MRP: 23rd February 1662/63, Letter from Ann Townesend alias Nicholls to Sir GO, London

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23rd February 1662/63, Letter from Ann Townesend alias Nicholls to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, f. 73

Editorial history

18/12/11, CSG: Page created




Abstract & context



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To do


(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript at BL

(2) CSG, 13/01/09 – Check CCM 50-54 & CCM 55-59 for mentions of John Nicholls. How did GO know John Nicholls? Did GO use the Expedition for trade? Presumably Nicholls used to ply the London/Surat route?]


Transcription


This transcription has been completed, but requires checking

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, f. 73

Right Worthy S:r

I had once a husband whoos Name was Jn:e Nicholls[1] & was Master of y:e Expedition whome you very well did know, I made bould to acquaint yo:r Worp:e in London about my sufferings, & by whom, & yo:r Worp:e was pleased to proise mee yo:r helpe when God brought you to India: M:r Goodyer[2] can very well informe you who had [has?] my husbands will for hee was on board when he dyed; I desire y:t I may have y:e will heare, I have given a lre of Attorney to one M:r Jn:e Oates[3] Cheife M:te in y:e American who w:th yo:r Powerfull assistance is willing to Act for my releife in it; w:thout yo:r Worp:s helpe hee cann doo nothing I shall not need to Begg y:e helpe of y:e just & mercyfull whome your Worp:e is well knowne to bee, S:r I am in a suffering Condition, my wants are great, & my desires are noo more than Just , under God my hopes are in you soo ?craving pardon for my Bouldnesse I take leave & rest

[LH side]
London y:e 23:th ffeb 1662:

[RH side]
Yo:r troublesome friend
& servant
Ann: Townesend
Als - Nicholls


Notes

The Expedition


The Expedition was one of four ships apparently belonging to the EEIC (or ?under charter to the EEIC) in 1655, with the four ships together given a valuation of £1,000[4]

"[October 10, 1656] No more pay to be allowed to sailors employed in the Expedition who remain in India after the disposal of that ship and the dispatch of the Three Brothers and the Mayflower from the Coast."[5]




Possible primary sources

  1. ↑ John Nicholls was XXXX. See Missing faces
  2. ↑ John Goodyear (alias Goodyer(e), Goodier) was in Surat with Sir George Oxenden
  3. ↑ John Oates, chief mate of the American, was XXXX. See Missing faces
  4. ↑ 'A General Court of all the adventurers in the United Joint Stock, September 12, 1655' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 462), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), fn. 1, p. 56
  5. ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, October 10, 1656' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 543), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 115

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