Estate correspondence of John Beresford, including many draft or copy letters from...

Estate correspondence of John Beresford, including many draft or copy letters from Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. The greater part of the correspondence dates from 1820 and includes:

- Correspondence related to the projected purchase of the Woodeaves farm from Mr Cooper, 1820 (D239 M/E 4203-09)

- Correspondence with Samuel Harding, surveyor and land agent, concerning a reduction of rents on the Tissington estate, 1821-22 (D239 M/E 4214-30)

- Correspondence relating to the purchase of land in Fenny Bentley from the Ensor family, 1825-26 (4238-51)

- Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert commenting on Tissington rent day, the low price of cheese, and the consequent unfavourable trading at the Ashbourne and Derby cheese fairs (1 April 1826: D239 M/E 4252)

- Correspondence relating to the purchase of a tenement in Tissington from Mr Carrington, 1827 (D239 M/E 4259-61)

- Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, reporting that Ellen Smith wishes to retire as schoolmistress of Tissington; William Hand's wife has proposed her lame daughter as a suitable successor, 20 February 1827 (D239 M/E 4262-63)

- Beresford to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, reporting on the Tissington rent day; "your principal tenants have unfortunately been reduced to the necessity of buying hay, which, the price being from £11-£12 a ton, is most ruinous to them" 31 March 1827 (D239 M/E 4266)

- Correspondence concerning the responsibilities of tenants to maintain their property and to consume hay and straw on the premises, 1828 (D239 M/E 4274-80)

- Correspondence relating to paying off the mortgage on the Bentley estate 1828 (D239 M/E 4284-88)

D239 M/E 4246 not found 26/8/87