Last weekend nodbear and I visited Teignmouth, the Devon port town that was home to Sir Edward Pellew after he retired from active naval service, until his death in 1833. Following his retirement, Pellew lived at West Cliff House with his wife Susan and a veritable tribe of 22(!) grandchildren who came and went on a regular basis. West Cliff is now know ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday eglantine_br!You asked if Susan's shopping list was written in her own hand, it wasn't, we presume it was written by a clerk. You were right about one thing though, she had a very firm hand indeed, and here it is! Very few of Susan Pellew's letters have survived so we were delighted to find a few previously unknown letters written by her to her ( Read more... )