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Joseph Barber (Ampthill) to Thomas (Tom) or Richard How (3 Crowns & Key, Gracious...

Catalogue reference: HW/87/47

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Reference: HW/87/47
Description: Joseph Barber (Ampthill) to Thomas (Tom) or Richard How (3 Crowns & Key, Gracious St.) Will Woodman at Woburn Market for his horse - Scandal about Thos. How's affairs reported by Sarah Marriott when she returned from London where she had been staying in St. Paul's Churchyard : "Well but, said Frank Gibson, I hear he [Thos. How] has partly spent it [his fortune & estate],p and added, I hear he has a mind to my cuzen Guly Briggins" conversation with "the captain" who also lodged there. The maid servant that lives with them [Frank Gibson] came from Woburn & has given Frank Gibson all those hints of scandal that have been published from thence concerning you, but like a jade as she is, she proved treacherous to her mistress also .... - please buy 6 yards persian. J. Clark kill'd one of T. Huckles does. Money due to Wm. Arnold. - Has bad cold : the disease seem much fixt on my lungs. attended with a violent cough.
Held by: Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language: English
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b76c8f09-ff39-46fb-9b45-d59ecab0a8ef/

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