MRP: November 1667, Letter from Henry Oxinden to Sir GO Letter 2
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November 1667, Letter from Henry Oxinden to Sir GO Letter 2
BL, MS. XX,XXX, ff. 52-53
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[BL, MS. XX,XXX, ff. 52-53]
Pray Brother make Henry[1] doo his duty & make him serviceable to yo:w & his masters, James[2] hath very diligently endeavour’d for preferm:t at Court & elsewhere, but heither to hath been disappointed in his XXXXX [CSG, 12/9/08 – should be efforts but looks more like “defianes”?]
Cap:t Couze[3] hath sold ship for 1000:ll & I have taken out yo:w share he is about building a larger ship, he desires me to come in againe for a share, but I shall advise yo:w upon it, for many are discuraged from going shares in shipps, The loyall merch:t goes to y:e Coast, we would faine have gather to goe to Suratt but could not prevaile, Cap:t Risby commands her, an honest man, The king owes us 2200:ll wages for her service in y:e warr,[4] we cannot yet get y:e mony, but sallirs hard for it, weare at great charge to new fitt her out, pray remember my kinde love to M:r Goodier & tell him I will doe him all yx right I can, his Atturneys givingme a legall discharge, let my gout plead my excuse y:t I do not writ to him, he will receive a letter over land
My Sisters Jewells (by reason of y:e late fire & warr, w:th Jjane [Hane?] made a vast [best?] numb [sum?] of xxx, poore & most people thrifty) lie still dead upon o:r hands, & ar so like to do yet a whille, unless we would sell y:m to vast lose by this meanes her debts increase to great greife, The Citizens wives w:ch (as M:r Dunker saith) hath been ?y:d ?littlest buyers are now grown poore, & live upon their owne Jewells & plate, y:e Jewes are y:e theife [cheife?] Chapmen, but they are all for rough diamonds, I wish none may ?read my tre[?] but y:e selfe, not y:e Copier if possible
Henry Oxinden
Notes
- ↑ Henry, the a younger son of Sir Henry Oxenden, was in the East Indies with his uncle, Sir George Oxenden
- ↑ James, the eldest son of Sir Henry Oxenden. Later, Sir James Oxenden, and M.P. for XXXX (XXXX-XXXX)
- ↑ Captain Peter Coze was a part-owner and former commander of the Loyal Merchant, in which Sir George Oxenden was also an investor
- ↑ The Loyal Merchant was chartered to the Naval Board during the Anglo-Ducth war of 166X-166X
