Letters from Dr John Griffith to William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

The author writes to the 3rd Duke concerning the Jacobite Rebellion. He provides the Duke with intelligence he has received about the movements of the rebels including an enclosed copy letter from General Cope to Edmund Anderson (CS1/324/4). He mentions: the 3rd Duke's intentions not to remove his family [from Chatsworth]; his feeling that the rebellion may spark other risings elsewhere in the King's lands and that a home guard is necessary; his subscribing in Yorkshire but being equally ready to serve Derbyshire; his intention to attend any meetings in Derby and convey any early intelligence he may be party to from Wentworth; sending for arms from Hull for the county's use; an unlikely account that General Cope has been taken prisoner; an account from Lord M in York; the number of rebels; Dutch troops arriving; an account of Gardiner leading the foot troops; his advice to have people out on watch; Marshall Wade's troops; expenses for subscribing men.

Griffith, Dr. John