 In his advertisements, he described himself as a 'Late servant to the Right Honourable the Earl and Countess of Northumberland'.As he continued to be piper to the Countess, he seems to have been referring to some other, former, appointment in the Earl's household.The inn was large and respectable - on Saturday 11 July 1767, an auction of a farm was held at The Angel; on 2 February 1771, 'a company of gentlemen' celebrated the 21st birthday of Lord Algernon Percy at the Angel; and the inn was used as an office for the collection of rents.