L30/11/339/364

Letter from Mary Yorke to Lady Lucas, sent from Forthampton Court. Thanks for venison; feasted on the neck yesterday, and today friends have been invited to share the haunch. Describes how Mary Ann set herself on fire - she turned her back to the candle on the bedside and the flame caught the frill of her shift. She ran downstairs where her screams brought her parents. The fire was soon extinguished and cold potatoes applied to the burn. It has been well attended by the surgeon and apothecary, who says she will be well enough to travel by Tuesday next.

28 Jul 1814

From: 1814 To: 1814

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Yorke, Mary,
Maddox, Mary,
Lucas, Amabel, Baroness,
de Grey, Amabel, 1st Countess,
Hume-Campbell, Amabell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas,
Yorke, Mary Anne

family correspondence, FIRE, accidents, venison