| Content Description | Reports the arrest of Mr Kimpton and his imprisonment in Cambridge gaol; expects Mr York to tell the earl all the details; writes that Flora the Italian greyhound has been found dead in suspicious circumstances; mentions that the painters have done good work on the ceilings of the Hall Chapel and the Little Dining Room; is confident that the ceilings in other rooms can be improved without much disturbance; explains that 'one of Newmans men learn'd the Plaisters Trade'; adds that the hay in the park has all been eaten by the deer; will send meat, butter and pears by the Royston waggon; writes that there has been a spate of lamb-killing by dogs, including Mr Hubbert's dog which has killed 26.
Letter dated 7 Feb. 1726/7. |