MRP: 29th March 1662/63, Letter from John Mennes to Sir GO, Lisbonne

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29th March 1662/63, Letter from John Mennes to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX ff. 64-65

Editorial history

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






Abstract & context


John Mennes wrote to Sir George Oxenden recommending Mr. Thomas Rolt. Sir George was the recipient of several similar letters praising Rolt, including one from Lord Sandwich.



Suggested links


See 1st April 1662/63, Letter from Sandwich to Sir GO



To do


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




Transcription


This transcription has been completed, but requires checking

[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX ff. 64-65]

S:r

There is a Gentleman at Surr:tt nearely related to an intimate ffreind of myne by Name M:r Tho:s Rolt[1] who went into y:e East Indies w:th Presid:t Wyche[2] some yeares since, & hath bin employed still in ye Companye busyenesse, as is reported to mee very Capable of any trust or Imployment, & as I am soo much Concerned for his Good and preferm:t y:t I shall make it my request to you to lok kindely upon him, & when occasion if afford y:t you will use yo:r creditt & power to preferr him for my sake as well as for his owne abilityes; I should not use thy freedome w:th you but y:t I have a Confidence in y:e Civilitye & desire y:t you would make use of mee, in the like or any other occasion y:t may bee w:thin yo:r power off

Lisbonne 29th March 1662

S:r

Yo:r very humble servant
John: Mennes



Notes


John Men(n)es

John Mennes appears to have been a minor poet and wanabee courtier in the 1620s and 1630s, to have been a loyal royalist in the civil war period, but to have prospered in the Restoration.

There is a good summary of Sir John Mennes’ later life post Restoration in Timothy Raylor, Later Lives, 1640-1671: Cavaliers, Clubs, and Literary Culture: Sir John Mennes, James Smith, and the Order of Fancy (?Wilmington, DL, 1994), pp. 211-212 [CHECK REFERENCE]



Possible primary sources


TNA

PROB 11/335 Duke 1–53 Will of Sir John Mennes 09 March 1671
  1. Thomas Rolt was XXXX
  2. President Wyche was XXXX