| Description | An anonymous letter threatening the 3rd earl; ''I heard one man say he will put a ball through you before Long. They are going to have a meeting And they say that they will Level you and your Castle with the Earth If you Do not alter The work your are about Every week ... So mend your ways and Live unto the Lord above For your time is short without you mend your ways.'; with covering letter from sir Frederick Adair Roe, chief magistrate Bow Street who sent down an officer, called Ledbitter, to investigate; despite his success Roe advises no further action, 1835.
Papers concerning the level of unrest among the labouring poor in the Salisbury area, including the expenses of two officers investigating local beerhouses with a copy of their report, 1836. This may have been promoted by the earl as a result of the anonymous letter he had received. |