MRP: 18th March 1665/66, Letter from Sir Henry Oxinden to Sir GO, Corner (London)

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18th March 1665/66, Letter from Sir Henry Oxinden to Sir GO, Corner (London)

BL, Add. MS. 40, 708-40, 713, vol, 235, year 1665, ff. 3-4

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BL, Add. MS. 40, 708-40, 713, vol, 235, year 1665, ff. 3-4

Dear Brother

Last night about 12 or one o’clock I sent Johnson[1] wte: a letter of the sadd news of our Sisters death[2] to find out the East India ship, which he found newly gone out of the Hope,[3] and sent the letter by White of the Swan at Gravesend, to a friend of his at Deale to be sent aboard, But in case ye letter miss arriving I send wth: great reluctance this least it renew yor: greif, to Informe you of the Best Sister, the best ffreind, and the best woman in the world is dead; she died after nine weeks sickness of an extreame vomiting, purging and last of all to XXXX how a ?Thrush XX her days, she hath made a will and desired you and I to be executors as I heare, for I have not yet XXXX the will, being desirous that my Neph:w Dallyson[4] should be XXXX: as it whome XXXX from Hamptons tomorrow morning, Mr Raworth[5] hath promised mee to write out a ??Codicil (Copy?) to send you XXXX in a letter of his, for your fuller satisfaction. I shall XX my pte. And duty therin & desire your instructions, and directions as to your XXXX in the will, for Merchants affaires I do intend to XXX the assistance of Mr. Mascall[6] who I judge to be wise and faithfull and a XX XXX of you, the goods contayned in the Innvoyes I intend to gett out of the Cust.: house, sowhen I return from Burying our Derre Sister in de. Chancell of Winghm:[7] I intend to be on Saturday, in Towne againe to looke after your Bussiness instead of a xxxxx, yo:r ??Muske is sould to Coz. Boone at 2:3: the Tunne, Amergrsa is sould at 5:3 the ??ounce but none of yo:s is yet sould, but at my return I will advise for xxx upon Mr. Mascall supposing him most proper and fit pson then the XXX Indiamen, who some judge none of the best in the world, in my absence I will employ James Oxinden who (though I say it) is now Ingenious, & has lived 2 yeares in Italy, where all are merch:tes & XXXX quite a good Acco:te of trade there, but when you are weary of your ?Volunteer ?Servants , wee will give and Acc:tt, & be no longer so, wqee XXX as being next of your name and Bloud, Truly Brother things are in great confusion at present. I will give you a XXXX Acctt: of them by the next Convoy, my Coz. [missing word – worm hole, but I think it says “Dick”] Oxinden,[8] sends his humble XXXX to you, so doth your XXXX XXXX & XXX honest Sarah,[9] I am

Corner March the 18:th 1665

Your most affectionate and loving Brother
Henry Oxinden


Notes


Gravesend


"Gravesend was often the last port of call for ships to take on provisions before sailing on their journeys of exploration or trade. This led to the growth of a large number of inns and taverns to serve these ships and their crews. In 1662 there were 77 licensed houses in the parishes of Gravesend and Milton, but by 1778 the number had dropped to 47."[10]

The Hope


"THE HOPE lies N.E. by N. and S.W. by S. and is about 2 miles long. There are two shelves in this reach, both on the N.W. side. The uppermost, called the Ovens, a quarter of a mile in length, lies just below the Coal-house or Upper Hope-point. Keep Gravesend open of the Point till East-Tilbury-church bears W. by N. and it will lead you clear of and below it: the lower shelf is Mucking-flat, which extends about half a cable's length from the west shore in the bight, and stretches down nearly to a creek called Shell-haven. Ships in working down may stand into 5 fathoms on the Essex, and 6 fathoms on the Kentish side. The flood tide is slack on the east side of this reach: and, close to the shore, no tide sets at all: ship, therefore, when working upwards, must not stand too far over to the eastward, because, if the head gets into less tide than the stern, it may occasion their missing stays, and running on shore."[11]
  1. ↑ Johnson was Sir George Oxenden's personal servant
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Dallison had died at seven in the evening on March 17th, 1665/66, as reported by Sir Henry in the preceeding letter he is referring to, (17th March 1665/66, Letter from Sir Henry Oxinden to Sir GO, Deane)
  3. ↑ The Hope is the first reach after Gravesend reach as a ship makes its way out of the Thames ('Directions for the River Thames, from London to the Nore' in John Chandler, The new seaman's guide, and coaster's companion, pts. 1-3, (London, 1809), pt. 1, p. 6. See http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=a7QBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA6, viewed 03/01/12)
  4. ↑ Maximilian Dallison, Elizabeth Dallison's eldest child and only son, who lived at the Hamptons in West Peckham, Kent
  5. ↑ Robert Raworth, a lawyer of Gray's Inn, was a family friends and legal advisor. He had prepared Elizabeth Dallison's last will and testament as she lay sick
  6. ↑ John Mascall, a London merchant
  7. ↑ Both Sir Henry and Sir George Oxenden were attached to the parish church of Wingham, Kent, where many generations of their family was buried. Sir George specified in his will a substantial sum of money to repair and furnish the church and a further substantial sum to build a monument in the church to commemorate his father and relations lying "in or neere the chancell att Wingham Church" (Sir George Oxenden will)
  8. ↑ Richard Oxinden
  9. ↑ Sarah Waynman, Elizabeth dallison's long servant maid servant
  10. ↑ This is the footnote text
  11. ↑ 'Directions for the River Thames, from London to the Nore' in John Chandler, The new seaman's guide, and coaster's companion, pts. 1-3, (London, 1809), pt. 1, p. 6. See http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=a7QBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA6, viewed 03/01/12

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