| Description | Predominantly Edgbaston related.
/1. Letter. Richard Spooner (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 8 February.
[re clarification of instructions to "Stephen" for the preparation and (second) sowing of fields at Metchley Park. Annotated with rough calculations on verso.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/2. Letter. Jos[eph] Parker (Edgbaston) to [John] Harris (---). 8 February.
[proposes terms for taking land and house [including [Thomas] Toy's house] on a building lease.]
/3. Letter. [William] Ashburner (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 9 February.
[Docketed: "Mr. Wedges bill and S[amuel] Wheeley's rate".]
/4. Letter. Richard Spooner (---) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 15 February.
[re [George Gough-]Calthorpe's that [John] Harris defers attending in London to allow time for information re the Birmingham tithes to be received. Richard Spooner will be on hand when they attend to business.]
/5. Letter. Mr. Bragg (Green Lawns, [Edgbaston?]) to [William] Ashburner, redirected to John Harris (Five Ways, [Edgbaston]). February.
[Requests [William] Ashburner further pursues his taking [Thomas] Toy's House.]
/6. Letter. Edwin Pemberton (New Street, [Birmingham]) to [John] Harris (Tenent [Tenant] Street, [Birmingham]). February
[declines [Thomas] Toy's house and land]
/7. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Grosvenor Square[, London]) to [John] Harris (---). 2 March.
[wishes [John] Harris to choose the day on which to attend him in London, reading the "farming agreement" prior to their meeting. Faint pencil annotations.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/8. Letter. Thomas Bromwich (---) to J[ohn] Harris (---). 19 March.
[applies for the refuse of Taylor's land at Michley [Metchley] Park.]
/9. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Grosvenor Square, [London]) to [John] Harris (Packington, redelivered to Five Ways). 14 April.
[wishes John Harris to attend him in London.]
/10. Letter. [J.] Gottwaltz (Post Office, Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Five Ways, [Edgbaston]). 6 (5 docket) May.
[complains of Mr. Wheeley's conduct past and present. Docketed: "Mr. [J.] Gottwaltz about S. Wheeley's Road, post, rails and other trifling subjects. Violent".
Much annotated on verso.]
/11. Letter. George Yates, for [John Yeand] Bedford (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). Docket 14, letter 13 May.
[Docketed: "conditions of sales [of timber?] by private contract at Edgbaston".]
/12. Letter. On behalf of Richard Spooner (Birmingham) to J[ohn] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 18 May.
[requests John Harris visit him in Birmingham before Richard Spooner leaves for London.]
/13. Letter. Richard Spooner [Wolverhampton, Staffordshire?] to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 27 May.
[requests a copy of Jones's account and wishes [John] Harris to attend a meeting and to join him to go over Yew Lodge Farm.]
/14. Notes for a letter. [John Harris] (---) to Richard Smith (---). 29 May.
[re rent set at £100 per annum for land which Mr. Smith intends to take, [John] Aspley does not have post and rails for sale, communications to be directed to Packington.]
/15. Letter. Samuel Wheeley (---) to [George Gough-]Calthorpe (---). May.
[requests his lease on the terms as first set out bar Mr. Parker's Corner, declines to rent other lands (his farm) at £5.5s.0d. per acre, a road at Browny/Broomy? Hill.]
/16. Letter Richard Smith (Harborne Heath[, Staffordshire]) to [John] Harris (Packington ). 1 June.
[requests [John] Harris join him, on his return from Bath, to view land he proposes to take, purchase of posts and rails from [John] Aspley.]
/17. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Cheltenham[, Gloucestershire]) to [John] Harris (---). 11 June.
[re the possible benefits of extending the land recently purchased at Chelsea, problems enforcing lease covenants.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/18. Letter. Richard Spooner (---) to [John] Harris (Five Ways, [Edgbaston]). 12 June.
[re [George Gough-]Calthorpe, turnpike and Metchley Park]?.
/19. Letter. Thomas Francis (---). 24 June.
[applies for a site below the Worcester Canal, near the new Bridge (docket: adjoining Bingley's Mill) to build a manufactory.]
/20. Letter. Richard Spooner (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 24 June.
[asks [John] Harris to accompany him to view a lease at Stafford or Stone, and to see a mare thinks he may buy.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/21. Letter. Robert Bill (New Street, [Birmingham]) to William Harrison via [John] Aspley at Messrs. Spooner and Co. Bank (Birmingham). 27 June.
[reminds him to send a specification for the supply of a stove for the schoolhouse.] Item removed from the 1813 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1813]
/22. Letter. [William] Ashburner (---) to John Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). June.
[re taking land on a 99 year lease and extending the house upon it. Verso. sketch plan of plot, building and canal.]
/23. Letter. [John] Aspley (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (---). 1 July.
[Encloses a letter via John Harrison re the school. re the £150 due to Mr. Norton from [George Gough-]Calthorpe.]
/24. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Cheltenham[, Gloucestershire]) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 8 July.
[re delays to the purchase of and impediments to the development of Mr. Ashley's ground rent at Chelsea, awaits Mr. Bedford's information on 'the tythes' and will pass through Birmingham on his way to Ireland.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/25. Letter. [William] Ashburner (Edgbaston) to J[ohn] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 13 July.
[re Mr. Widg[e]'s book of particulars and the cutting of grass on property of doubtful occupation by Mr. Robinson, payment to S[amuel] Wheeley from Mr. Gottwalttz's account.] Item removed from the 1813 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1813]
/26. Letter. Richard Spooner (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington, redirected to Five Ways, [Edgbaston]). 13 July [postmark.]
[re arrangements to see [George Gough-]Calthorpe during a stay at Elmdon.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/27. Letter. Richard Spooner (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 31 July.
[re entreats [John] Harris to join him on a visit to Wolverhampton, Penkridge and Newcastle [under Lyme] with [John] Aspley and Read. They will settle business on the journey. Docketed: "Cannot read it".] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/28. Letter. [William] Ashburner (Edgbaston) to John Harris (---). July.
[proposes terms for taking land adjoining Plough and Harrow on a 99 year building lease. To construct two houses of £1400 or £1500 and convert the old house into a stable.
Annotated on verso re under-renting of Anderton's Mill.]
/29. Letter. Richard Spooner (Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). July.
[re condolences on ill health, has heard from [George Gough-]Calthorpe who may visit soon, purchase of Anderton's lease, requests Harris visit him at home.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/30. Copy agreement. [George Gough-Calthorpe] and [William] Anthony for building land at Five Ways, 99 years from Lady Day 1813. 13 August. Item removed from the 1813 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1813]
/31. Letter. [William] Ashburner (Edgbaston) to John Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 5 September.
[enquires about the boundary of his land and the setting back of his building 20 yards.]
/32. Letter. R.W. Gem (New Street, [Birmingham]) to John Harris (Islington [Row, Edgbaston?]). 9 September.
[requests fence across land leased out for building to prevent evasion of the Five Ways turnpike gate.]
/33. Letter. Thomas Pemberton (Birmingham) John Harris (---). 22 September.
[re his taken possession of the Apple Stale House, Bromsgrove Road on Lady Day next.]
/34. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Elmdon[, Warwickshire]) to [John] Harris (---). September.
[wishes John Harris choose a date for attending him at Elmdon.]
/35. Letter. George Yates, for [John Yeand] Bedford (New Street, [Birmingham]) to [John] Harris (Edgbaston). 8 October.
[requests to be sent the plans to be annexed to the Hampton enclosure award and advises Metchley Park has been assigned to [George Gough-]Calthorpe. Asks what arrangements are to be made with Mr. Juke's father's tenants.]
/36. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 15 October.
[re approbation of Rob[ert] Healey candidacy for the County of Warwick and communication of this to freeholders "with whom my wishes would have any influence".]
/37. Letter. [George Gough-]Calthorpe (Westport[, Somerset]) to [John] Harris (Packington[, Warwickshire]). 21 and 22 November.
[re Mr. Hall and the Chelsea purchase, occupation of Calthorpe pews [at Edgbaston] by Mrs. Harris and other tenants, defers discussion of Ampton Estate. Appended: reply to [John] Harris's concerns about an unidentified report.] Item removed from the 1815 bundle, [MS 2126/3/5f/1815]
/38. Letter. Jos[ep]h Potts (St Paul's Square, Birmingham) to [John] Harris (Islington Row, [Edgbaston]). 2 December.
[declines to take land shown to him.]
/39. Copy letter. John Harris (---) to Thomas Pemberton (---). 28 December.
[re the misdirection of gift of venison and statement of the gentlemanly terms on which John Harris wishes to engage with Mr. Pemberton. Appended: "Mem[orandum.] sent Mr. P. a Pine at the same time [inserted] which cost me 10/6. Venison cost 1.1.0. and was bought of York of Coleshill, these I consider a full compensation for 3 Gew gaws [baubles, trifles] he had the impudence to oblige me with as friends [underlined].]
/40. Statement and calculation. Mr. Wedge (---) to [George Gough-]Calthorpe (---).
[refutes the accusation that, [as surveyor?], he has failed to secure the erection of houses of sufficient quality or size at Edgbaston. Gives calculation of the difference in outlay and return values of for building small and large houses in support of his argument.]
/41. "Sundry...Ledger Accounts." Sums paid? Covering items such as building/estate/road improvements, rates, tax and rents, lodgings etc. Each page headed with individual name. Pencil annotations. (7 items) |