Various letters relating to John Grimston

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Various letters relating to John Grimston

Dec 1750-Dec 1751

Includes letters from: Miss Priss Digby, Grange (4 pieces); Spencer Schutz, Brook Street; Nathaniel Maister, Hull (2 pieces); John Anthony Crop and Company, Amsterdam (3 pieces); Monsieur Jean Wouters, Brussels; J[?] Bagnall, Donnington (7 pieces); Philip Harcourt, Ankerwyke and Inner Temple (4 pieces); G[?] Cooper, Cambridge and Newcastle, London (3 pieces); Thomas Whately, junior, Nonsuch Park and Newby Wisk (3 pieces); Thomas. Turner, junior Lincolns Inn and Nursted, Kent (2 pieces); Ralph Close, Richmond; Lady Frances Legard, Grange, Ossington, Brompton (7 pieces); Rt Hodson, Huntingdon; Mrs H Payler, London (2 pieces); Chris Goulton, Beverley; George Overend, Fangfoss (2 pieces); Matthew Waters, Walls End near Newcastle on Tyne, and London (5 pieces); Richard Saward, Kirby Hall; Thomas Robinson, Beckhouse (5 pieces); S[?] Hills, Peovor, near Khutsford, Cheshire; B[?] Stephenson, Stevenage; B[?] Legard, Brompton; Thomas Grimston, London (2 pieces) William Crowie, Pryston; Mrs Creyke, York; Thomas Perritt, York; Francis Meeke, Leicester (2 pieces); John Midgley, Beverley; Sir Henry Grey, Howick; R[?] Fowler, Trinity College; J[?] Rust, London; Henry Thompson, London; H[?] Buncombe, Copgrove; W[?] Stables, York; John Storr, Hilston; Robert Legard, Kilnwick;Stephen Thompson, St Mary Hill (2 pieces); Miss Harriot Digby, Grang; Christopher Legard, Kilnwick (3 pieces); Sir John Goodricke, The Hague, Holland; J[?] Creyke, London (4 pieces); William Grove Buckland; John Hudson, Leyden, Holland; A[?] Wright; 'JC'(Mrs Creyke), Whitley; Thompsons and Seward, London; John Hill, Southampton; James Ryder, Kilnwick; H[?] Hewgill; Sarah Hamerton, Rotherham (2 pieces); Matthew Remington, Cawkell; Mrs C Grimston, Neswick; James Nelthorpe, Seacroft near Leeds; Zeberdia[?] Hatfield, Laughton near Doncaster. Concerninig: sale of estates of Digby family; John Grimaton's tour of Belgium and Holland with Sir Digby Legard; financial arrangements whilst abroad; brother-in-law of Spencer Schutz ia Master of Horse tothe Prince of Orange; social gossip; all dogs at Kilnwick dead or destroyed because of madness. John Grimston's return from Holland because of his father's illness; letters of welcome from many of his friends; Senora Galli to perform at York; black and yellow hearth for the dining room (at Kilnwick) -'I fancy it will (cost) less in London....veined marble...for your other chimney pieces which will coat at Beverley five shills. per foot'; poem about Kilnwick and John Grimston written by Francis Meeke; estate (mentions land of Joseph Storr in Owstwick (28 Sep 1751) which 'from the Survey taken by the Commissioners about a hundred years ago (when the Township was Inclosed [Enclosed]) is about 216 acres' ); Eagle at Howick 'a curiosity perhaps you did not see in Holland'; death and funeral of Thomas Grimston; letters of condolence; death of Prince of Orange; financial affairs; opinion of Holland and the Dutch; price of a surgeon's commission in the army; enquiry relating to papers belonging to the Hill family; advice to John Grimston on how to avoid scandal-'whenever therefore the Drapers or Beverley people come to you Be sure to cram them with Beef and Mutton... .Ram it but down their throats at first and the mouth of all wickedness will be stopped'; recipe for a cold cure; courtship of John Grimston and Jane Legard; Mr Sykes to marry Miss Legard; death of the Queen.

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