenth-century correspondence

5 - Correspondence of William, later Sir William FitzHerbert

6 - Richard, later Sir Richard FitzHerbert

7 - Other

E - Solicitor/Lawyer correspondence and bills

F - Diaries and commonplace books

G - Legal Manuscripts

H - Trusteeship and Executorship

I - Miscellaneous Family Papers

J - Alleyne FitzHerbert, first Lord St Helens - 1753-1839

K - Perrin Family

L - Gally Knight Family

M - Manorial records - 1606-1911

O - Public office - 1626-1942

T - Title deeds

UL - FitzHerbert family of Tissington: unlisted records

Z - Miscellaneous

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