Mrs. Colson (fl. 1700-1714), manager of a nursery

Date:
1700-1714
Reference:
MS.7677
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About this work

Description

Two items relating to Mrs Colson, who ran a nursery, from the dispersed papers of John Van den Bempde (1659-1726), of Hackness Hall, Scarborough, and Pall Mall, London.

Publication/Creation

1700-1714

Physical description

2 items

Acquisition note

Purchased from J.L.M. Gulley, London, January 1999.

Biographical note

There is no indication of the location of the Colsons' establishments but the use of Child's bank and Van den Bempde's possession of a house in Pall Mall suggest London.

The Van den Bempde family is chronicled in Hackness Manuscripts and Accounts, ed. J.W. Walker (Yorkshire Archeological Society Record Series XCV, 1937).

Related material

At Wellcome Collection:

John Van den Bempde's grandson and heir was George Johnstone (1720-1792), 3rd Marquess of Annandale: see MS. 7477/1.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Ownership note

Van den Bempde's papers came in the nineteenth century into the possession of the Hon. G.M. Fortescue; the two papers are both stamped with the Fortescue arms and motto.

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Accession number

  • acc. 351079