MRP: 27th February 1662/63, Letter from Robert Master to Sir GO, Carwar
27th February 1662/63, Letter from Robert Master to Sir GO, Carwar
BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 56-59
Editorial history
09/12/09, CSG: Completed bulk of transcription
13/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted bulk of transcription to wiki
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Abstract & context
THIS TEXT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BECOME MIXED UP WITH THAT OF ANOTHER LETTER, FROM STEPHEN FFLOWER TO SIR GO, DATED GOMBRRONE FEB 29TH 1662/63
Suggested links
See 24th October 1662, Letter from Robert Master to Sir GO, Carwarr
See 1st December 1662, Letter from Robert Master to Sir GO, Carrwar
See 26th August 1663, Letter from Robert Master to Sir GO, Carwarr
To do
(1) Complete transcription; check foliation
(2) Check whether there was a ship active in 1662 & 1663 named the Ormos Merchant (or Hormus Merchant
Transcription
This transcription has not yet been completed
[p. 56]
Right Worp:ll S:r
By y:e Ormos Merchs[1] who sett saile y:e 13:th past xx according to my Obligaccon (as at pres:t) I presented yo:r worp:e w:zj am Impartiall acco:t of w:t noo lesse needfull, then worthy yo:r serious observation, & Justitious determination, Especially when Tockerseye[2] prestends to be soo highly Concerned, all w:ch as it is wholy Left to yo:r Worp:s ffavour soo y:e ?result of yo:r good pleasure cannot bee submitted to as Just, and therefore allways recd w:th a Cordiall Welcome.
The 20:th Instant Imported this Bearer y:e Roy:ll Welcome, by whome I recd y:e Honour of yo:r worp:s Reply to mine by y:e Harry w:th ty:e Bookes of this ffactory w:ch for want of Double Copies were sent to England
[p. 57]
England; & now y:t you have beene pleased to furnish us w:th some pap: (though not withstanding its largenesse, is unfitt for y:t purpose) yo:r Commands for their transcribeing shall bee observed by y:e writer, whoos silligence to effect itt w:th all Convenyent speed shall bee Constantly Imployed & according to o:r promiss in p:r Grall, I hope tymely Enough to proceed on y:e Hopewell, y:e former omission being as little my fault, as shall bee y:e future, if y:e ?Agene or beginns over art not to my prejudice, for w:ch I hope somewhere to have Justice, & satisfaction, but all in Due tyme.
That yo:r Worp:e was pleased to accept of my hearty desires of y:e Continuance yo:r prosperity w:ch I shall allwayes pray for, I am by all opportunities oblidged to renew my thankefullnesse as for y:e takeing notice of my sufferings in Grall more especially for soo good a Cause as yy:e Hon:ble Comp:as Interest w:ch to y.e Utmost of my power I shall ever study to Improve, though y:e reward deferred X Disappoint mee at last.
My debt to yo:r deceased Brother M:r Christ:r[3] & now demand:d by yo:r Worp:e I hoped M:r Gray had satisfied & not w:thstanding hee w:th M:r Streyn:m[4] have acquainted yo:r worp:e y:e Contrary, yett from neither of then I reced a lyne to y:t purpose, & if I weare not assured M:r Gray[5] had more effects of mine (though undisposed off) then, I would have satisfied said summ: I should have for boren to hanve charged him therew:th, w:ch since hee thought good to refuse, I herew:th give my lre of advise to M:r Hen: gary.[6] But in his absence to M:r W:m Jesson,[7] But in his absence to M:r W:m Jesson,[8] to cleare said acco:t w:th ao:r Worp:e or whom you shall appoint, allowing full & usual Interest, w:ch being but reason, I never refused, but Interest on Interest, for money never demand:d, I thought unreasonable, as doe at present; however to yo:r Worp:e in y:t particulaer shall referr mee, desireing when made good, my Bill may bee rendred to those y:t pay itt, for theire discharge, & a further acknowledgm:t from y:e Receivers for myne, to secure mee from all future pretences, If any should happen.
As concerning y.e small scretors I recd of M.r Jn:e Lambton[9] w:ch were onely 22: & not 25: yo:r Worp:e mentions, I disposed of them at his request at M:a 3: p ?pecs w:ch if yo:le finde mee not Charged w:th in his Bookes (as hath in his acco:tt) I shall willingly allow it againe though I hope (as requested in my last) through yo:r Worp:s favour by M:r lambton, I shall not bee a looser at last.
If y:e Allmighty Continew health, w:ch to his praise att present
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Notes
Possible primary sources
TNA
PROB 11/148 Hele 1-56 Will of Nathaniel Jesson of Messina 06 February 1626
PROB 11/170 Pile 1-42 Will of Thomas Jesson, Grocer of London 04 February 1636
PROB 11/317 Hyde 57-107 Will of William Jesson, Victualler of Saint Mildred Poultry, City of London 22 August 1665
PROB 11/323 Carr 1-58 Will of Abraham Jesson, Ironmonger of Stepney, Middlesex 14 February 1667
PROB 11/363 Bath 60-123 Will of Abraham Jesson, Ironmonger of London 22 September 1680
PROB 11/384 Lloyd 91-135 Will of Jacob Jesson, Merchant of Saint Andrew Undershaft London 17 August 1686
- ↑ Possibly a ship named the Ormos Merchant
- ↑ Tockerseye was XXXX
- ↑ Christopher Oxenden, merchant and a younger brother of Sir George Oxenden. He died in Surat in 1659, whilst serving as the Surat factory's accountant
- ↑ Streynsham Master, Sir George Oxenden's nephew
- ↑ Mathew Gray
- ↑ Henry Gary was in Goa
- ↑ Henry Gary was XXXX
- ↑ William Jesson was already in the East Indies in 1650, when he was the head of the Lucknow factory, with John Burnell as his number two. In 1658 he was at Agra, with substantial debts. His brother, John Jesson, helped to clear William Jesson's debts by shipping out cloth and coral from England to the value of £500, with the permission of the Company ('A Court of Committees for the Fourth Joint Stock, February 25, 1650 (Court Book, vol. xx, p. 494), in Ethel Bruce Sainbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1650-1654 (Oxford, 1913), pp. 23-24; 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, March 19, 1658' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 90), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 242
- ↑ John Lambton, the Surat warehouseman
