30th April 1817
To the Debtors and Creditors of LETITIA FIELD
Wheras Letitia Field of the Town of Bedford, in the County of Bedford, Lace Manufacturer, hath, by Indenture of Assignment, bearing the Date the 29th Day of April instant, assigned all her personal Estate and Effects to James Langley, of the said Town of Bedford, Draper and Thomas Abraham of Turvey, in the said County of Bedford, Lace Manufacturer, in Trust for the equal Benefit of such of the Creditors of the said Letitia Field, who shall execute the said Deed of Assignement within three Months from the Date thereof:
Notice is therefore hereby given,
That the said Indenture of Asignment is now lying in my Office, for the Signature of such of the Creditors of the said Letitia Field, who may be willing to accept of a Dividend to arise fro the Sale of the Estate and Effects of the said Letitia Field, and who are respectfully requested, at the same Time, to deliver and Account of their Demands. And all Persons who stand indebited to the said Letitia Field, are hereby required to pay their respective Debts to the said James Langley, and Thomas Abraham, without Delay, or they will be sued for the same.
F.J.Budd
Solicitor to the Trustees
Bedford, 30th April 1817
I managed to purchase a book on Lacemaking which had previously belonged to Luton Museum.
In the back were stuck a number of newspaper cuttings relating to the local lace trade. Unfortunately, many do not have details of the publication they were clipped from and some also lack dates. I will add them here as they may provide contempory views for anyone interested in the lace trade. I have some other documents which I will also add as time allows.
Daily Telegraph - 29 November 1978
SALE OF LACE
Victorian Bobbins
Lace, lace bobbins and books on lace sold well at Christie’s South Kensington, mainly to private collectors.
Three ivory lace bobbins, dating from the 19th century, sold for £45 and a collection of lace and shawls, together with some 70 wooden bobbins made £110.
OLNEY, Dec, 20th 1810
All Persons who have any Demand on the Estate of WILLIAM HARDWICK, late of OLNEY in the County of Buckinghamshire, Lace-Merchant, deceased, are required to send an Account of the same to William Andrews of Olney aforesaid, Esquire, and Nr. Robert Neale, of Harrold, in the County of Bedford, his executors; or to Mr. Garrard, Solicitor, Olney - And all Persons indebted to the Estate of the said William Hardwich, are requested to pay their respective Debts to the said Executors.
