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Various letters relating to John Grimston

Catalogue reference: DDGR/42/6

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DDGR/42/6

Title

Various letters relating to John Grimston

Date

Jan-Dec 1756

Description

Includes letters from: W Hardwick, London and Plymouth (2 pieces); Henry Edwardman; Stephen Thompson, London (4 pieces); Henry Hewgill, Smeaton (8 pieces); J Ryder, HMS 'Princess Royal' (5 pieces); Nathaniel Maister, Hull (5 pieces); Robert Grimston; Henry Maister; William Perfect, Pontefract; Thompson and Seward, London (2 pieces); John Robinson, Buckton; John Lewes. Gibraltar; P Harcourt, Inner Temple; Sir Digby Legard, Ganton (2 pieces). Concerning: financial affairs (including Admiral Medley decd and Walter Hardwick; list of Genoese vessels and effects taken in the Mediterranean); request for loan to James Ryder; estate (Birkby and Smeaton; obtaining Commission of Severs for that area); Hull Corporation to give bounties to sailors, and to soldiers enlisting in Colonel Napier's regiment; raising sailors for navy('Here (Hull) the press gangs let nothing escape that that smells the least of Tarr'); death of John Grimsto's youngest son; manorial rights (mentions Lady Banbury's estate). Gardener; case relating to poaching in manor of (Hunmanby ?); birth of daughter to John and Jane Grimston; death of Mrs Payler; marriage of Dolly Cartwright to Mr Willoughby of Birdsall.

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East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service
Language

English

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GRIMSTON FAMILY OF GRIMSTON GARTH AND KILNWICK

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John Grimston (1725-1780)

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Various letters relating to John Grimston