Letters to Christopher Sykes from Jo. Stafford, Macclesfield (4); father Rev. Mark Sykes (3); Thomas Hornsby, Oxford; Sam. Hall jnr. (3); William Cleaver, Oxford; Henry Young, London (4); Peter Dollaud, London (2); W. George, Scarborough; Joseph Denison, London (7); J. Waud, York (2); W. Walls, Bishop Burton; Roger Gee, Bishop Burton; Robert and Elizabeth Dunn, Ottringham; Nicholas Torre, Pontefract (2); John Hopper, Beverley; Nicholas Dawes, London

Reference No:
U DDSY3/7/73
Dates:
1770 - 1771
Description:
Money due on mortgages; Financial affairs; Rev. Mark Sykes resigning (living of Roos?); Instruments (for observing transit of Venus in 1761 and 1769; quadrants; micrometer; opera glass; barometer; thermometer; telescope); Champagne bottles and corks; Neglected fencing at East Heslerton; Wines (claret and malmsey) and bottling; Salmon fishing in River Derwent at Wheldrake; Sand from Crake Hill, Sledmere, for building barn at Wetwang; Greyhound pups; Details of coin and medal cabinet shipped from London; Dispute with Wilson over fines at Sutton and Brotherton; Proposed canal through Brotherton Marsh and Sutton Ings; Death of Mrs. Denison; Farm at Lockington
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 bundle
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere