MRP: 19th March 1662/63, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO, London
TRANSCRIPTION COMPLETED, WEDNESDAY 10TH MARCH 2010
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Y:or Right Worp:ll SLr Geo: Oxinin (sic)
S:r I hope hese will find you in safety att Surr:tt & could have wished it might have brought you Newes of y:e Determinacion of all y:e Troublesome buisness here to yo:r satisfaction, but Not w:thstanding all endeav:es y:t have bene used wee have not bene Able to put á Period to any one of them, as yett, onely this I think I may say y:t we dayly gett Round [?] & shall in y:e end be victors, you will I doubt not receive á full Acco:t of all pticulers from M:rs Dallyson therefore y:t I may not tire you & Impede yo:r more weighty concernm:ts I shall onely give you a short Acco:t how matters Stand
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The Actions laid upon you by M:r Pearce & c., touching y:e pretended bills of Exch:a was by Advice remov:d into y:e Coomonpleas, where M:r Pearce was to have declared in á prefixed time, w:ch he lett slipp & soe those Actions fell, & y:e bale was discharged, we have offerd to referr y:t whole business touching y:e Joyned Stock & those bills of Exch:a but they Refuse it, soo y:e ffault is in themselves ad not in you or us & they cannot doe anything further at law therein for y:e present
Touching y:e loss sustained by y:e not sending y:e 20000 : ll & y:e goods fired [?] in y:e Adventure, you will receive y:e bill putt in against y:e Committee together w:th their Answer Etc:, to w:ch I refer, onely Advise you to be carefull to prove positively , That you did on y:e Receipt of theire first l:re provide & bespeake y:e goods perticulerizing y:e Sorts as much as may be & y:t theire Lre of countermand did not come time enough to free you from those goods, that y:re goods lade in y:e said Adventure were before y:e ladeing declared to be, & marked distnctly for y:e said Acco:t of y:e Committee, & y:t you could not have putt them to sale to y:e Indians w:thout great losse & much discreditt, & pray lett theire Proofes be as full as possible every Interrogatory
The Suite w:th y:e Committee of Smirna Merch:t for Wages did come to Judgem:t by default & upon á writt of Enquiry damages were Assessed to : 2550:ll (sic) for xxxxx of y:e Judgem:t there was paid 255:ll & then M:r Bretton & c:a brought a writt of Erro:r to Stoppe Execution & Since hath brought a bill in Chancery to w:ch they are to receive an Answer w:thout oath & soe proceed, Wee hope they shall not be Able to gett an Injunction but y:t y:r Judgem:t will in y:e End take place.
As to y:e business of Y:e King Ferdinand, After yo:r departure they hurried y:e business to a hearing by some undue practice & Intended to Surprize us, but y:e Issue was an order of Referrence to : 5: Merch:ts to heare & agree if they could or else to report, Two of w:ch were named by them viz:t John Buckworth & Rich:d Holeworthy, two by us to witt Tho: Tyte, & Michael Godfrey, & my Lord Chancell named ay:e fifth Alderman Samuell Mico, all w:ch referrers [?] have already taken a great deal of paines & troubles in y:e business having mett about: 44: to 45: times (these numbers are correct! sic) & you are much oblidged to y:m for their reddiness to Neglect theire owne Occasions y:e lst meeting was y:e 21:st Aug:st last, Wee have run
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through y:e whole business & Answered all y:e pretensions of Ald:m Love Soe y:t y:e last meeting on y:e 17:th March he declared to y:e commissiono:ors y:t he wold say noe more but leave them to make such Reports as they thought good w:ch I doubt not but in short time they will make to o:r satisfaction
It would be too tedious & Amo:t to á volume if I should acquaint you of all y:t hath passed in this long contest, What they have pretend:d & w:t hath beene reply:d, They urged y:t you & Christopher were Joynt ffact:s & soe joyntly responsible for w:ch they produced yo:r lres & y:e ggactory sent home Signed by you, & soe Intitled, they excepted against all y:e goods y:t were not y:e speciall goods enumerated in their lres to you, utterly disclaiming y:e Busora Voyadge alleged Christoph:r had not Commission therein, Nor y:t he had any Commission to Sell y:e China Damaske, Linnen, & Muske being goods proper for England & therefore ought to make them good at y:e Price they would have yeld:d in England w:ch they pretended at great rates 4:ll 10s:p.p. damaske, 4s:2:d p yard y:e Linnns, & 32s:pound y:e Muske; Disowned y:e bookes pretending they were made upp at Sea, denyed y:t any goods were pvid:d in Agra, or y:t Rob:t Masters bought Salt Peeter to such á quantity & price at Rajap:e In fine (sic) they have contested & disputed everything And at last of all they urged, y:t if y:e Shipp K:e fferdinando had come home on a Winters voyadge & brought y:e Carg:o or Such part of itt as they had effects to pay for, her goods would then have yeelded in Sale as y:e Two Sisters goods did, Too (sic) evidence w:ch they have pduced (sic) Three Severall calculls (sic) before y:e Referrers all w:ch I have beene constrained to examine Article by Article, & I thinke have satisfied y:e Referrers of y:e Unjustness & Invallidity of those pretences; I dare not tell you how great my Trouble, & Paines hath beene in these Affaires for you cannot believe it, I shall leave y:t to M:rs Dallyson, & onely Assure you y:t God sending me life & healthe I shall not decline it till there be an Issue, w:ch I would hope would not be long but though they may delay, I am confident in y:e end you will have content, I have delivered to M:rs Dallison (sic) to be Sent you y:e
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Like Commodity both in quantity and Quallity as I delivered to yo:rselfe at Pting, Lrs [??] produce, I wholy (sic) leave to yo:r madadgem:t as y:e former to employ in Trade in India & to make returnes home When & how you shall find to my most Advantadge (sic), allwayes observing y:t its my desire to keepe w:thin y:e limitts (sic) of y:e Comp:as directions; Mrs Noke I suppose will write unto you, her selfe; soe shall not Trouble you w:th her concernements, Onely to desire you would in y:e business of M:r Weales Debt & y:e Assignement of y:e 900:ll give her all furtherance & Assistance possible.
My wife, & little daughter wish you all health & happiness, & present you theire Resoects, & I Assure you y:t I am,
Yo:r Reall ffreind and humble Serv:T
Tho: Papillon
London this 19 March 1662/3
