Search Results: Miscellaneous Misc from Sophie Dupre

of £40 from James Margitson via John Warner, 6th December 1707, to "Mr Warner &c I desire you'l transfer One hundred & sixty pounds Lottery ann[uit]y to... Wayd. Lee", 4th March 1719, to Thomas Snow "pay to Mrs Dorothy Brand the Dividens due at Xtmas, and midsummer last", 12th August 1724, neatly written on three oblong slips, no place, 1707 -

saying "You will have seen the Circular from our committee... in the mean time the safest course for Bondholders is to withold their signatures to Documents forwarded to them" (1st May 1868, headed 'Italian Irrigation'), "I have sent the Circular (28 Ult.) of the New Defence Association. I cannot see any object to be obtained in joining it, except that of making yourself liable for an indefinite amount... Our Committee (110 Cannon Street) is in constant communication (through the General Credit Association) with Paris & Florence... The agreement with the General Agency Compy. is that 1% to be paid out of the first coupon is to cover expenses. Mr Creswell... or Mr Rigg... will give every information in their power", and expecting "a satisfactory conclusion", in all 6 sides 8vo., 77 Mark Lane, Tower Hill, 1st May - 3rd June

(1821-1879, son of John Ellis, Chairman of the Midland Railway), saying that "the Salcey Forest Oak... is in existence unless recently destroyed", the oak "is not growing on this estate but is about nine miles from Ashby", at Ashby they have "the Cowpers Oak under the shade of which the famous poet... composed very much of his Poems... strictly preserved... by the Marquis... also Two oaks... called Gog and Magog... Noticed in Loudon's Gardens Magazine there is several... on Sherwood Forest worthy your attention, the Parliament Oak, under which King John consulted his friends as to his legal right to the Crown... very old and banded together by ion rods... in the Berklands... the Major Oak, Robin Hoods Oak called Robin Hoods Shambles... the Green Dale Oak... in Welbeck Park will admitt a Carriage and pair through the trunk", another "but not an old one, planted on the Lawn at Newsted Abby by the poet Byron himself... now getting a large tree, the Shire Oak on… Read More

saying that at the "college meeting today... the college accepted gladly" his kind offer, "we have no portrait of Sir John Cooke", 1666-1710, the civil lawyer, "it will be a great addition to our gallery... We are deeply sensible of your kindness" (17th October 1924), unfortunately "it has not come, and I have heard nothing from the present holder, whose name and address I do not know... there is no kind of hurry", and thanking him for the pedigree and other information (7th November 1924), "the portrait... has safely arrived this morning", it will be given "a place of honour" and offering the donor, when in Oxford, "any hospitality which it may be convenient to you to accept", 19th November James was head of Rossall, 1875-1886, and of Rugby, 1895-1909. Sir John went up to Oxford in 1684, was a lieutenant of foot at the Boyne, and then an advocate at Doctor's Commons, 1694. He was made Dean of Arches, 1703, and Vicar-General… Read More

to make a Tenant to the Praecipe for suffering a Recovery of Premises in the County of Dorset, whereby Abbott 'sells' for 10 shillings a long list of properties in and near Shaftesbury to his solicitor Charles Fry of Lincoln's Inn, "in order to bar dock and destroy all Estates tail and all remainders and recoveries thereupon expectant or depending... that the same [properties] may be limited and assured To such uses... as are hereinafter mentioned", the chief properties are "Wilkins Hays... 12 acres... in the Parish of St. James near Shaston within the Liberty of... Alcister [now Alcester]... Horse Close... 10 Acres... Broad Close... 20 acres... And all the estate right title interest use... whatsoever both at Law and Equity... to the intent that the said Charles Fry may... become a good and perfect Tenant of the immediate Freehold", whereupon another partner in the firm, Henry Vines, is to sue Charles Fry and obtain the properties by a Common Recovery for Charles… Read More

for the performance of the covenants in an Indenture of the same date [not present], saying that he "the son and heir of Richard Richardson late of Newell... gentleman, deceased, am... firmly bound to William Richardson senior of High Ferneley in Wike in the said County, gentleman, in the sum of £1,960 of good and lawful money of England", then in English "The Condicion of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Wiiliam Richardson... his heires executors & administrators & every one of them shall... well & truly... performe... all & singular the Covenants... specified in one paire of Indentures of release beareing date with the obligacion above written" between the same parties "then the abovewritten obligacion to bee voyd & of none effect or else the same to be & remaine in full force", witnessed by John and William Rookes and John Sugden, two sixpenny stamps, attractive seal of a heart pierced by two arrows, vellum, 1 side… Read More

to David Vaughan of Romford, yeoman, Henry Crampe and Robert Harleston of Navestock, and William Michell and John Mapulle of Stapleford Abbots, of a cottage in Stapleford Abbotts called 'Spedes', fine initial 'S' extended by flourishes at each end, vellum, 7½" x 11", Stapleford Abbotts, 27th May lacks seals The bounds are the common woodland called Martinisherne (east), land of William Broke of Stapleford (west), a cottage of Broke's (north), and a lane called Bannesleghlane and a gate called Braggeshacche (south). The grantors (together with William Janyne of Navestock, deceased) received the property from Richard Janyne of Navestock and John Gery of Stapleford on 1st February 1499. Witnessed by Stephen Nasshe and Robert Sabarne of Stapleford, John Myre and Nicholas Turvey of Navestock, John Dytton and William Makyn. Dated on verso (incorrectly) 1508.

for £1 18s 4d from Edward Dugdale "for Probate of Mary Dugdale's Will", no place, 20th November

(1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, 1789-1862, Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying "In re... Anchor Wyke... we found it the opposite side of the Thames to Runnymede - A glorious old tree it is!... the woman at the lodge found the gardeners wife" who "found the gardener's son" to take him, he encloses "a sprig... what the little berry looking things are I don't know but there were no ripe berries upon it... plucked within 5 hours of this present writing... the house is nothing - from its appearance there might have been half a dozen such since the old yew was planted", he mentions the recent owners, "As respects Henry VIII whatever the place might have been in his time it is now a very snug one for saying soft things to soft women in - the boy told me the yew is 1100 years old", 4 sides 8vo., Boveney Court, Windsor, 10th October

saying that "Mr Rabson tells me that some of the best Customers that have dealt with him since he has been in Trade, will immediately go to some other Shop if the Goods which they have ordered are not sent home directly", he engages that "if you'll supply him with Hatts... to the amount of one Hundred Pounds on the usual Credit... I will pay you that Money... and will give you any further undertaking", followed by their draft reply, "As I consider you & Mr H stand pledged to us for the payment of Rabson & Lomacks Debts and you the only Cause I am Kept out of it I am determined not to furnish any more Goods to them. Tis in your power... to assent to the Sale of the Estates - to put Rabsons Credit on a better footing and... prevent them the Disgrace & us the Trouble... There can be no difficulty in your obtaining them Goods from other Houses but... it would be the Height of Folly for us... until we find in you an Active Inclination to do us Compleat… Read More

thanking him for "the extract you have sent me from the Leicester Journal. It appears to have been a very interesting discovery. Some glass vessels of the same sort were found at Gloucester a few years ago in digging the foundations of the New Alms Houses in the London road, what became of them I don't know. Alas our Gloucester people have little interest for these things. We are little aware how much glass we used by the Romans..." and then mentioning the glass in local Roman villas, "At Chedworth villa the window glass was prettily cut or engraved with ears of corn or barley", and here he has put a little illustration of the design, 2 sides 8vo., Hampsted Court, 14th March

saying she is compiling "the Memoirs of my husband", and would be grateful to see "any letters you may have had from Him - as I find from letters in my possession that you had some correspondence with Him", 3 sides 8vo. black-edged, Macharioch, Campbelltown, Argyllshire, 23rd March The Duchess was formerly extra Woman of the Bedchamber and Private Secretary to Queen Victoria. By her marriage in 1895 she became Princess Louise's step-mother.

(1821-1879, son of John Ellis, Chairman of the Midland Railway), saying he has "gathered all the produce of Sir Philip Sidney's Oak; of which only amounts to about fifty acorns, the tree being so old it does not bear much seed", asking him "how I am to send them and what to pack them in", 1 side 8vo., Penshurst Castle, 18th October n.y., c. Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-1586, soldier, statesman and poet.

saying as he has "some lantern views of Cluny Abbey church, would it be feasible to have the lantern? It helps the affair of 'talk' ", 1 side 8vo., College of Arms, London E.C., 2nd January

second son of John Ellis (Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying he has obtained "some of the Acorns from the Famous Shelton Oak... they were gathered in my Presence and I can assure you they are highly prized", he will forward them "on receipt of yours as proposed", woodblock arms of the Shropshire Constabulary, 1 side 4to., County Constabulary Office, Shrewsbury, 28th October

thanking him for "your most welcome gift, which I was heartily glad to receive last night. It is a great cheer to be thus helped by others in all the work which I have in hand & I shall spend the money with great pleasure...", 1 side 8vo., 190 Marylebone Road, 16th February Hill was a moving force behind the development of social housing, and her early friendship with John Ruskin enabled her to put her theories into practice with the aid of his initial investment. She believed in self-reliance, and made it a key part of her housing system that she and her assistants knew their tenants personally and encouraged them to better themselves. She was opposed to municipal provision of housing, believing it to be bureaucratic and impersonal.

thanking him "for the telegram you were so good as to get me. We have had a letter from Cecil, posted at St Helena - All... quite well..." and asking him to dine, 2 sides 8vo.,

thanking her for an invitation and saying that she is "so very sorry that I am engaged for that night. It would have been a great pleasure to me to see the lantern exhibition, as it is a question I am much interested in & I hear Mr Clarke is a great authority. I scarcely like to invite such severe criticism as yours would necessarily be but if you had time to look in at my - I fear very inferior - lantern show at S. Kensington, I should be greatly pleased. My slides are made by a semi-professional who devotes immense care to his work...", 3 sides 8vo., 45d Colville Gardens, 29th December Jane Harrison lectured on Classical Archaeology at Newnham, Cambridge, and wrote important works on Greek religion and ancient art and ritual. She has also been credited with being the first woman to obtain a post in England as a 'career academic'. Harrison argued for women's suffrage but thought she would never want to vote herself. Ellen Wordsworth Crofts, later second wife of Sir Francis… Read More

(1811-1889, wife of the 1st Baron), telling her that "These days tire me so I have not been able to try & find you visible as I much wished - my foot too is by no means lively after the '7 chiese' [churches] - of yesterday: I heard from Lady Ely yesterday in London... she says Ignatieff's visit made a great sensation... & people fear war [between Russia and Turkey] must come eventually towards spring ?? - !!!!! (next spring I hope??)" and that "poor Lady Caroline Lascelles has lost her son... found dead in his bed from apoplexy. - [the new] Lady Walsingham was to have been married at Broadlands... but it seems the clergyman there wld. not marry a divorced woman as many Protestant clergymen refuse to do (& the law cannot force them...) so she was married at Trinity Church - Chelsea", she sends "a little book... by Mrs. Aug. Craven (Pauline de la Ferronaye) the life of an aunt of my son in law's (his mother is 'née' Minutolo) this poor… Read More

(1856-1938, Hon. Secretary to the Eton War Memorial Fund), saying he will be "very pleased to see you... Tomorrow... the Office being closed to the public I shall be free from interruption", 1 side 8vo., Rolls House, Chancery Lane, W.C., 27th June trace of transparent strip at blank top of recto Maxwell Lyte wrote a history of Eton, 1877, and Chance a history of Chance Brothers, the glassmakers, including his father Sir James' work on lighthouses, 1919.