MRP: 3rd April 1663, Letter from Edward Pate to Sir GO, London

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3rd April 1663, Letter from Edward Pate to Sir GO, London

BL, MS. XX,XXX, f. 88

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[BL, MS. XX,XXX, f. 88]

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I doo not question but these shall finde you at yo:r desired port w:ch I am Confident was not more earnestly Longed for by yo:r selfe than passionately prayed for by yo:r freinds: Amongst which number ; without vanity I cann treuly ranke my selfe and therefore am y:e more Confiednt to give you this trouble and diversion from your more important affaires; And have wrather Chosen to become trouble=some than Omitt any part of y:t Just resp:t I beare to you; I forbeare sending you w:t passes heere knowing you will bee furnished from many & much abler hands I shall onely lett you know y:t to my poore power, & as in confidence I thought my selfe bound I have (& ever shall) endeavoured to serve you to y:e best of my skills both in my depositions in Chancery, and by discourseing w:th the Arbitrators, and wherof was my Antagonist formerly in y:e same nature; yett was pleased particulerly to desire to speake w:th mee, w:ch I reddily did & I doubt not but it hath taken off y:e sharpeness of M:r Willmotts Testimonyes, But I am Confident M:rs Dalyson[1] (as shee promised mee) hath done this more Amply.

I have nothing more to offer to But my Just & Cordiall well wishes & prayers for yo:r health & prosperity & to Begg yo:r acceptance of á small token sent you p Cap:t Nich:s Millett[2] viz: A paire of Antweipe Tweeseeers in a silver Case ever wishing my selfe in a Capasity to serve you as becomes him y:t is


S:r
Yo:r most faithfull freind
& Reall servant.
Edward Pate

London ?thy 3:d Aprill 1663:



Notes

Captain John Millett


"[August 30, 1647] The freedom of the Company is bestowed upon Christopher Willoughby, Thomas Gee, John Millett, Adam Lee, and Robert Bowen, who are 'auncient servants ', each paying 40s. to the poor-box."[3]

"[October 1, 1647] It is decided to send two ships to Surat this year, and Millett's vessel, the Aleppo Merchant, is hired on freight on the following conditions ; to be in the Downs with eighty men and everything requisite for the voyage by the last day of February, and to stay at Surat for her lading until the last day of January : to receive 25/. per ton for Surat goods and 20/. per ton for Bantam goods : to be paid for demurrage or any other matter according to the former charter-party, and Millett to be given 800/. before his departure."[4]



Possible primary sources


PROB 5/2719 PATE, Edward, of St Stephen Coleman Street, London, died in East Greenwich, Kent 1700

PROB 11/330 Will of John Millett, belonging to Ship Loyal Merchant

PROB 11/303 Will of John Millett, Mariner of Wandsworth, Surrey
  1. Elizabeth Dallison, Sir George Oxenden's elder sister and London agent
  2. Captain Nicholas Millett, commander of the Loyal merchant
  3. 'A Court of Committees, August 30, 1647' (Court Book, vol. xx, p. 140), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 219
  4. 'A Meeting of the Committees for the Second General Voyage, October 1, 1647' (Court Book, vol. xxii, p. 19), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1644-1649 (Oxford, 1912), p. 229