In the 1680s and 1690s Thornton wrote to Abstrupus Danby asking him to repay money that she had spent on his family in the 1660s when he was a child. By the later period, her family was in debt whereas Danby was doing very well for himself. Thornton mentions this debt in her will written in 1705. 🗃️
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25 Apr. 1699 #OTD Alice Thornton’s son-in-law, Thomas Comber, wrote to her: ‘I am glad you agree with me in resentments of that whifling Knight Sir A[bstrupus]:D[anby]: and am sorry your occasions should oblige you to make application to so ungrateful a wretch’. #EarlyModern 🗃️
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