MRP: 1st April 1662/63, Letter from Sandwich to Sir GO

1st April 1662/63, Letter from Sandwich to Sir GO

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, f. 66

Editorial history

18/12/11, CSG: Page created

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Abstract & context

Lord Sandwich wrote to Sir George Oxenden recommending Mr. Thomas Rolt. Sir George was the recipient of several similar letters praising Rolt, including one from John Mennes, addressed from Lisbon.

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Suggested links

See 29th March 1662/63, Letter from John Mennes to Sir GO, Lisbonne

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To do

(1) Transcribe this letter

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Transcription

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BL, Add. MS. XX, XXX, f. 66

S:r

I give you this trouble on y:e behalfe of M:r Tho:s Rolt one y:t I hath for some yeares had considerable imployment at Surr:tt for y:e East India Comp:a …..

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NOTES

Writing on behalf of Mr. Tho. Rolt. [I think] Sandwich is seeking preferment for him

Lix:a Apri: 1:st 1662 (sic)

S:r
Yo:r very humble servant
Sandwich

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Notes

Thomas Rolt

"...Aungier, Scrivener, Mathew Gray, Randolph Taylor, Thomas Rolt, Francis Cobb, Robert Barbor, Charles James, Charles Smeaton, Robert Sainthill, Streynsham Master, Ralph Lambton, Valentine Nurse, Thomas Hoskins, Richard Taylor, Richard Hardres, Richard Francis, Henry Oxenden, Charles Bendish, John Petit, Henry...."