| Description | This file of papers includes a bond of Thomas Pratchett of Bilston, chapman, to Mary Carless of Bilston for £200, 1751; poem 'The Harper' by James Pratchet, b. 1756, who drowned with his younger brother Richard in a pond near Hodnet House, 1778; correspondence; transcripts; notebook with copies of entries from parish registers with numerous loose papers enclosed; pedigrees of the Pratchett, Minshull and Ibbs families; newspaper cuttings etc. Approximately 50 items. |