| Description | Includes letters from: Henry Hewgill (3 pieces); Marmaduke Prickett, Kilham; John Grimston; William Grove, London (4 pieces); Stephen Thompson, London (2 pieces); Nathaniel Maister Hull (4 pieces); Pasl[?] Stevens, 'The paved stones in Grays Inn Lane over agt.[?] the rising sun'. H[?] Hewgill junior, Leverton, , Nottinghamshire; W[?] Hardwick, King's Bench (2 pieces); A[?] Draper, Beswick; M[?] Payler, London (2 pieces); copy extract of 'Mr Bewlays letter to Mrs Payler? Thompsons and Seward, London; Mathew Buckle, Lundon; J[?] Close, Richmond; George Daniell, Attorney, Wood Street. Concerning: purchase of a surgeon mate's warrant in Colonel Howard's regiment at Stirling; Mrs Bower to sell her land in East Newton because she disapproves proposed inclosure there; John Grimston to tour Belgium and Holland; 'It is today reported (18 Apr 1751) that the Regency is certainly fixt and the Princess is to be at the head. The King was never known better, his behaviour to the Princess is incomparable'; financial matters; prize money and financial affairs of Admiral Medley, deceased; Walter Hardwick in King's Bench prison where 'a malignant feaver rages...severall dies every day'; Estate (mentions land in Sudcoats near the new inclosure [enclosure] in Summergangs); cattle plague at Bugthorpe and Skirpenbeck; penalty for driving infected beasts without a certificate is £10; allowances for loss of stock. |