Identity area
Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/5/7/5-6
Title
Petition for charity
Date(s)
- 23 January 1888 (The petition is not dated, but presumably is around 1887.) (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
2 sheets
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from the Vicar, forwarding a petition from about 20 tithe-holders of Elmstead, in support of William Parsons Partridge, of Elmstead Hall, who has lost all his money because of the reduced value of land; the Farmers' Benevolent Institution is oversubscribed, owing to the severe agricultural distress.