| Description | 1. 10 Oct 1738 Letter from Barbara Davenport to Walter Stubbs regarding the financial affairs of her stepson Sharington Davenport.
2. 28 Feb 1737 Letter from Mary Lucy Davenport to Walter Stubbs regarding a mortgage of £3000.
3. 24 Dec 1738 Letter from Barbara Davenport via a family scribe (Anne Ivory) to Walter Stubbs regarding financial and family matters.
4. 2 May 1739 Letter from Barbara Davenport dated to unknown regarding a mortgage of £1600, a sum of £2000 and other business matters.
5. 2 Apr 1739 Letter from Mary Lucy Davenport or Barbara Davenport to James Colebrook regarding selling stocks and other financial matters.
6. 2 Apr 1739 Letter from Mary Lucy Davenport to James Colebrook with further financial instructions.
7. Note for John Haslewood about lampreys.
8. 9 May 1739 Draft note possibly from Mary Lucy Davenport's hand, requesting £1600 in post bank bills.
9. 9 May 1739 Fragment of a note by unknown, possibly Barbara Davenport, regarding business matters.
10. 2 May 1739 Letter written by Anne Ivory on behalf of Barbara Davenport to unknown, probably Walter Stubbs, to say she is ill.
11. 2 Feb 1739 Letter from Mary Lucy Davenport to Walter Stubbs regarding a mortgage and a payment to David Guerin.
12. 12 Jan 1739 Letter from Barbara Davenport or Mary Lucy Davenport to Mrs Stubbs asking her to ask Mr Stubbs to sort out a mortgage.
13. 15 Mar 1737 Letter from Barbara Davenport to Walter Stubbs regarding financial matters and mentioning a servant, Thomas Barns, who is leaving.
14. 9 Dec 1738 Letter from Ann Ivory on behalf of Barbara Davenport to Walter Stubbs regarding business matters.
15. Fragment of a letter from unknown referring to a tenant Mr Barker, and Farmer Bradburn and a letter from her son, possibly Sharington Davenport, "sharper and with fewer incoherences" than usual.
16. Undated letter from Barbara Davenport referring to her son Sharington Davenport and his poor record in financial dealings. He still owes his sister Mary Elizabeth Mytton £130. On the back a fragment of a letter in a different hand Arabella Davenport referring to having a shoe made and the iron needed for this.
17. 10 Feb 1739 Letter from Mary Lucy Davenport to unknown concerning family matters; mentions Mrs Dutton and her young brother William Davenport.
18. 2 Feb 1739 Letter from Anne Ivory to Walter Stubbs regarding family business matters.
19. Bill for works completed on cottages called Barrats and Mill Croft for Mrs Davenport.
20. Note regarding dispute over the lease of Rankswood Farm, promised to John Mandel of Wedwell but disputed by John Vaughan.
21. Undated letter from Barbara Davenport to Mrs Mary Stubbs, bemoaning her impoverished state and asking for her assistance in getting Mr Stubbs to help her.
22. 23 May 1739 Letter from unknown, possibly Anne Ivory or Arabella Davenport, to Walter Stubbs on behalf of Barbara Davenport and Mary Lucy Davenport asking him to visit to advise them on financial matters.
23. 12 May 1739 Letter from Mary Lucy Davenport to James Colebrook asking him to pay William Baker £2000.
24. Undated letter from Mary Lucy Davenport to James Colebrooke requesting £400.
25. 12 May 1739 Order from Mary Lucy Davenport to James Colebrooke to pay William Baker £2000.
26. 16 Mar 1736 Letter from Barbara Davenport to Walter Stubbs referring to her son Sharington Davenport having recently left Mr and Mrs John Mytton at Halston in some disarray due to a possible appearance of John Mytton at the assizes. |