Mrs. Colson (fl. 1700-1714), manager of a nursery
- Date:
- 1700-1714
- Reference:
- MS.7677
- Archives and manuscripts
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