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 84 THE WENTWORTII PAPERS.

��[Lady Wentworth.]

April 2T), 1709. My dearist dear and best of children, I have hard to day that you ar coming home and Moonseer Spannyor going back, which if peecc {sic) I shall much rcjoyce at it, if not, I shall pray it may not be true. This day was designed for the nuptials of the Duke of Norfolke and a very great fortune in the North, a vast one, but its put ofe tel next week. She is of his relcgion, a roman Catholick. Lady Mary Cumton is to be marryed to a vast ritch seteson, his name is Goar.* Lady Mary Villors, Lord Jarsis daughter is to mary Mr. Thin, he is very ritch. She has but eaght thoussand pd., what he lykse her for is her hair which is very red, and he resolved never to have a wife but what had red hair. Mr. Gear's weding shirts sleevs is laste with lace of eaght pd. a yard, the night shirt lace three pd. ten a yard ; this I was told for truith, but can not beleeve it

April 2%, 1709. My dearist and best of children, I hope your hurry of buisness is over, and that I shall have a long letter from you. Mrs. Walbertun is made of honor in the room of Mrs. Smith, I wish it had been Betty. Wee have very cold wether again, I have never been yet but three days without fyer. Corn fell for one week, but now they have raised it again ; its more then duble the yousyal prise, as it was last summer, yet they say thear is hopse we shall have a very plentefuU year of

corn. I hope all your prety dums are well Your

brother Wentworth tels me Mr. Benson is to loock affter your buildin in Yorkshire. I have found him out to be an old aquantenc of myne, his father was your father's mortell

a daughter of the Earl of Northampton. His father, Sir William, was a city alderman. He was returned member for Colchester. A paper in the Spcctafor, No. 299, February 12, 17 12, is said to have been in ridicule of this marriage ; other commentators maintain that the couple aimed at were Sir Ambrose Crowley and his Lady. See note on p. 62, ante.
 * William Gore, of Tring Park, Herts, married Lady Mary Compton,

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