A Man of Dubious Character
This letter from Mr. Farbeck refers to the conduct of an 'insolent man' involved with the Marquis of Stafford's Collieries. Farbeck remarks that the unnamed man was considered 'bad' by 'every person', ...
Fishing Incident, 1794
This letter from Mr. Jervis complains to Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803)Marquis of Stafford that one of the Marquis's servants named 'Crump' had 'spoiled' his fishing of the River Trent at Tittensor. ...
Money, Deception and Alcohol: Bad Behaviour at the Trentham Wakes
This letter written by Thomas Heath in October 1797 reports an incident which occured at the Trentham Wakes. A man named William Hughes who was employed at the Hanley Colliery Office had borrowed sixteen ...
The Duke of Sutherland versus J. E. Heathcote, Esq: Controversy over Mining Rights in Longton
In the 1890s George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1828-1892), the third Duke of Sutherland, brought a case against Mr. J. E. Heathcote concerning the Duke's rights to mine for coal and ironstone ...
The Theft of Canal at the Marquis of Stafford's Collieries
This letter from November 1798 refers to a case involving five people who had been 'detected stealing canal from the Marquis of Stafford's Works at Meirheath'.
The letter written by Thomas Heath deliberates ...
Thomas Heath's Character in Disrepute: Heath versus the Gentlemen Potters
This letter dated the 16th September 1790 tells us about a disagreement between the Marquis of Stafford's Colliery Superintendent Thomas Heath and a number of Gentleman Potters at Hanley.
The letter ...