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Pre-17th March 1665/66, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. ?

Editorial history

14/12/11, CSG: Added suggestd links

Abstract & context

Suggested links

See biographical profile of Elizabeth Dallison

See 25th September 1662, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See March 1662/63, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See 1st April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See 3rd April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO, London
See 3rd April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO, London Frogmorton Street
See 6th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO
See 9th April 1663, Letter from Elizabeth Dalyson to Sir GO

To do

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Transcription

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My Dearest Brother

It adds to my affliction yt I cannott Salute you w:th my owne penn It is y:e will & pleasure of my good god to lay me upon my Bedd of weakness & Sickness, to whose Will I submitt & I shall waite his good will & pleasure till it shall please him to determine otherwise Deare Brother all things you sent home are come safe & are now in y hands of M:r Sprigg^[1] in the Cust:house, being delivered in by the worthyness of the Captaines who I am XXX promised, you better things, but are all XXXX XXXXX. What rXXXX Cap:t Barker^[2] I shall look after & hope he will prove honest but I will not promise because he is a Seaman, the two Square Potts of Muske & one Box of Ambergrease which came by him je hath putt off. The Ambergrease for 5ll: 5pz the Muske for 4 X xx oz the other 5 potts of muske & two Boxes Ambergrease, which came in the London, are not as yett come to my hands but I hope to have them this week S:r Will:m Rider^[3] & S:r Geo: Smith^[4] sayeth y:t there is no such thing xxxxx yellow Amber to be had the xxxx have xxxx putt that by, xxxx wisdome w:th y: & xxxx of our Friends about Sending out in this shipp, & none will advise me to venture

[CSG, 09/09/08 – I stopped here – I am sure I have translated this letter already – check my other notes!!]

“…I shall send nothing, but your Pips of ?Sack for your Dutch ??hans Acco:tt for his ?free and his ?Ferkin, I am not free to send y:e out anything for I am psuaded if they should miscarry you must beare losse, besides my owne weakness & Sarah’s want of help, who should look after things & provide it, lett M:r Hoskins,^[5] Henry Oxinden,^[6] Streynsh:m master,^[7] & Henry Broomfield^[8] know y what concearnes them shall be looked after, & kept safe, this come to you by the hands of M:r Abrah:m Papillion, Brother to our freind M:r Thomas Papillon,^[9] I hope I may so stile him (friend) pray Brother have a care of what you say of the Presbiterian faction for they predominate both in committee & Comp:y at this present, being the Activemen in the Business, the other are careless onely will want, Your law affaires I leave to my nephew Masters, there is a Commission gone out in this shipp to examine you ag:st mee, concerning our Brother Christophers^[10] Business, only to prolong xxxx & nothing, also, Pray Brother lett care be taken y:t Judge Goddard^[11] has an Acc:tt of the box…

[I am sure I have translated this!!]

Deare Brother

Thy affection:te Sister in life and in death
Eliz:a Dalyson

Dearest I will be carefull of
Thy concearnes living or Dying
The little Box of Dymonds w:ch you sent marked
TW:AM: Cap:t Bowen^[12] delivered to the East India comp:a who have been very xxxxx upon your Acco:tt & freely gave mee an order for Y:m Nothing wanting now only y:e Clearing the Custom”

Deare Brother

Salute all friends M:r Aungier^[13] & M:r Goodier^[14] w:th my thanks for their kind tokens & pray be xxx to M:r Abrah:m Papillion^[15] for it be a concearne to us, & when you cann bee kind to mans:tt [?] Smith,^[16] pray lett mee Intreate you so to doo for my sake, my Blessing to Henry Broomfield^[17]

Notes

1. ↑ Mr Sprigg was husband in the Customhouse in Billingsgate. Sir Henry Oxenden reported to his brother in a letter dated April 1st, 1666 that: "the Commtee: at ye: East India house who sent for mee in, & there producing my Sisters will prxxxxxx [?proceeded] [?proved] , they wth: much respect to you and me, immediately made an oder to the Husband Mr Sprigg to deliver all your remaining goodes in their Warehouses to me" (1st April 1666, Letter from Sir Henry Oxinden to Sir GO)
2. ↑ Captain Barker was XXXX
3. ↑ Sir William Ryder, London merchant
4. ↑ Sir George Smith, London merchant
5. ↑ Thomas Hoskins, son of Sir Edmond Hoskins, serjeant-at-law
6. ↑ Henry Oxenden, son of Sir Henry Oxenden, and nephew of Sir George Oxenden
7. ↑ Streynsham Master, son of Richard Master, and nephew of Sir George Oxenden
8. ↑ Henry Bromfield, son of Thomas Bromfield, and nephew of Sir George Oxenden
9. ↑ Thomas Papillon, London merchant
10. ↑ Christopher Oxenden, deceased younger brother of Elizabeth Dallison and Sir George Oxenden
11. ↑ Judge Goddard was XXXX. See Missing faces
12. ↑ Captain Bowen was XXXX
13. ↑ Gerard Aungier, Sir George Oxenden's number two in Surat
14. ↑ John Goodyer
15. ↑ Abraham Papillon, brother of the London merchant, Thomas Papillon
16. ↑ Probably Mansel Smith (b. ?, d. ca. 1682 or 1683), employed privately by Sir George Oxenden in Surat. (William Foster, The English Factories in India: 1665-1667 (Oxford, 19XX), p. 173). See also Mansel Smith will
17. ↑ Henry (Harry) Bromfield, son of Thomas Bromfield, and the nephew of both Elizabeth Dallison and George Oxenden