| Title | 1767 Letter from Mrs. Sarah Lovell [wife of John Lovell] at Bath, Som. to John Harvey at Cole Park, Malmesbury. Death of Mr. Prowse, M.P. for Somerset; children Peter and Jack, etc.
1773 Letter from John Lovell to his wife 'Sally'.
1774 Letter "to my dear masters". Present of pears.
1774-1781 Letters from "Mother", Sarah Lovell to her sons Peter and John, at Mr. Morgan's school in Broad Street, Bath, Som., and, from 1778, at Oriel College, Oxford. Domestic details of life at Cole Park; horses, ferreting, coursing hares, hunting, shooting for cocks; sales and purchases of farm livestock; poaching. Cyder making. Building operations at Cole Park. Hickey on the run in London 'goes in woman apparel'. [A reference Michael Hickey, who attempted to seize Elizabeth Smith of Great Somerford in order to marry her but was brought to trial and imprisoned see Wiltshire Notes and Queries vol 1 pp 407-410]. Death of Mr Thomas [prob Christmas Thomas, schoolmaster]. Visitors and local news. Malmesbury fair and ball. Malmesbury election (1774) and attempted bribery. New Malmesbury turnpike road. Visits to Bath, Corsham, Charlton and Somerford, etc. (50) see also 161/159
1774-1779 Letters from Peter and John Lovell to their mother Sarah. From school in Bath, Som. and from Oxford. Family affairs, horses, clothes. Election of the Master of Ceremonies at Bath, Som. (1777). Life at Oxford.
1777-1781 Letters from John Lovell to his brother Peter. Arrival at school in Bath, Som; school affairs; Bath Society; books. Peter Lovell to his brother John, from Oxford. The Gawdy. (8) See also 161/113, 159
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