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17th March 1662/63, Letter from George Willoughby to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 23-24

Editorial history

14/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki

Abstract & context

Thomas Tyte appears to be brother-in-law of George Willoughby. George Willoughby was a cousin for Christopher Willoughby

Suggested links

See 24th March 1662/63, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO, London
See 24th March 1662/63, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO, London, Letter 2
See March 1662/63, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO
See 6th March 1665/66, Letter from Christopher Willoughby, XXXX
See March 1665/66, Letter from George Willoughby to Sir GO
See 15th April 1667, Letter from George Willoughby to Sir GO, London
See April 1667, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO
See 11th August 1667, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO, Bishopton
See October 1667, Letter from Christopher Willoughby to Sir GO
See October 1667, Letter from Robert Bowen to Sir GO

To do

(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript at BL & add foliation

(2) Look at family origins and commercial activities of the Willoughby family. Are the Bristol and London merchants linked to the Derbyshire family, which had links to Barbados?

(3) Follow up names of George Willoughby's Portuguesese contacts in Goa

Transcription

This transcription has been completed , but requires checking

[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 23-24]

Hon:d S:r
London y:e 17:th March 1662/3

My Cozen M:r Christopher Willoughby^[1] being soe much yo:r Serv:t [hath?] given mee y:e confidence to trouble you, humbly desiring you to doe me y:e ffavour to cause to be received out of y:e Shipp Loy:ll Merch:t Nicholas Millet^[2] M:r one Chest containing: 4500: p:rs q/q [o/o?] marked as in y:e G:W no 2 ?Mesgl as alsoo another chesr out of y:e Affrican Rob:t ffisher^[3] M:r y:t 2,000 p:rs q£/q when Recd, I humbly Desired you to Send y:e Chest N:o 2:q:t 2,500: p:rs q£/q to Goa by y:e first opportunity Either by Sea or Land and consigne it to Manuell dias da pas,^[4] in absence to Joao: [Joad:?] de Prado,^[5] in Absence of both to Diego de Fonsica Silva^[6], in ansence of all to ffernd: Peres de Paredes,^[7] in Goa as you may see by y:e direction of y:e lre [shorthand I assume for letter] Inclosed for them, & y:e other Chest N:o 1: q:t 2,000 pr:s q£/q, I humbly desire you to buy all in Diamonds of y:e Sorts as here Inclosed I appoint in a Memorandum & y:t you would doe me y:e ffavo:r to send them by y:e ffirst Shipps homeward bound Consignening them to me & in my absence to my Cozen Christop:r Willoughby

To those men of Goa I have ordered them to send to you some Diamonds for me, Soo y:t I request you when you receive any thing from them to be pleased to Send it by y:e first Shipps to mee in my Absence to my Cozen Christopher Willoughby, & as for y:e one ?prell & y:d other you may please to charge y:e Commission w:ch is usuall in yo:r Prs [??], & if in ought I can Serve you gere be Assured S:r you will find me to be

[RH side] Yo:r very humble Servant
George Willoughby

P:S: I have paid y:d M:es [could it be short hand for Master?] for their fraight & Inclose ?yoos the Bills of Ladeing, The Inclosed lre [short hand for letter] is from my Brother Tho: Tyte^[8] who presents his Services to you

[CHECK IF THE BILLS OF LADING ARE IN THE OTHER VOLUMES OF OXENDEN CORRESPONDENCE?]

Notes

East Indies

"[October 22nd, 1658] Upon reading the petition of George Willoughby, administrator of his brother Robert and his uncle George Willoughby, the Court at first consents to his examining, in the presence of any two Committees, the accounts of their estates ; but on understanding from Mr. Acton that this may prove prejudicial to Jeremy Sambrooke, who is concerned, the Governor and Deputy are entreated to endeavour to reconcile Willoughby and Sambrooke and thus effect a peaceable conclusion."^[9]

Goan merchants, early & mid C17th

"It is possible to overdraw the isolation of Goa's leading merchants from Macao and the Far East, It is true that the ccasados returned each year only one or two galliots to Goa, while cessionaries of the japan voyage prepared five, six, or more galliots to sail from macao to Nagasaki. But the Goans were yet some of the major investors in and financiers of the voyages between Macao and Nagasaki. André Salema (chief superintendant of the Goan treasury and a major investor in Indian trade), Manuel de Moraes Sapico, and several other merchants of Goa financed Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho's voyages in 1632-34. About 1634 Francisco Tinoco de Carvalho and Lourenço de Carvalho prepared several galliots that sailed from Goa to Macao. Manuel Dias da Silva reported investing in several voyages to Japan in association with Manuel Gomes da Costa of Goa and his nephew Manuel Dias de Paz. The latter had been handling the affairs of Francisco Tinoco de Carvalho since Jorge Riberio Coresma's return to Portugal (about 1638)."^[10]

Manuel Diaz de Paz

Francisco Vaz Isidro, Manuel Dias de paz, and Antonio Gabriel Nunes are good examples of the Portuguese Jewish merchants of Amsterdam who had a three-dimensional interest in the Lisbon, European and inter-continental trade...

Manuel Dias de Paz divided his business interests between Lisbon, Europe and the European colonies overseas. His links with Lisnon show large investments in the import of products from the city itself, or products from city controlled trade networks overseas. On a European and international level, he was involved with men like Volckwein Momma, Johan van de Velden and Hendrick Aertsz. In insurance partnerships for ships leaving Amsterdam Paz's inter-continental connection was supported by his investments in the WIC and the COC, which amounted to 4000 Vlaams ponden en 100 guilders, respectively."^[11]

Possible primary sources

TNA

PROB 11/177 Lee 52-114 Will of George Willoughby, Merchant of London 04 June 1695
PROB 11/258 Berkeley 313-362 Will of Robert Willoughby or Wiloughby of Funchal, Island of Madeira 21 October 1656
PROB 11/341 Pye 1-52 Will of John Willoughby, Merchant of Bristol, Gloucestershire 15 March 1673
PROB 11/343 Pye 119-167 Will of The Right Honorable William Lord Willoughby of Parham 27 November 1673
PROB 11/343 Pye 119-167 Sentence of The Honorable William Lord Willoughby of Parham of Island of Barbados 02 December 1673
PROB 11/426 Irby 85-124 Will of Sir George Willoughby of Bishopstone, Wiltshire 04 June 1695

Possible secondary sources

Boyajian, James C., Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580-1640 (Baltimore, 2007)
Paolo Bernardini, Norman Fiering (eds.), The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1400-1800, vol. 2 (Providence, 2001)

1. ↑ Christopher Willoughby, London merchant
2. ↑ Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the Loyal Merchant
3. ↑ Captain Robert Fisher, commander of the African
4. ↑ Manuell Dias de Pas was XXXX. See Missing faces
5. ↑ Joao: [Joad:?] de Prado was XXXX. See Missing faces
6. ↑ Diego de Fonsica Silva was XXXX. See Missing faces
7. ↑ Peres de Paredes was XXXX. See Missing faces
8. ↑ The London merchant Thomas Tyte also mentioned that his was the brother-in-law of George Willoughby in his letter to Sir George Oxenden. See 21st March 1662/63, Letter from Thomas Tyte to Sir GO, London
9. ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, October 22, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 143), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 291
10. ↑ James C. Boyajian, Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580-1640 (Baltimore, 2007), p. 233
11. ↑ ?Author, 'The Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam: an insight on entrepreneurial behaviour in the Republic, 1640-1705' (XXXX, XXXX), p. 7, published as http://library.panteion.gr:8080/dspace/bitstream/123456789/456/1/ANTUNES.pdf, viewed 07/01/12