MRP: 1st April 1666, Letter from Sir Henry Oxinden to Sir GO

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1st April 1666, Letter from Sir Henry Oxinden to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. 40, 708-40, 713, vol, 235, year 1665, ff. 7-8

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09/09/08, CSG: Completed transcription
15/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki




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[BL, Add. MS. 40, 708-40, 713, vol, 235, year 1665, ff. 7-8]


Deearest Brother. Aprill ye: 1st: 1666: Sunday even

XXXXXX today at my Lord Chamberlains[1] (who invited mee to dinn) yt. Sr: Gervas Lucas,[2] to XXX his ???loane but last night of the King I adventure these few lines after him, willing to take all opportunities & to informe you of proceedings I was Friday wth: the Commtee: at ye: East India house who sent for mee in, & there producing my Sisters will prxxxxxx [?proceeded] [?proved] , they wth: much respect to you and me, immediately made an oder to the Husband Mr Sprigg[3] to deliver all your remaining goodes in their Warehouses to me, & I have them now in my possession, & hope to give you a good accott: of them, & to ?bee a punctuall accott: of Sale & proffitt of them, which xxx of Accotts: I find none, for our Deare Sister[4] trusted all to memory. Barker[5] as I tould you sold the Muske in ptenership wth: you to Mr: Boone,[6] for 2ll:03pe: and in ?Invitation [CSG, 09/09/08 - hard to read because of worm hole] of him, & finding y: price no higher, & upon the importunity of XXX [worm hole] our Cozn. Boone, I have sould your 2 great potts of muske to him & Mr. Finch at ye: same rates, but have bogt [??] back, ye: 3 long Potts, xxxxx beleeving wee shall have a better markt:, for all Mr: Boons XXX [worm hole] bee quickly in Spain & which is a multitude, for he and his ptners[7] have engrossed all that sa,e allmost, hee asked me if I had more, but ?t’was denied; Mr: Buckeridge[8] yt: told mee yt: Ambergrease was sold at 5ll: 15gw: was mistaken & could not send me such a chapman [???], So yt: I doubt I must take loss, the other goodes I will ?vend as I find opportunity; Tomorrow wth: the help of honest Sarah[9] we are going to divide my Sisters goodes from yours, because hers are to be Innventoried, & putt into the Court, I found three hundred pounds in the house which is said to be hers, and 400ll: Capt: Barker hath made of an accounting [?????] of hers which he brought home in Ambr: grease and sould it for 5ll:5gw pound [??], So that 700ll must bee putt into her Inventory, wth: her goodes Jewells and the Lease of Halling,[10] which must be allso vallued, this is the method I must proceed in, as I am informed by Sr: Robert Wiseman[11] & Mr: Raworth,[12] whose Counsell and ?divertions I wholly follow, I find my Sister has some pticular debts of her owne which must be satisfyed, I intend not to sXXX now Dispose of any of her goodes untill I have sent you, the Inventory, & have your Directions therein Intending only to bee faithfull I forward for you, & my nephew Dallyson,[13] though I find I shall have nothing but Clamour of him for it, her will was made divers dayes before I came to Towne, James[14] (who I find very Intent & intelligt: in your Business) or I must bee in Towne untill yor: Business is more Settled, I have been often wth: y: Bishop[15] about renewing the lease I find him ????boorish & Covetous, but his old age will prompt him to take a reason:ble fine & ??thow then leave it to anoth:r Byshop his Successor, ???Love[16] and his Companions & threaten more trouble about y: old business when y:x Commission they dispatcht to you is returned, Both as to the 4500 and my Brother Kitts business but y xxxxxxxx lawyers will I hope defend me, Truly Broth:r I made enquiry about your friends & Foes & I must without flattery tell you y:t all the wise & with mony of the Comm:tee do prize you highly & say they never had such a Pt: & Pson y So much XXXX XXXX ?charge XXXXX [worm hole] them more Bennefitt, and these psons are S:r: Barnardiston[17], S:r Wllm Thomson,[18] Boone,[19] Rider,[20] Mascall,[21] Papillon,[22] Clarke,[23] S:r Andrew Ricault,[24] yea and Jolliff[25] too, youxxx ????Sayanon ??Trommon none but Presbiters but you have friends of anoth:r Stamp, if you have two stringes to yo:r Bow I hope you need not be angry, the former are y:r ruling men, therefore pray correspond w:th them; the Danes have seased o:r English shipps in Copenhagen, your shipp is given by many for lost, there is 30 given to Insure her [CSG, 09/09/08 – Follow this up. It looks like the ship was insured. Which ship is HO referring to, and does GO own a part share?] Cap:t Bowen[26] told me tis allmost Impossible she cann come to you, My Lady Palmer[27] does modestly enquire after her adventure (sometimes) of twenty ??pounds in Gould she gave you, I have not yet lighted on Alderman ???Batters [?Bauers] about y:r XXXXX [Kaftas or Baftas???] wth Britton,[28] but Britton is not yet in towne, the plague does a little increase again, & tis feared will ???move, Many country Townes are much ?Infested as Yarmouth, Dover & c:a The Gennerall & Prince Robert are hastening to sea, the Lord preserve them; Our deare Sister I find is much lamented by all psons of honour, wisdome, & Piety, the Lord supply this great losse to us, by his speciall favour XXXXX, Deare Brother one more farewell, the Lord bee wth you & Send us a good meeting if it bee his blessed will in the mean time, till I have anoth:r opportunity of writing to you, I rest


Yo:r most affection:te & obliged Brother.
Henry Oxinden

London in ye Corner
James presents his deXXXXres
to you, Rick & Sarah[29] their ?services


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PROB 11/321 Mico 92-138 Will of Mountagne Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain, one of His Majesty's Most Honorable Private Councell 30 July 1666
- This is the will of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey

- For a quick overview see Wikipedia article on Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey
  1. ↑ The Lord Chamberlin had been a friend of Elizabeth Dallison, who had intervened on her behalf to persuade Lord Clarendon to assist her daughter, Mary Smith, to achieve some financial security, despite the sequestering of her husband's estates following his imprisonment for treason. The Lord Chamberlin was probably Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey (b. 1608, d. 25 July 1666). He died three months after Sir Henry Oxenden's letter (PROB 11/321 Mico 92-138 Will of Mountagne Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain, one of His Majesty's Most Honorable Private Councell 30 July 1666)
  2. ↑ Sir Gervaise Lucas was XXXX
  3. ↑ Thomas Sprigg was a husband in the Customshouse in Billingsgate. Elizabeth Dallison wrote in her last letter to Sir George Oxenden before her death: "Deare Brother all things you sent home are come safe & are now in y hands of M:r Sprigg in the Cust:house" (Pre-17th March 1665/66, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO) See Missing faces
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Dallison, recently deceased sister of Sir Henry and Sir George Oxenden
  5. ↑ Barker was XXXX
  6. ↑ Christopher Boone, London merchant and relative of the Oxenden family
  7. ↑ Christopher Boone traded with XXXX
  8. ↑ Probably Nicholas Buckeridge, London merchant and former agent for the English East India Company at Isfahan (alias Spahaune)
  9. ↑ Sarah Wainman, Elizabeth Dallison's long serving chamber maid. She subsequently married Richard Oxinden, Elizabeth and Sir George Oxenden's cousin
  10. ↑ Halling, also known as the Bishop's Palace. See profile of the Bishop's palace
  11. ↑ Sir Robert Wiseman, civil lawyer of Doctors Commons
  12. ↑ Robert Raworth, lawyer of Gray's Inn
  13. ↑ Maximilian Dallison, Elizabeth Dallison's son and eldest child
  14. ↑ James Oxenden, Sir Henry Oxenden's eldest son
  15. ↑ John Warner, the aging Bishop of Rochester
  16. ↑ William Love, London merchant
  17. ↑ Samuel Barnardiston, London merchant
  18. ↑ Sir William Thompson, London merchant and brother of Maurice Thompson
  19. ↑ Christopher Boone, London merchant
  20. ↑ Sir William Ryder, London merchant
  21. ↑ John Mascall, London merchant
  22. ↑ Thomas Papillon, London merchant, and relative of the Oxenden family
  23. ↑ Sir Francis Clarke, London merchant
  24. ↑ Sir Andrew Riccard, London merchant
  25. ↑ John Jolliffe, London merchant
  26. ↑ Captain ?Robert Bowen was XXXX
  27. ↑ Lady Palmer, probably the wife of Sir XXXX Palmer, of Wingham Court, Wingham, a near neighbour. See Wingham Mansion or Wingham Court
  28. ↑ Thomas Breton, London merchant
  29. ↑ Richard Oxinden, Sir Henry and Sir George Oxenden's cousin, and Sarah Wainman, Elizabeth Dallison's former maid servant

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