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Collapse DESI - Papers of the Simeon family of ReadingDESI - Papers of the Simeon family of Reading
Expand 1 - Business records of Edward Simeon1 - Business records of Edward Simeon
Expand 2 - Election and parliamentary records of John Simeon2 - Election and parliamentary records of John Simeon
Expand 3 - Property records of Simeon family3 - Property records of Simeon family
Collapse 4 - Business and personal papers of John Simeon4 - Business and personal papers of John Simeon
Collapse 1 - Correspondence1 - Correspondence
1 - Papers relating to the divorce of John Partridge and Lucy Partridge.
2 - Case notes, with legal opinion, relating to a mortgaged leasehold estate at Hare Hatch in Berkshire.
3 - Correspondence relating to John Simeon’s cumulation of public offices.
4 - Correspondence, including draft letter of application by John Simeon to the Lord High Chancellor, dated 31 January 1797, supporting the appointment of his brother Charles Simeon to the incumbency of St Mary’s Reading.
5 - Letter to John Simeon, from Loughborough, Lord Chancellor, relating to Miss Saunders, in the settlement of a ‘lunatick case ex parte Hunt’.
6 - Correspondence with Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth.
7 - Letter from Matthias Deane to John Simeon, relating to an unidentified post which Deane had been offered by Mr Rose and then deprived of without a reason being offered, dated 30 April 1799.
8 - Correspondence with Lord Eldon.
9 - Letter from William Wilberforce to John Simeon about various matters, dated 21 August 1799, 12 November 1799 and 7 January 1800.
10 - Letter from John Hooper Junior, Reading, to John Simeon, about technical aspects of John Simeon’s proposed Poor Bill, 26 April 1802.
11 - Letter from John Maggs of Reading, draper, to John Simeon, relating to a possible breach of promise of marriage.
12 - Copy of a letter, in which John Simeon refuses an invitation to stand for parliament in another seat.
13 - Copy letter addressed to the Mayor of Reading by John Simeon, containing Simeon’s legal opinion relating to the possible removal of Alderman Deane from his office for non-residence within the borough.
14 - Letters from Charles Ogleby and from Mrs E Ogleby [Charles’ mother], copied to John Simeon.
15 - Correspondence from Sp[encer] Perceval relating to various matters, including an appointment to the Surveyorship of Taxes.
16 - Letter from William Bolton, Captain in the Royal Navy, to Simeon on the subject of money owed to his father, Daniel Bolton, for his years of work as tutor to the Princesses.
17 - Correspondence relating to the expulsion of William Valpy from [Naval] College for creating a disturbance with a group of students [possibly for not wanting to be posted to India].
18 - Papers relating to the Blagrave family of Calcot Park, Tilehurst.
19 - Letter from Lord Sidmouth, informing Sir John that he had been conferred ‘the dignity of a baronet of the United Kingdom’.
20 - Letter, addressed to Sir John Simeon, referring to the Committee for Gun Street Improvement in Reading, n.d. [post 1815].
21 - Draft letter from Sir John Simeon to Henry Robert Dukinfield relating to Whitley Drainage, endorsed ‘Grazely. Whitley Enclosure 1823’.
22 - Letter relating to Mr Astell’s application to the Duke of York for the purchase of a commission in the Guards or the Cavalry for his son.
23 - Correspondence and notes about the payment of Sergeant J Manley for indexing the Excise Statutes and preparing the work for printing.
24 - Unidentified items, assumed to relate to John Simeon’s business.
Expand 2 - Personal miscellanea2 - Personal miscellanea
Expand 5 - Miscellaneous5 - Miscellaneous

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