| Description | Some incomplete, written to Mrs. Legh at Chester from her cousins, E. (Eleanor?) and F. (Frances?) Ernle, mostly from Brimslade, Wilts., but two from London. Most deal with family and local matters, fashion and gossip. Mention is made of Constantia Ernle’s engagement and marriage to Lord Dupplin (1741), after a three week engagement (“he had not a shilling in the world but his Place”).
“Esq. Washborn ….. lives altogether in Northamptonshire with a Merchants Lady …. with whom he flaunts about in a fine Guilt Chariot …. This Lady has made him a present of the finest Pearl that ever was seen….” (Undated). |