Edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske

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Barfoot, Mrs, inhabitant of Otterbourne or Hursley. Death, 108 (17 April 1854).

Bargus Mary (Kingsman) (1759?-1848), CMY’s maternal grandmother. 4 (6 August 1838); FMY mistress of the house only after her death, 103 (9 March 1854);

Baring, Sir Thomas (1772–1848), 2nd Bt.: 3 (?January 1837).

Barker, Miss, unidentified, perhaps a Puslinch governess? 24 (24 September 1846); 25 (30 October 1846);

Barnes, William, unidentified. 56 (15 March 1852); probably the same person, 102 (8 March 1854)

Barnett, Elizabeth (28 Nov 1810-15 April 1900), sister of Emma (Barnett) Butler and second cousin of the Rev. William Butler. 42 (November 1850); 44 (30 June 1851); review of The Heir of Redclyffe in The Times, 89 (January 1854); 92 (1 February 1854); with CMY at Dogmersfield Rectory, 93 (10 February 1854); reply to letter of condolence on WCY’s death, 100 (February 1854); success of Heartsease, 122 (?November 1854); staying at Otterbourne House, 137 (6 June 1855); expected to come and stay at Otterbourne House, 151 (19 May 1856); at St. Leonards, 160 (15 December 1856); trip to Dublin described to her, 177 (28 September 1858); Puslinch unchanging, 203 (September 1859); 204 (September 1859);

Barter, Rev. Charles, Rector of Sarsden, brother of the Rev. Robert Speckott Barter. 24 (24 September 1846).

Barter, Catherine (b. 1820/1), daughter of the Rev. Charles Barter. In the 1871 census a schoolmistress at Shipton-under-Wychwood, running a small boarding-school with a South African ward, Salome Melango (b.1863/4). 24 (24 September 1846); 25 (30 October 1846); 51 (November or December 1851);

Barter, Katherine Mary (d. 1897), daughter of the Rev. William Barter, married (28 October 1846), as his second wife, the Rev. Charles Wordsworth. Her engagement, 24 (24 September 1846);

Barter, Mary, probably another of Warden Barter’s nieces. 117 (9 June 1854);

Barter, Old Mrs, probably the mother of the Rev. Robert Speckott Barter. 24 (24 September 1846).

Barter, Rev. Robert Speckott (1790-1861), Warden of Winchester College. 24 (24 September 1846); 25 (30 October 1846); 41 (20 October 1850); sending kind note about WCY’s illness, 98 (25 February 1854); friendship with WCY, 102 (8 March 1854); inviting CMY and Anne Yonge to diner before the missionary meeting, 116 (June 1854);

Barter, Rev. William Brudnal (b.1807/8), Rector of Burghclere, brother of the Rev. Robert Speckott Barter. 24 (24 September 1846).

Bastard, Baldwin John Pollexfen (1830-1905), succeeded his brother Edmund Bastard in the Kitley estates. At Winchester College, 25 (30 October 1846);

Bastard, Edmund Rodney Pollexfen (1825-1856), of Kitley, eldest son of namesake  (1784-1838), converted to Rome, married (1853) Florence Mary Scrope (d. 1871). At meeting of Church Union, 29 (14 March 1849); probable reference to his conversion, 41 (20 October 1850);

Bayle, Mrs, unidentified, illustrator. 162 (24 January 1857).

Beck, Caroline Janetta (Bignell) (b.Launceston 1819/20) second wife of Lt-Col Edward Walter, stepmother to Frances (Walter) Yonge and Gertrude, married secondly the Rev James Beck. At her stepdaughter’s wedding to JBY, 188 (10 September 1858);

Bennett, Helen Frances, daughter of the Rev. Henry Bennett, married (1863) the Rev. Richard William Church (1815-1890). Visit to, 23 (19 September 1846); ‘plain and straightforward’, 25 (30 October 1846).

Bennett, Miss, unidentified. 14 (28 October 1844).

Bennett, Rev. Henry (1795-1874). 23 (19 September 1846).

Beresford Hope, Alexander James Beresford (1820–1887), M. P., ecclesiologist, Tractarian. 29 (14 March 1849).

Bigg, Alethea (1777-1847), aunt of Sir William Heathcote and the Rev. William Bigg Wither, sister of Elizabeth (Bigg) Heathcote, friend of Jane Austen. 13 (21 October 1844).

Bigg Wither, Charles (1822-1896), youngest brother of the Rev. William Bigg Wither. 6 (28 September 1838);

Bigg Wither, Guy Carleton (1836-1860), nephew of the Rev. William Bigg Wither. 21 (22 July 1845).

Bigg Wither, Marianne, sister of the Rev. William Bigg Wither, 187 (27 August 1858);

Bigg Wither, Rev. William Harris Walter (1809-1899), his father had proposed to Jane Austen, first cousin to Sir William Heathcote, curate of Otterbourne to 1871 and subsequently Rector of Hardwick, Bucks. Christening Chamberlayne children, moving house, 4 (6 August 1838); 6 (25 September 1838); 7 (5 December 1838); giving JBY Isaac Williams’s poetry, 8 (late December 1838 or early January 1839); 13 (21 October 1844); 14 (28 October 1844); 20 (19 April 1845); 21 (22 July 1845); 23 (19 September 1846); 24 (24 September 1846); 26 (December 1846); related to the poet Wither, 55 (17 February 1852); 56 (15 March 1852); his house built by WCY, 105 (17 March 1854); bringing Anne Yonge a letter, 108 (17 April 1854); at dinner with Warden Barter, 117 (9 June 1854); giving thanks for JBY’s safe return, 124 (1 December 1854); calling at Otterbourne House, perhaps with a sister, 129 (19 March 1855); 131 (23 March 1855); going home with his brother after his aunt’s funeral, 132 (29 March 1855); 136 (June 1855); caught in a flood, 193 (16 February 1859); 194 (9 March 1859); grief at death of JBY’s baby son, 209 (3 November 1859);

Blackburn, Jemima (Wedderburn) (1823-1909), illustrator and naturalist, married (1849) Hugh Blackburn (1823-1909), Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University. Sent two lists of essential books, 95 (18 February 1854); Tom Thumb discussed, 110 (21 April 1854); Tom Thumb again, 111 (13 May 1854); thanked for photograph of herself, 114 (26 May 1854); sent copy of Heartsease, 121 (10 October 1854); 125 (1 December 1854); 149 (17 March 1856); 162 (24 January 1857);

Blois, Colonel, unidentified friend of JBY. With JBY in Stavanger, 172 (30 June 1857).

Blunt, Lady Susan or Susannah (Nelson) (d. 1900), daughter of the 2nd Earl Nelson, married (1865) the Rev. Alexander Blunt. To be sent an account of Jane Colborne’s wedding to her cousin Alexander Montgomery Moore, 178 (1 October 1857);

Boger, Walter Deeble (b. 1832). Invited out from Winchester 24 (24 September 1846); 25 (30 October 1846);

Bogue, Mary Isabella (1823?-1878) daughter of Captain Richard Bogue, married (22 November 1838) the Reverend Francis Smith, son of Sir John Wyldbore Smith, 2nd Bt.. The Bogue and Yonge families were connected through the Mudge family of Plymouth. Sending wedding cake, 7 (5 December 1838).

Bogue, Richard, letter after WCY’s death, 105 (17 March 1854);

Bonaparte, Prince Lucien (1813-1891). Visiting Chobham camp, 82 (July 1853).

Bond, Alethea Duke (Yonge) (1817-1847), daughter of the Rev. Duke Yonge, Vicar of Antony, and Cordelia (Colborne) Yonge, first cousin of CMY. Writing from Heidelburg, 6 (25 September 1838); 20 (19 April 1845);

Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins (1783-1862), 1^st Bt., surgeon. Attending on Jane Duke Yonge, 19 (5 January 1845).

Brontë, Charlotte (1812-1855), novelist. 178 (1 October 1857); 194 (9 March 1859);

Broughton, Rev. William Grant (1788-1853), bishop of Australia. Burial in Canterbury Cathedral, 77 (17 March 1853).

Bulteel, Lady Georgiana, Dieawayness, 25 (30 October 1846).

Burrel, Mr, unidentified. 25 (30 October 1846).

Butler, Anna (b.1825/6-after 1892), sister of the Rev. William John Butler, contributor to MP, author of Likes and Dislikes: Some Passages in the Life of Emily Marsden (1858) and several other works published as by ‘The author of Likes and Dislikes', viz., Philip Bezant, or, Is Revenge Sweet? (1859), The Brotherhood of St. John the Evangelist at Berlin (1859), Chilcote Park, or, The Sisters (1860) and The Post Office Window, Being a Tale of the Night School (1862). Asked for help on Scandinavian names, 92 (1 February 1854); 93 (10 February 1854); her ‘Aunt Louisa’s Travels’ in MP, 107 (10 April 1854); 109 (20 April 1854); sent proofs of ‘Likes and Dislikes’, 137 (6 June 1855); told Polish nationalism inappropriate for MP, 146 (28 January ?1856);148 (11 February 1856); 151 (19 May 1856); 152 (23 June 1856); 153 (mid 1856); 154 (11 July 1856); 155 (29 September 1856); 160 (15 December 1856); 170 (13 June 1857); second part of ‘Likes and Dislikes’ rejected as too Puseyite, 171 (15 June 1857); thanked for advice on obtaining books on Iceland, 184 (26 December 1857)
Butler, Emma (Barnett) (29 January 1813-21 Jan 1894), sister of Elizabeth Barnett, married (1843) her second cousin the Rev. William John Butler. 44 (30 June 1851); asked to sign petition against divorce, 173 (10 July 1857);

Butterfield, William (1814-1900), architect. Restoring St. Mary and St. Melor, Amesbury, 67 (14 August 1852);