MRP: 2nd February 1662/63, Letter from Steven Flower to Sir GO, Gombroone

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2nd February 1662/63, Letter from Steven Flower to Sir GO, Gombroone

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 38-41

Editorial history


14/12/11, CSG. Created page






Abstract & context


Steven Flower wrote to Sir George Oxenden in a letter dated February 2nd, 1662/63. The letter was sent from Gombroone.

In this letter, Steven Flower XXXX

Steven Flower was XXXX



Suggested links


See 29th February 1662/63, Letter from Stephen Fflower to Sir GO, Gombroone
See 23rd April 1664, Letter from Stephen fflower to Sir GO, Gombroone
See 16th August 1665, Letter from Stephen fflower to Sir GO, Spahaune
See 22nd April 1665, Letter from Stephen fflower to Sir GO, Gombroon

See Gombroon



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Transcription


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BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 38-41

Right Worp:ll S:r,

My last was dated of 31:th Decemb:r 1662 p: S:t Michaell wherein I gave yo:r Worp:e a breife Acc:t of w:t needful w:ch in such pticular I now confirme especially y:e great Injustice don mee, by the late Presid:t Andrewes, but since hee is gon for his Country, a propserous [CHECK] voyage attend him, & a safe arrivall in Due tyme

Yo:r XXXX to y:e ffactory recd by y:e Ormes[Ormos?], y:e writer hath well observ:d more ptcicularly w:t relates to y:t not tymely sending o:r bookes y:e former yeares, y:e Reason whereof then Rendered by M:r Buckeridge[1] , I hope was sufficient to cleare mee from uncharitable ?Consurnes, & I wish our Joynt reply inord:r thereto at prof:t, may produce y:t Content in XXXXX w:ch o:r utmost endeavo:s are Constantly employed to effect

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Right Worp:ll
Yo:r allways Oblidged and
Humble servant
Stephen Flower



Notes

EEIC 1650-1654


"January 24, 1651 Stephen Flower, 'who had bin bred at Lisbone,' is entertained as purser's mate for the Blessing"[2]

"[March 11, 1651] Samuel Moyer is accepted as security for George Ivatt, Ralph Flower for his son Stephen, and Humphrey Rayment, a ropemaker at Ratcliff, for Gilbert Grimes."[3]



Possible primary sources

TNA


PROB 4/23083 Flower, Stephen, overseas, bachelor [1680]

PROB 11/289 Pell 150-199 Will of Ralph Flower, Draper of London 17 March 1659
PROB 11/307 Laud 1-52 Will of Ralph Flower, Merchant Taylor of Saint Alban Wood Street, City of London 03 March 1662

PROB 11/289 Pell 150-199 Will of Ralph Flower, Draper of London 17 March 1659

PROB 11/307 Laud 1-52 Will of Ralph Flower, Merchant Taylor of Saint Alban Wood Street, City of London 03 March 1662
  1. Nicholas Buckeridge
  2. 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, January 24, 1651' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 28), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1650-1654 (Oxford, 1913), p. 86
  3. 'A Court of Committees for the United Joint Stock, March 11, 1651' (Court Book, vol. xxiii, p. 39), in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1650-1654 (Oxford, 1913), p. 95