Letter from Sir William Fitzherbert to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS4/881
  • Former Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/389.6
  • Dates of Creation
    • 12 December 1757
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Concerns the arrest of the person named Hall for being "a vagrant and a raiser of tumults and sedition to which purpose his declarations as to mills and his ballad is directed". He enclosed a printed copy of Hall's ballad (see CS4/881A). Written from Tissington. Signed "Wm Fitzherbert".

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright held by Chatsworth House Trust.

Related Material

See: CS4/815, CS4/889 for Fitzherbert's other letters on this topic.