COLLECTION NAME:
Laing Collection
mediaCollectionId
UoEwmm~2~2
Laing Collection
Collection
true
Work Record ID:
0024682
work_record_id
0024682
Work Record ID
false
Licence:
Shelfmark:
La.II.201
work_shelfmark
La.II.201
Shelfmark
false
Holding Institution:
University of Edinburgh
holding_institution
University of Edinburgh
Holding Institution
false
Title:
Letter of Separation, 1730
work_title
Letter of Separation, 1730
Title
false
Subset Index:
f.1, p.1
work_subset_index
f.1, p.1
Subset Index
false
Creator:
Chiesley, Rachel (Lady Grange)
work_creator_details
Chiesley, Rachel (Lady Grange)
Creator
false
Creator Nationality:
Scottish
work_creator_nationality
Scottish
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
Author
work_creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Authority Permalink:
production_notes
http://viaf.org/viaf/73817398
Authority Permalink
false
Date:
1730
work_display_date
1730
Date
false
Description:
Page 1 of 2. An original letter to James Erskine of Grange from his wife, Rachel Erskine, Lady Grange, setting out an offer of terms for their marriage separation. The letter sheet has also been preserved, and it bears the date 27 July 1730. The letter sheet also indicates that it was received by the solicitor on 28 July 1739. Lady Grange asks Lord Grange for a hundred pound Stirling per year and some household effects, as well as asking him to drop the Process of Separation that he has raised against her. If these requests are met, she says that she will leave Lord Grange's house immediately. Rachel Erskine (née Chiesley), Lady Grange, (1679-1745) was forcibly kidnapped and exiled to the isle of St Kilda in 1732. This plot was designed by her husband, James Erskine, Lord Grange, (1679-1754) out of fear that Lady Grange would expose him as a Jacobite. News of her plight began to be known when letters were smuggled off St Kilda in 1738, taking two years to reach Lord Advcoate Charles Erskine in Edinburgh in 1740. By this time, she had spent nearly nine years on the island in very poor living conditions. Although a rescue attempt was arranged, she was again kidnapped before this help could reach her. After 1740, she was moved to various locations in the islands, leading to her eventual arrival in Skye in 1742. She died unrescued on Skye in 1745.
work_description
Page 1 of 2. An original letter to James Erskine of Grange from his wife, Rachel Erskine, Lady Grange, setting out an offer of terms for their marriage separation. The letter sheet has also been preserved, and it bears the date 27 July 1730. The letter sheet also indicates that it was received by the solicitor on 28 July 1739. Lady Grange asks Lord Grange for a hundred pound Stirling per year and some household effects, as well as asking him to drop the Process of Separation that he has raised against her. If these requests are met, she says that she will leave Lord Grange's house immediately. Rachel Erskine (née Chiesley), Lady Grange, (1679-1745) was forcibly kidnapped and exiled to the isle of St Kilda in 1732. This plot was designed by her husband, James Erskine, Lord Grange, (1679-1754) out of fear that Lady Grange would expose him as a Jacobite. News of her plight began to be known when letters were smuggled off St Kilda in 1738, taking two years to reach Lord Advcoate Charles Erskine in Edinburgh in 1740. By this time, she had spent nearly nine years on the island in very poor living conditions. Although a rescue attempt was arranged, she was again kidnapped before this help could reach her. After 1740, she was moved to various locations in the islands, leading to her eventual arrival in Skye in 1742. She died unrescued on Skye in 1745.
Description
false
Material:
Paper
work_material
Paper
Material
false
Location:
Centre for Research Collections/Main Library
work_location
Centre for Research Collections/Main Library
Location
false
Production Place:
Edinburgh
production_place
Edinburgh
Production Place
false
Subject Person:
Grange, Lady
work_subject_person
Grange, Lady
Subject Person
false
Subject Category:
Correspondence & Journals
work_subject_class
Correspondence & Journals
Subject Category
false
Subject Category:
Archives
work_subject_class
Archives
Subject Category
false
Subject Category:
Scotland
work_subject_class
Scotland
Subject Category
false
Subject Category:
Marriage
work_subject_class
Marriage
Subject Category
false
Rights Statement:
Digital Image: Copyright The University of Edinburgh. Original: Out of Copyright.
work_rights_statement
Digital Image: Copyright The University of Edinburgh. Original: Out of Copyright.
Rights Statement
false
Tag:
Scotland
tag
Scotland
Tag
false
Tag:
Edinburgh
tag
Edinburgh
Tag
false
Tag:
Archives
tag
Archives
Tag
false
Tag:
Correspondence and Journals
tag
Correspondence and Journals
Tag
false
Tag:
Lady Grange
tag
Lady Grange
Tag
false
Tag:
Holograph Manuscript
tag
Holograph Manuscript
Tag
false
Tag:
Eighteenth Century
tag
Eighteenth Century
Tag
false
Tag:
Marriage
tag
Marriage
Tag
false
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
repro_file_type
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Type
false
Repro File Size (bytes):
111529620
repro_file_size
111529620
Repro File Size (bytes)
false
Repro Title:
Letter of Separation, 1730, f.1, p.1
repro_title
Letter of Separation, 1730, f.1, p.1
Repro Title
false
Repro Description:
Letter of Separation, 1730, 1734
repro_description
Letter of Separation, 1730, 1734
Repro Description
false
Repro Rights Statement:
Digital Image: Copyright The University of Edinburgh. Original: Out of Copyright.
repro_rights_statement
Digital Image: Copyright The University of Edinburgh. Original: Out of Copyright.
Repro Rights Statement
false
Repro Capture Date:
2012:05:08 10:27:55
repro_capture_date
2012:05:08 10:27:55
Repro Capture Date
false