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Seale 0177 26 Peter Mauger to John Seale Mar. 1766 to 3 Jan. 1767 Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100331
Current Account in Jersey (in French).
Total £14640 - 14s - 8d.
Balance due to Mr. Mauger £1273
Total £14640 - 14s - 8d.
Balance due to Mr. Mauger £1273
DHRG No. 100332
No hope of seeing cousins that summer in Devon. (Rev T) Seale had bad leg: great pain. His sister was well, impatient at not visiting Devon. Le Breton nowhere to be found, money owed by him Drawn on Mr. Marsh 18 Guineas. Owed as much by 2 friends. Received 14 guineas, complications concerning accounts. Expecting to be in Exeter following Tuesday.
DHRG No. 100333
Arrived safely - glad Mrs. AMS & family were well. Saw Lord Mayors' Show, very trifling. Lord Orford unlikely to support Palke etc. at the General Election unless bribed. Request for Lottery Tickets numbers. Capt. Yaulden's whereabouts required for carpet to be sent to Dartmouth.
Seale 0185 Henry Fownes Seale to John Seale (Inscribed 9 Nov) 14 Nov. 1767 Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100334
Anxious - no letter from home since 2 July. THS forced to take up £40 to pay for clothes., barbarous method of washing them. Talk of War, French & Spanish ambassador having left London, Probably untrue Spanish Monarch finished with Jesuits. He had seized the riches of friars & reduced the religious orders of Barcelona.
Seale 0186 No date Southsea & Bank Annuities written by John Marsh – transcript. Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100335
Southsea & Bank Annuities
Seale 0186 No date Southsea & Bank Annuities written by John Marsh – document. Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100336
Southsea & Bank Annuities
Seale 0187 Th. H. Seale to John Seale 2 Dec. 1767 (10 Dec. 1767) Inscribed wrong date Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100337
Hopeful of leaving London 3 December for Mt. Boon via Somerford. Letter from (Rev.T.Seale) asking date & promising horses would be sent to meet THS at Chippenham. Mr. Taylor's stolen marriage to satirical unhandsome woman, worth £5-£6,000. Concern about contageous disease of horses. Mrs. Fanshawe sending Mrs. AMS's bonnet.
DHRG No. 100338
Receipt £18 in part of money due. Remittance due £12
DHRG No. 100339
Receipt £18 in part of money due. Remittance due £12
DHRG No. 100340
Unable to persuade the Rev. T. Seale to accompany T.H.S. to Mr. Boon. Hopes to be at Exeter via Bath following Thursday night. Requests for horses to meet him there.
DHRG No. 100341
T.H.Seale had just left the Rev. TS to return to J. Seale. Hopeful that Mrs. A.M.Seale had recovered.
Seale 0198 R. Trist’s second bill to Thos. Henry Seale 27 November 1767 to 10 November 1768 – transcript Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100342
Trist's Second Note dated in 1768 Bill for clothes, cleaning & mending clothes, Buttons, Sewing Silk, canvas, dimity, silk, shalloon etc. etc. 10 November 1768. Received contents in full £23 - 0 - 8 - £ 6 - 19 - 6
Seale 0198 R. Trist’s second bill to Thos. Henry Seale 27 November 1767 to 10 November 1768 – document Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100343
Trist's Second Note dated in 1768 Bill for clothes, cleaning & mending clothes, Buttons, Sewing Silk, canvas, dimity, silk, shalloon etc. etc. 10 November 1768. Received contents in full £23 - 0 - 8 - £ 6 - 19 - 6
DHRG No. 100344
Henry Geare Thos. Seale Exeter. Letter came to Mr. G. in father's absence about Citation for Mr. Kendall's licence to seat in Cornworthy Church granted at vestry to Mr. S.. Mr. ffurlew agreed Mr. S. & Mr. ffull had reason to object. Next court due 13 Jan. Signed by Mr. G. Senior
DHRG No. 100345
News that family was well. Father's reproof of HFS's expenses. Lottery tick £13-6s-6d. Drew £20 prize. Mr. Curtoys brought Capt. Pallard's letter from Dartmouth mentioning J.S.'s kind reception of him & nephew at Mt. Boon & the order for gun barrel which he mounted on an old stock, now put on board Capt. Dessiou's on Robert Newman's ship.
DHRG No. 100346
Letter forwarded to go to Mr. Exley. Mary Hayne's comments to be sent too.
Seale 0194 Mary Hayne to (Mr. Exley) 4 February . 1768 H.P. 1. 98 Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100347
Ist draft Southcote's sudden journey to London. His intended marriage to Miss Luttrell, unknown to his friends. Request to Mr. Exley to help Southcote in his affairs. Creed & MH did advise him but advice not acted upon. Receiver not yet pass(ed) his account but goes on the same plan.
Seale 0195 Mary Hayne to (Mr. Creed) 4 February . 1768 H.P. 1. 98 Seale Family Papers 1760-1769 18thC
DHRG No. 100348
2nd draft. As above & M.H. settled the account that lay so long between Mr. Hayne & Mr. Newcomin, Mr. N. paid the balance in his hand. Mr. Lutterall appeared to know what is good for the family.
DHRG No. 100349
Arrived previous Tuesday: Sir John (Rogers) was alone. The Mr. Fanshawes left day before. Went to Plymouth -Wednesday. With Mayor at Church & public dinner Thursday evening returned with Mrs. Fanshawe to Blachford. Comm'r at Saltash., mayor. Mrs. Ridout home Wednesday. J.S. had promised to be at Blachford the next or following week. The Comm'r soon off to Bath.
DHRG No. 100350
THS had no wish to enter into altercation. After more than 2 years application (that the road should be repaired) the reponse had been unsatisfactory. Threat of £100 penalty was needed it appeared, before a nearby parish would repair a road. THS believed that Mr. French having procured materials to repair the Steps & Road to Combe was prevented by a superior power (AH?) If any tree near Mt. Boone was damaging the road it would be lopped or removed. John Seale (junior) had no intention of giving up the Ropewalk. THS had no intention of inspecting the Corporations street apart from ?