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- 18 August 1836 (Creation)
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The Hey family were resident in York in the 19th century. The family was intermarried with the Gray family of Grays solicitors, York, and associated papers can be found in the business collection (reference GDC) and the family collection (reference GFP).
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The letter was re-addressed to Scarborough. Letter acknowledged (not preserved) in which William described visit to Byland and Rievaulx Abbeys, staying with Uncle Edmund Gray, Vicar of Kirbymoorside. William and his brother Samuel had been together in Yorkshire, both having dined at Duncombe Park. Problems of a will being dealt with by 'your uncle Hey' (William Hey of Leeds?) (Will was possibly that of Richard Hey, Ll.D. of Hertingfordbury, writer's uncle, who died in 1835, childless). Inquiry as to insects at Gillamore. More about insects and fossils. Has seen Mr. Dikes (presumably Thomas Dikes, widower of writer's aunt Mary, nee Hey).
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- English