Death, 1713 style

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"Mr Bridges Father in Law to the D:[uke] of Shrewsbury Dyd sudenly by cutting the nail of his Toe Gangrened, & the next day his Leg was cut off & he dyed the Morning after."

Bod MS Carte 211 fo. 138, Ralph Wingate to an unknown correspondent, c. 4 September 1713.