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| − | Yo:e expressions to mee heere weere free & noble on behalfe of my son<ref>Charles Bendish was | + | Yo:e expressions to mee heere weere free & noble on behalfe of my son<ref>Charles Bendish was appointed an employee by East India Company on November 4th, 1661. His salary was determined one month later. He and Cesar Chambrelan, the son of Sir Thomas Chambrelan, were employed on annual salary of £25, whereas Henry Oxenden, Sir George Oxenden's nephew, was employed on £20. The more experienced Streynsham Masters, another of Sir George Oxenden's nephews out in the East Indies with him, received £30 per annum. ('A court of committees, November 4, 1661' (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 418), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663'' (Oxford, 1922), p. 145). See http://www.archive.org/stream/courtminutesetc00east#page/144/mode/2up, viewed 03/01/12); 'A Court of Committees, December 18, 1661' (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 439), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663'' (Oxford, 1922), pp. 167-168. See http://www.archive.org/stream/courtminutesetc00east#page/168/mode/2up, viewed 03/01/12</ref> of w:ch I ever had á most firme beleefe & assurance but yo:e actuall demonstrations of y:e sa:e in delivering him from his assaultes & getting him on Shipp board exceeds w:t hee or I can merritt; you have left him S:r from ruine; (w:ch if hee shall ever forgett to acknowledge & indeavour to deserve by his fidelity & service to you I shall never owne him) & mee from very much care & trouble, I value not the money his industry w:th yo:e favour may make it of little consequence happily it may make him more industruous & lesse ?supine in his future undertakings to proceed from yo:e goodnesse & my selfe to bee S:r |
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| − | "The following men are entertained for the several factories in India: Richard Frances, Thomas Haslewood, Robert Fleetwood, Gabriel Tounsend, Robert Hopper, James Calthrope, Charles Bendish, Edward Harris, Joshua Bunberry | + | "The following men are entertained for the several factories in India: Richard Frances, Thomas Haslewood, Robert Fleetwood, Gabriel Tounsend, Robert Hopper, James Calthrope, Charles Bendish, Edward Harris, Joshua Bunberry, John March, Francis Minshull, Mathew Vincent, Henry Chune [Chown], George C;ay..."<ref>'A court of committees, November 4, 1661' (''Court Book'', vol. xxiv, p. 418), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), ''A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663'' (Oxford, 1922), p. 145). See http://www.archive.org/stream/courtminutesetc00east#page/144/mode/2up, viewed 03/01/12</ref> |
Revision as of 13:57, January 3, 2012
10th April 1662, Letter from Thomas Bendyshe to Sir GO
BL, Add. MS. XX, XXXX, f. 68
Editorial history
02/06/09, CSG: Completed transcription
13/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki
27/12/11, CSG: Added hypertext table of Contents
Abstract & context
Suggested links
See 30th March 1663, Letter from Thomas Bendysh to Sir GO, London
See X March 1665, Letter from Thomas Bendyshe to Sir GO, London
See X April 1667, letter from Thomas Bendyshe to Sir GO, Bumpsted
To do
(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript at BL
(2) This letter from Thomas Bendyshe appears in the Surat copybook in a March 1662/63 sequence - was it actualy written in modern calendar April 1663?
Transcription
This transcription has been completed, but requires checking
[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXXX, f. 68]
S:r
Copia
Yo:e expressions to mee heere weere free & noble on behalfe of my son[1] of w:ch I ever had á most firme beleefe & assurance but yo:e actuall demonstrations of y:e sa:e in delivering him from his assaultes & getting him on Shipp board exceeds w:t hee or I can merritt; you have left him S:r from ruine; (w:ch if hee shall ever forgett to acknowledge & indeavour to deserve by his fidelity & service to you I shall never owne him) & mee from very much care & trouble, I value not the money his industry w:th yo:e favour may make it of little consequence happily it may make him more industruous & lesse ?supine in his future undertakings to proceed from yo:e goodnesse & my selfe to bee S:r
Yo:r Most [does not then add a name!]
Aprill y:e 10:th 1662
Notes
- ↑ Charles Bendish was appointed an employee by East India Company on November 4th, 1661. His salary was determined one month later. He and Cesar Chambrelan, the son of Sir Thomas Chambrelan, were employed on annual salary of £25, whereas Henry Oxenden, Sir George Oxenden's nephew, was employed on £20. The more experienced Streynsham Masters, another of Sir George Oxenden's nephews out in the East Indies with him, received £30 per annum. ('A court of committees, November 4, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 418), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 145). See http://www.archive.org/stream/courtminutesetc00east#page/144/mode/2up, viewed 03/01/12); 'A Court of Committees, December 18, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 439), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), pp. 167-168. See http://www.archive.org/stream/courtminutesetc00east#page/168/mode/2up, viewed 03/01/12
- ↑ 'A court of committees, November 4, 1661' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 418), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the court minutes of the East India Company, 1660-1663 (Oxford, 1922), p. 145). See http://www.archive.org/stream/courtminutesetc00east#page/144/mode/2up, viewed 03/01/12
