Letters from his mother

Including:

The Marshalls have taken Lady Fleming's Manor at Skirwith, and she has appointed a gamekeeper on their recommendation, thus remedying some of her past neglect of her affairs, 12 Jan. 1828; Sir C Musgrave's serious illness - not recovered from the loss of his brother Sir Philip, do.; second visit from your friend Mr Sewell, do.; Mrs Parkin "forgets herself" and her country origins, as some do "when fortunate in life", do.; the Lutwidges (Ambleside) going to Brussels for two years, do.; my game now comes from the Marshalls' gamekeeper, do.; Mr Wallace is now Lord Wallace of Knarsdale - a Country Gentleman will soon be a rarity, do.; char now scarce, do.; this letter comes via Mr Sewell, who has called here, 19 Feb. 1828; Mr Bateman is an excellent tenant - keeping HJ neat, sociable, civil, a gig, and a close carriage being built for them at Newcastle, do.; Carleton's sale has run into snags of title of "Lord Wallace", do.; Miss Knott's recovery, do.; the Lutwidges go to Brussels to complete their daughters' education - "they ask the moderate rent of £200 a year, for their Cottage"!, do.; Miss Haughton (Hasell cousin)'s marriage, do.; Miss Knott's servants' faults, 20 March 1828; the Wilsons leave Abbot Hall for good this summer, now Rigmaden is finished, do.; Abbot Hall's tenure may impede its selling well, do.; Lady Vane is at Hutton (EH's comments), do.; Miss "Heless" [Heelis] marries a Mr Hall - West Indies fortune, now of Liverpool - next month, do.; William Jackson talked of as Dr Satterthwaite's successor at Lowther - he's a good preacher, do., Mr Parker of Warwick Hall, now Sheriff, is ill - if he die, his brother will succeed him, who bought and lives at Skirwith Abbey, do.; the Broughams distressed by the lose of their old Coachman, James, who fell from his horse at "Stenton", 21 April 1828; Mr Knott - his "Mineing concerns" upset by over-optimism and now by his accident do.; changes in local livings - William Jackson to Lowther (while keeping his Whitehaven and Acton livings), Henry Lowther leaves Bowness (Cumberland), - when will Lord Lonsdale rescue Andrew from Moresby for the "something better" he promises?, do.; Eden Hall let, the [live-] stock sold off, Lady Musgrave thinks it remote, do.; Mr W Marshall building a house, do.; less demand for houses now, do.; Miss Heelis's marriage (details), do.; Mr Sewell only sailed for India on the 16th inst., do.; the Broughams ill, especially Mrs Brougham, 22 May 1828; William Marshall is to marry "a Miss Hibard, a South Country Lady" well known to the Broughams - "the Pallace is prepairing" [i.e. Patterdale Hall, now WM's], do.; the Sunderlands (says Miss Askew) are going to Cork to see their youngest son George started as a midshipman on the R.N. flagship there, under Admiral Beresford - their route, including Killarney, do.; the Grahams (ex HJ, tenants), now at Allonby, having let their house at Carlisle, do.; Sackville Rippon - their house being extended at "Martin", do.; the Crackenthorpes mostly at Allonby; celebrating a son for Dalemain (a gathering at Dacre Castle) - candid details, do.; death of George Stanley, Comptroller at Port Maria, Jamaica - his widow gone to her sister's at Bath, do.; Lowther Parsonage being "improved", do.; all well at HJ, 23 June 1828; W Marshall was married the 17th inst., due now at the Pallace, for the summer, do.; the Musgraves are "at Eden" [Hall] - prospect of his Army brother's marrying a daughter of the late Sir James Graham, do.; the Howards generally come to Greystoke in late July - much liked, locally - the Castle fitted up plainly and sensibly, do.; Mr de Whelpdale's "new lease" [of life], though deafer, do.; Tom Stanley gone from I.O.M. to West Indies, do.; the Lutwidges' house unlet, they're still here, do.; Sir Richard F has named his new son Michael, to the pleasure of all, do.; Mr Morley presented to a Yorkshire living by the Bishop of Durham, do.; Cousin Andrew presented to Bowness (Cumberland), worth £400 p.a., by Lord Lonsdale, though Mr Preston has not yet left it, 22 July 1828; death of Miss Knott at Ambleside on 7th inst., do.; William Fleming's surprise marriage to a Miss Boscawen, great-niece to the Admiral, at Cheltenham last Thursday - married by Fletcher, do.; the Parkins - one son a clergyman, well-liked, but as for "the two on the fell", they are but fit for "the common Farmers", do.; Lord Frederick Bentinck buried at Lowther, 6 a.m., do.; "Mr Crackinthorpe, now that London is thinning for a time, is trying to exist at his native place with his Mother and Sisters..", do.; the Hughes at Ilfracombe, their sons in India, do.; at Eden Hall, was surprised to hear that you'd been made a judge, do.; Miss Knott's will - news from "Barbary" Fleming, do.; Croft Lodge sold to a Liverpool man for £6500, he no acquisition, do.; thunderstorms all this month, 15 Aug. 1828; Sackville a good shot, do.; death of Mr Stevenson, "poor Mildred's" doctor, aged over 70 - Mr Headlam of Newcastle, kin to Mr Morley by marriage, shall succeed him as her physician, do.; Fletcher's health not helped at Cheltenham, do.; Richard Watson has the gout, at Calgarth, do.; Jane Marshall's wedding to a Capt Temple, second son of a baronet, at Greystoke, do.; have declined Lady Lonsdale's invitation to dine at Lowther at 6 p.m., "not wishing to be returning home at 3 or 4 o'clock in the Morning", do.; Lady Musgrave's coolness to the Hasells - just as well, do.; Mr Hasell's longwinded speeches, do.; Lord Thanet a man of "retired habbits", do.; on Lord de Tabley, a minor, and Mr Parker, his guardian, 23 Sept. 1828; the Vanes at Tunbridge Wells, for Mrs Vane's health, do.; Miss Yates's sale much enjoyed as an unrivalled "turn-out of curiosities"- she to travel awhile, has given up Hutton Hall, [Penrith] - Mr Levy has applied for it, do.; Lady de Tabley gone to I.O.M. with Mr Lester, nephew to Lord de Tabley, and since married him, do.; Carleton is sold, Lord Wallace is at Featherstone, his Castle, [Northumberland] - few will miss him here, do.; Fletcher to try Cheltenham waters again, do.; Mrs Watson needs a new tenant for the Inn at Ambleside - this may be difficult, do.; Tom now back from the West Indies - costs his brother at least £300-£400 a year, 22 Oct. 1828; Sir Joseph Senhouse's loss of his third daughter, do.; Hindson is married to a niece of Mr Cooper (now* of Carleton), who gives her £5000 - the pair to live at "Cockle Hall", do.; on dorse, letter from Mr Brougham, your mother being here at present; Lord de Tabley at Mr Parker's cottage in Wales this winter, 22 Nov. 1828; Mrs Fleming's death (apoplexy) at Rayrigg - details, do.; the Hugheses at Bath, do.; smallpox epidemic here, particularly at Appleby, do.; John Marshall's marriage to Miss Dykes on 18th, by the Rev Mr Dykes who does Duty [= takes the services] at Ponsonby - they to live at Hallsteads, do.; news of the Vanes, 29 Dec. 1828; effects of Mr Curwen's death on local politics, do.; I call at Eden Hall, do.; the call not returned - "very singular", do.; Mr Parkin in a decline.

*[Cowper]