Difference between revisions of "MRP: 1st April 1663, Letter from John Bankes to Sir GO, London"
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In y:e first place I wish yo:r health & happynesse & shall heartily rejoyce to understand y:e same by y:e next shipps not doubting but then the Comp:a expectations will bee fully answered & if you Can finde any opportunity wherein I may prove serviceable beleeve it S:r I shall bee willingly ready to serve you; as yo:r true ffreind and Countryman. | In y:e first place I wish yo:r health & happynesse & shall heartily rejoyce to understand y:e same by y:e next shipps not doubting but then the Comp:a expectations will bee fully answered & if you Can finde any opportunity wherein I may prove serviceable beleeve it S:r I shall bee willingly ready to serve you; as yo:r true ffreind and Countryman. | ||
| − | And next I wish my kindsman’s Alexander Grigsbyes wellfare for whome (when I had y:e opportunity to kiss yo:r hand) I did acquaint you I had á kindness; The Comp:a haveing entertayned him upon my request, & I shall Rejoyce to understand hee prove á good servant, haveing beene soo to mee some yeares & was never sent thither upon any other acco:t than as aimeing at his prefrment I doo hope by y:e next shipp to understand y:e efforts of yo:r promised kindeness to him as knowing yo:r Countenance cann onely bee his happyness, & I may say while hee was heere, hee was Injenyous & apt to busyeness & very honest, & hope hee soo Continues By his last lres hee was at Cale Vela, whither to remove him, or Continue | + | And next I wish my kindsman’s Alexander Grigsbyes<ref>Alexander Grigsbye was XXXX. See [[MRP: Missing faces|Missing faces]]</ref> wellfare for whome (when I had y:e opportunity to kiss yo:r hand) I did acquaint you I had á kindness; The Comp:a haveing entertayned him upon my request, & I shall Rejoyce to understand hee prove á good servant, haveing beene soo to mee some yeares & was never sent thither upon any other acco:t than as aimeing at his prefrment I doo hope by y:e next shipp to understand y:e efforts of yo:r promised kindeness to him as knowing yo:r Countenance cann onely bee his happyness, & I may say while hee was heere, hee was Injenyous & apt to busyeness & very honest, & hope hee soo Continues By his last lres hee was at Cale Vela<ref>Cale Vela was XXXX</ref>, whither to remove him, or Continue him ??replace him to any other imploym:t I wholy submitt to your good Judgem:t & long experience, it is onely my desire hee may doo well, & live to bless god, & ever show himselfe obedient too you for all yo:r kindnesse I begg yo:r favour y:t y:e inclosed may bee conveyed to him, whither at Cale Vela, or else wheare affarding [affording?] you I remaine. |
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| + | ===Cale Vela, East Indies=== | ||
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| + | "have drawne off from the factory at Cale-Velea two persons, vizt. John | ||
| + | Harrington and Alexander Grigsby, well experienced in the trade of ..."<ref>''EFI 61-64'', p. 72</ref> | ||
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| + | ===East India Company=== | ||
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| + | "The Court therefore, appointed Sir George Oxinden to be President at SURAT, with a Council of Eight, viz. Mr. Gerard Aungier, Mr. Mathew Gray, Mr. Thomas Rolt, Mr. Henry Young, Mr. Streynsham Master, Mr. Charles James, Mr. Philip Gofford, and Mr. Alexander Grigsby, five of whom were constantly to reside at Surat, particularly Mr. Aungier, Mr. Gray, and Mr. James."<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/ebooks/reader?id=g70_AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA252 John Bruce, Annals of the Honorable East-India Company: from their establishment by the charter of Queen Elizabeth, 1600, to the union of the London and English East-India Companies, 1707-8, vol. 2 (London, 1810),p. 252]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Possible primary sources== | ||
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| + | '''TNA''' | ||
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| + | PROB 11/230 Brent 269-318 Will of John Grigsby, Clothier of Tenterden, Kent 12 May 1653 | ||
Revision as of 20:36, January 15, 2012
1st April 1663, Letter from John Bankes to Sir GO, London
BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 82
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[BL, MS. XX,XXX, f. 82]
S:r
In y:e first place I wish yo:r health & happynesse & shall heartily rejoyce to understand y:e same by y:e next shipps not doubting but then the Comp:a expectations will bee fully answered & if you Can finde any opportunity wherein I may prove serviceable beleeve it S:r I shall bee willingly ready to serve you; as yo:r true ffreind and Countryman.
And next I wish my kindsman’s Alexander Grigsbyes[1] wellfare for whome (when I had y:e opportunity to kiss yo:r hand) I did acquaint you I had á kindness; The Comp:a haveing entertayned him upon my request, & I shall Rejoyce to understand hee prove á good servant, haveing beene soo to mee some yeares & was never sent thither upon any other acco:t than as aimeing at his prefrment I doo hope by y:e next shipp to understand y:e efforts of yo:r promised kindeness to him as knowing yo:r Countenance cann onely bee his happyness, & I may say while hee was heere, hee was Injenyous & apt to busyeness & very honest, & hope hee soo Continues By his last lres hee was at Cale Vela[2], whither to remove him, or Continue him ??replace him to any other imploym:t I wholy submitt to your good Judgem:t & long experience, it is onely my desire hee may doo well, & live to bless god, & ever show himselfe obedient too you for all yo:r kindnesse I begg yo:r favour y:t y:e inclosed may bee conveyed to him, whither at Cale Vela, or else wheare affarding [affording?] you I remaine.
S:r
Yo:r affectionate humble
Serv:t
John Banks
London y:e 1:st April 1663
Notes
Cale Vela, East Indies
"have drawne off from the factory at Cale-Velea two persons, vizt. John
Harrington and Alexander Grigsby, well experienced in the trade of ..."[3]
East India Company
"The Court therefore, appointed Sir George Oxinden to be President at SURAT, with a Council of Eight, viz. Mr. Gerard Aungier, Mr. Mathew Gray, Mr. Thomas Rolt, Mr. Henry Young, Mr. Streynsham Master, Mr. Charles James, Mr. Philip Gofford, and Mr. Alexander Grigsby, five of whom were constantly to reside at Surat, particularly Mr. Aungier, Mr. Gray, and Mr. James."[4]
Possible primary sources
TNA
- ↑ Alexander Grigsbye was XXXX. See Missing faces
- ↑ Cale Vela was XXXX
- ↑ EFI 61-64, p. 72
- ↑ John Bruce, Annals of the Honorable East-India Company: from their establishment by the charter of Queen Elizabeth, 1600, to the union of the London and English East-India Companies, 1707-8, vol. 2 (London, 1810),p. 252
