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Letters to: his sister Amelia Jane Milnes; his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes; his mother Rachael Milnes; his brother Richard Rodes Milnes; his sister-in-law Hon. Frances Jane Monckton; his nephew and son-in-law George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway; his daughter Henrietta Eliza Monckton-Arundell; John [Thornton, his cousin?]; Mary [Anne Waddington, his sister?].

Mr Belsham was living in Hackney when Robert Pemberton Milnes was his pupil; recalls Charles the groom driving Robert and Rodes to Mr Shepherd's at Gateacre in Liverpool, probably about the time Miss Le Mesurier came as governess; Louisa's eldest sister [Martha?] was briefly taught by Mr Leadley the Fryston curate; later demolition of the Vicarage revealed a skeleton which Jane said haunted the area; Robert Milnes' clear perception of political folly meant that he could never have given himself wholly to any party; quotes Watts on idleness as a warning to Houghton.

Letters from: Caroline, Countess d'Andreis; George Davison Bland; Thomas Davison Bland; Edward Cheney; John Craufurd; Rev. William C. Fenton; Mary Gaskell, née Brandreth; his sister Caroline Milnes; his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Milnes; his mother Rachael Milnes; his brother Richard Rodes Milnes; his nephew and son-in-law George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway; his daughter Henrietta Eliza Monckton-Arundell, Viscountess Galway; William Moorhouse; his cousin John Thornton; his brother-in-law Marmaduke Wyvill; his nephew Richard Rodes Wyvill.

Account of Richard Rodes Milnes with James Croft for stable and racing expenses, 1820.

Letter from George Lionel Dawson Damer [?] to unknown recipient, 2 Feb. 1845, with references to the late Rodes Milnes, Robert Pemberton Milnes, and Richard Monckton Milnes.

Missed Bland's letter whilst visiting Serlby but hopes he secured seed. Game birds at Bawtry. William Fenton has placed Rodes in the Wyvill's best room at Mannheim, where he will stay a year if he lives, which is doubtful; Travers urged Rodes to withdraw slowly from wine and spirits but he was drinking a bottle of brandy a day; Rodes foretold his own death on seeing [Mannheim?] Church. Postscript: York tempts Milnes to visit with a 'singing fellow' and a new billiard table.

Encloses unspecified item [no longer presnet]. Paying off Rodes' debts; may have to observe Lent in a Catholic manner. Sends a piece of Parmesan cheese from Milan which has been at the Custom House for two months but can be rehydrated. Christmas festivities at Serlby and Hodsack [Priory]. Postscript: I sat, at Hodsack, in the celebrated picture of the Misers [i.e. as in a tableau]. They begg'd me not to change my dress'.

Thorne. - Bland may have heard further news of the A[ire] & Calder canal scheme from Rodes; Lady Hertford now aligned with Milnes - quotes exchanges at a meeting with her and Mr Heywood; Heywood was evasive about A & C's plans and became very annoyed when challenged by Milnes about Lady Hertford's compensation; A. & C. are trying to quell opposition but too much land will be flooded for the scheme to suceeed; Milnes unimpressed by Leatham's claim to have outvoted a scheme threatening Fryston as it could never have been realised; Sir J. Watson resists on honourable grounds and old Watson does not care about the money; economic flaws; colliery plans more attractive.

K[ing's] A[rms] Yard. - Encloses copy of a family prayer (two sheets: 'Morning Prayer') 'appropriate... to the subject of our late correspondence'. Exhorts Milnes to study scriptures daily for further inspiration. Rodes reported that Milnes' agitation had made him ill; Fryston's painful associations with Milnes' late sister [Martha]

One note (from the 1820s?) on small scrap of paper only.