1792 06 18 : 02 : Letter regarding the Luck of Edenhall

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:44PM by Petra Mitchinson

18 Jun 1792 (2). LETTER REGARDING THE LUCK OF EDENHALL. A neat and clean privately carried letter asking permission for the Luck of Edenhall to be sketched for William Hutchinson’s “History of Cumberland”, which was published in 1794. The Luck of Edenhall is a glass goblet probably of 13th century Syrian or Egyptian origin, which according to legend was taken from fairies disturbed at St. Cuthbert’s Well in the garden of Edenhall. The fairies fled, and the last one called out, “If this cup should break or fall Farewell the Luck of Edenhall.” Since 1926, the Luck of Edenhall has been in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Mr. OLDMAN Edenhall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skirwith June 18th 1792 Sir The Person employd by the Editors of the new History of Cumberland to take Drawings of remarkable things to be inserted in that work will be in this part of the Country in a little time, if it woud not be disagreable to the family to permit him to sketch a drawing of the Luck of Edenhall, and of the painted Glass in the Church windows, they would esteem it an obligation, and you woud confer a favor upon them by making this request known to Mr. MUSGRAVE when you write to him. If you have heard of Sir Philip, since I last enquird of you, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will be obligd to you to inform me how he is, as also to make my best respects to all the family who I have not troubled with written enqueries after my uncles health, as I have such frequent opportunitys of hearing of him & them, from you I am Sir yr. hum: Sert [signed] M YATES