MRP: 26th August 1667, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO, London

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26th August 1667, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO, London

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 12-13

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17/12/08, CSG: Completed transcription
13/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki




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See 19th March 1662/63, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO, London
See March 1665/66, letter from Christopher Boone, XXX Saige, Thomas Papillon, and Jos.Child to Sir GO
See March 1665/66, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO
See March 1665/66, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO_Letter2
See 12th April 1667, Letter from Thomas Papillon to Sir GO, London

See profile of Thomas Papillon's Kent estate at Acrise

See Thomas Kendall will


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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, ff. 12-13]

Right Worp:ll & Hon:ed ffriend
London y:e 26th of August 1667

The above is Coppy of my last to w:ch I conferme you since I have received yours of the 24:th November 1666 by the Returne, which God be praysed arrived in safety at Portsmouth as also the S:t George and Constantinople Merchant in Ireland of which and of all other particulars you wil bee advised in the Comp:as lres: as allso touching y:e treaty & ye warre now ended by a peace God grant it may prove for ye good of ye Nation, though I was ever at ye treaty ?yeat I say I had noo hand in it & therefore wholy refer you to ye Companyes relation, ye Company hath bin very well pleased with your care & diligence in ye speedy Dispatch of those Ships, I hope by ye next Ships you will have more satisfactory evidences of their respects towards you.

I returne you hearty thanks for your kindness to my Broather though I did not intend in my recommendation of him that he should have taken up any moneyes, by the first Ship I shall not faile to send you the mony & allso something for an adventure for myselfe now the trade is over

As for the adventures belonging to M:r Thomas Kendall[1] w:ch is transferred over to me & M:r John Kendall[2] I shall desire you would returne it accordingly by the first good ship in such lawfull Commodity as you judge may returne best to Acc:tt

You make noe mention of y:e Mum[3] w:th ??Ironreine by reason of yo:r hast of business in y:e dispatch of y:e Ship I have heard yt some of it was leaked out & soe proved not good, here after we shall take care to put it in iron bound Caske for its better preservation what there was of it I doubt not, but you would make y:e most of it possibly that wee shall have an Acc:tt thereof by y:e next returne

As to y’:r owne concerne you will have but this conveiante accounts how all things stand from S:r Henry Oxinden[4] who is in towne to take care therein you may be confident all possible assiatance shall be given by me for y:e furthering yo: affaires & hope it will ne brought to a good isse, you will have by this Conveyance of ye: Death of S:r George Smith,[5] ye Lord grant we may all of us have grace to prepare for our own dissolutons, that Death may not be our losse but our gaine, as it is to all true Christians through Jesus Christ our Saviour, I rest My Wife[6] presents her kind respects to you & returne you thanks for yo: remembrance by my Brother Abraham,[7] w:ch shee intends to putt into two bracelets to were for yo:r Sake, I sallute you & rest

This copy of what I write overland & goes by ye Bantam Pinke by ye Shipps shall write more Largely

You assurd freind & Servant
Tho: Papillon


Notes

  1. ↑ Thomas Kendall, London merchant, newly deceased. See Thomas Kendall will
  2. ↑ John Kendall was XXXX
  3. ↑ Mum is an alcoholic drink, made from XXXX
  4. ↑ Sir Henry Oxenden, Sir George Oxenden's elder brother, who had taken over from the deceased Elizabeth Dallison as Sir George Oxenden's London agent
  5. ↑ Sir George Smith died on XXX. Sir William Ryder had reported earlier that Sir George had been gravely ill, but that he had appeared to recover. See XXXX
  6. ↑ Jane Papillon, Thomas Papillon's wife, nee Bradnax. Jane Papillon's memoirs were published posthumously. See XXXXX
  7. ↑ Abraham Papillon was Thomas Papillon's XXXX. He had travelled to Surat on XXXX

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