Letters to Richard Sykes, merchant, of Hull, from, amongst others, Thomas Siddall, York; Randolph Hobman, Danzig (2); W. Sykes, Navy Office; Jno. Hobman, Danzig (5); William Osbaldeston, Hunmanby & London (3); Thomas Poole, Newcastle (2); James Lane, College of Arms; Luke Robinson, London (2); G. Thornton, London (2); John Burton, Wakefield (7); Sir William Milner (1); William Carham, London (2); Ralph Featherstone, Beverley (5); Lord Downe, Cowick Hall, nr. Doncaster

Reference No:
U DDSY/101/47
Dates:
1745-1758
Description:
High Sheriff's livery: 'the expence of furnishing one man and hors with the Livery for two asizes this year Sixteen Shillings som years are more and som Less' (1745); sale of Randolph Hobman's house in Hull 'The Town of Hull increases that they can't find room within the walls towards further building'; obtaining a 'Brace of Grayhounds' for a Polish gentleman; Lord Lovat executed (9 April 1747); Prince of Orange; sale of the manor of Sutton; Admiral Medley's squadron destroyed three men of war on their way from France to Genoa; Flanders; shipping & trading; enclosing a pond (at Sledmere?); Hull election (1747); marriage of son Joseph Sykes to Dorothy, daughter of Nathaniel Twig, & her marriage portion; East India sales; poaching; etc.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
63 items
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere