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

Date:
1700-1714
Reference:
MS.7677
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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. Comprises:

  • MS.7677/1: Manuscript invoice for medical supplies. Manuscript invoice for medical supplies (powders and waters) supplied by John Swayne to Mrs. Colson's nursery (a John Swaine is recorded in Hackness Manuscripts and Accounts as supplying textiles). Dated 1700 with annotation recording payment, 1701.
  • MS.7677/2: Manuscript invoice for oats, bran and beans. Manuscript invoice for oats, bran and beans supplied by Joseph Colson, corn-chandler, to John Van den Bempde. Colson notes receipt of the sum requested "by a note on Alderman Child", putting his name to a statement written by Van den Bempde; on the rear Van den Bempde notes his payment of the bill and his receipt of money from Nurse Colson (1714).

    • Publication/Creation

    1700-1714

    Physical description

    1 file

    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.

    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.

    Finding aids

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

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    • acc. 351079