Domestic Life: Supplies for the Poor
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 ...
Household Correspondence: Balls at Trentham
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 ...
Household Correspondence: Servants and Beer
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 ...
Domestic Life: Servants Wages Books, 1829
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 ...
Controversy over Laundry Maids
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 ...
Domestic Life: Royal Visitors
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 ...
Canal & Railway Investment
Writing about the development of transport in Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Professor Eric Richards describes ‘two structural changes’ which took place between 1750 and 1850. ...
The Hordern Family: The History of a Family Business in North Staffordshire
The Hordern family of Newcastle-under-Lyme were candle makers, or tallow chandlers. The Sutherland Papers feature documents relating to the family’s business and its development over a century between ...
Sir Walter Leveson (1550-1602)
Sir Walter Leveson of Lilleshall(1550-1602) was the son of Richard Leveson and his wife Mary Fretton. He married Anne Corbett and was the father of the famous Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson.
Sir ...
Letters From RCAF Officer, Nathan Crawford, 1944
Amongst the papers of Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1867-1955), the fourth Duchess of Sutherland are letters written to her during the Second World War by RCAF Squadron Leader, Nathan Crawford who ...
Duchess Millicent, Author and Playwright
In addition to her philanthropic work, Duchess Millicent was a published author and playwright. Her first novel One Hour and the Next was published in 1899, followed by a volume of short stories The Winds ...
Duchess Millicent's Letters from L. P. Hartley
Amongst Duchess Millicent’s papers are a bundle of letters signed ‘Leslie’ which appear to be from the author Leslie Poles Hartley. Like the Duchess, Hartley was the author of both plays and short stories, ...
Building Hanchurch Holiday Home
The Estate Accounts for 1898 provide a detailed list of payments made towards building and furnishing ‘Hanchurch Holiday Home’.
A payment of almost seven hundred pounds was made to ‘Boulton & Paul’ ...
Granville, Lord Lieutenant and Prisoners in Stafford County Gaol
As Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Granville, Earl Gower was responsible for overseeing the maintenance of law and order in the County.
A notable document amongst the papers relating to Earl Gower’s ...
Granville, Earl Gower and National Politics: William Pitt the Younger and the post of Lord Privy Seal
Owing to Gower’s long and diverse political career, the Sutherland Papers includes many letters from various men in high political office, including letters from Prime ministers Henry Addington and William ...
Granville Leveson-Gower: Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire 1755-1800
Like his father, Sir John Leveson-Gower (1694-1754), the first Earl Gower, Granville Leveson-Gower was an influential figure in Staffordshire politics. He served as Lord Lieutenant of the County from ...
The Millicent Sutherland Ambulance Car Convoy & Winston Churchill
When the town of Namur where the Millicent Sutherland Ambulance Unit was based was invaded and occupied by German troops, Millie returned to England and set about organising a Unit to transport wounded ...
Sir John Leveson's Household Accounts
The Sutherland Papers contain the household accounts kept for Sir John Leveson by his servants and possibly by himself. The accounts can be dated as preceeding 1585 as they refer to John’s first wife ...