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The letter above was written to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, by J. Whittaker who was responsible for hiring servants to work at Trentham. The letter concerns a complaint which had been made against a laundry maid that Whittaker had employed. Mrs. Ingram had written to Whittaker ...
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The image above shows a page from the ‘Inventory of the Household Furniture at Trentham Hall’ which was made in 1826. The Inventory includes details of furniture in the servants’ rooms, including the Lady’s Maid’s and the Valet’s Bedrooms which can be seen above.
Dr. Pamela Sambrook writes tha...
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This letter, dated simply ‘Friday’ was sent from Dunrobin Castle by Mr. Prentice, the Clerk to the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant, to Mrs. Ingram the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall. The letter concerns arrangements for a visit to Trentham by Lord Grosvenor and his new wife. The letter shows the im...
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The letter above was sent to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, by Mr. Prentice from Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland. Prentice was the Clerk to the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant and often wrote to Mrs. Ingram regarding financial business. Many of his letters include remarks about his ...
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The image above shows a page from the Servants Wages Book for 1829. The book lists the names of servants who worked at West Hill and Stafford House during the early nineteenth century and provides details of their position in the household and their wages. The book also includes examples of the s...
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As Clerk to the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant, Mr. Prentice was responsible for sending out cheques to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham, to pay for supplies and to pay the servant’s wages. On 26th June 1872 Prentice sent a cheque to Mrs. Ingram with a letter stating ‘I have sent to day ...
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Many letters written to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, include details about the Sutherland family, household staff and the provision of supplies. In the letter above, Mr. Prentice, the Clerk to the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant writes to Mrs. Ingram with details about the famil...
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The letter above was written to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, by Mr. H. Prentice, the clerk of the Duke of Sutherland’s Accountant in June 1872. Prentice’s letter concerns preparations for a ball at Trentham Hall and requests a list of the extra beds required for servants who wou...
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The letter above was sent to Mrs. Ingram, the Housekeeper at Trentham Hall, concerning the provision of beer for servants. The letter instructs Mrs. Ingram to ‘kindly make arrangements for the servants to go on Beer Money at Trentham instead of having Beer in the House’.
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