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Various letters relating to John Grimston
Catalogue reference: DDGR/42/6
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DDGR/42/6
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Title (The name of the record)
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Various letters relating to John Grimston
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Date (When the record was created)
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Jan-Dec 1756
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Description (What the record is about)
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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1 Item
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f16aa135-d591-4845-b497-67a03943fa93/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service
Within the fonds: DDGR
GRIMSTON FAMILY OF GRIMSTON GARTH AND KILNWICK
Within the sub-fonds: DDGR/42/1-42/33
John Grimston (1725-1780)
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Various letters relating to John Grimston