| Content Description | Explains that it was entirely by accident that his dogs killed one of Lord Harley's deer, and that Edmund Woodhead's version of events is false; encloses a copy of a letter from the Duke of Kingston [not present] by which it seems clear that his case has been misrepresented; is very keen not to lose the good opinion of the Duke; writes that in his father's time the Duke understood that deer from Welbeck did much damage to Bainbridge's family's livelihood; adds that his dogs never attack deer in the fields even though they rampage through his crops, but that the accident happened because the animal entered the yard.
Complains that falsehoods have been spread about him by Lord Harley's servant Mr Woodhead, 'one of the most Profligate Wretches in the Christian World'; accuses him of severe misconduct in his duties and of poaching when he should have been at church.
Letter dated 8 February 1720-21. |