MRP: March 1665/66, Letter from Sarah Wainman to Sir GO

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March 1665/66, Letter from Sarah Wainman to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. 40, 708-40, 713, vol, 235, year 1665, f. 16

Editorial history

10/09/08, CSG: Completed transcription
13/12/11, CSG: Created page
15/12/11, CSG: Posted transcription to wiki




Abstract & context



Suggested links


See 5th January 1666/67, Letter from Sarah Waynman to Sir GO, Lambeth
See 2nd September 1667, Letter from Sarah Wainman to Sir GO


To do


(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript at BL

(2) Check whether Ffrances Guilford is related to Sir Robert Wiseman, who was married to the sister of Francis North, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Seal?


Transcription


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[BL, Add. MS. 40, 708-40, 713, vol, 235, year 1665, f. 16]

Honoured S:r

By these last shipps I XXXXyours & I am sorry to heare of youre late illness I hope by that time you receave these yo:w will be fully restored to yo:r former health againe, I wish this letter were the messenger of better XXXXX than to lett yo:w know of my Deare Mistress[1] Illness who indeed hath been for this two months very sick & weake & is so still, but ye Doctors[2] & others yt are about doo not prxxxx any danger in her, but its like to be a lingering sickness yt proceeded from the taking of cold upon Physick, She was taken ill at Hamptons where we were XXXX to be forr XXX by reason of the late Contagion, my Mistress presents yo:w w:th her Deare love & commands me to lett yo:w know, howsoever it pleaseth God to deale w:th her all things as to yo: command, shall be safe in S:r Harry[3] and M:r Oxinden[4] hands whome she hath a very great beleefe will be very Faithfull to yo:w she hath no feavour & though she be weake & ill at present, yet I hope the Lord will be so pleased to restore her to the comfort of her relations & freinds

X XXX hath been a very sadd Summer by reason of the great mortallity in the City where here was buried of the plague a hundred thousand & it hath pleased God to preserve all yo:r relations.

S:r I must begg the acceptance of mu humble thanks for the token yo:w were pleased to send me and as for the Chaffendish I understand no such meaning as yo:w are pleased to dwell upon, but y:t it is so really the mode here in England, pray S:r be pleased to remember the XXXXX Gold that was for the Acco:tt of she that was ffrances Goullford[5] I gave yo:w them w:te the 10 pieces [pounds?] which was for Mrs Anne Mercer[6] but yo:w have not mentioned XXXXX [them? It?] in yo:e Letter I hope by the next to give you a better Accp:tt of my Deare Mistress health, in the mean time my endeavours shall not be wanting to serve her all the service that lyes in my power, I hope God will in mercy restore her & send yo:w both a happy meeting which is the daily prayers of [is there a missing word?]

S:r Yo:r obliged ffaithfull servant
Sarah Waineman

S:r pray psent my service to Mr Goodier[7] and M:r Hen:y Oxinden[8]


Notes

  1. ↑ Elizabeth Dallison, mistress of Sarah Wainman. According to letters sent to Sir George Oxenden, her illness lasted nine weeks, and culminated in her death in London on XXXX
  2. ↑ Dr. Measlier and Sir George Ent
  3. ↑ Sir Henry Oxenden, eldest brother of Sir George Oxenden
  4. ↑ James Oxenden, Sir Henry Oxenden' eldest son, who was later knighted. He had been travelling for two years in Europe, mainly Italy, but including a visit to Montpellier. He had returned to Deane
  5. ↑ ffrances Goulford was XXXX. See Missing faces
  6. ↑ Anne Mercer has not yet been identified. See Missing faces
  7. ↑ John Goodyear (alias Goodyer, Goodier) was in Surat with Sir George Oxenden
  8. ↑ Henry Oxenden, the son of Sir Henry Oxenden, was with his uncle Sir George Oxenden in the East Indies

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